ONA Weekly #194 – Online News Association

ONA Weekly No. 194

Why you should pitch to ONA18

The Suggestion Box box for ONA18 opens Feb. 28 and is your opportunity to pitch ideas for sessions and presenters. We’ve prepared a series of references with tips about the process. The first in this series is a guest post by Tasha Stewart, Entertainment Editor/Digital at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati, and covers why you should pitch a session — even if the thought of speaking at a conference makes you nervous!

New opportunities through the Women’s Leadership Accelerator

Please join us in congratulating the 2018 class of the Women’s Leadership Accelerator! We’re excited to kick off the yearlong program Feb. 25–March 2 at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism — and equally happy to share new opportunities for women in digital journalism who are not part of the intensive program.

Data visualization meets immersive storytelling

The Dataverses team, one of the Journalism 360 grant winners, has been experimenting with simple ways to visualize information in their immersive projects. In the latest post on the J360 blog, Óscar Marín Miró walks us through examples such as integrating network data to show relationships between different entities, geographic visualizations and timeline visualizations.

Jobs for journalists

Whether you’re focused on getting a new job right now or just interested in seeing what opportunities are out there, ONA’s Career Center is an excellent resource for journalism jobs. It’s free for job seekers to browse. Recent postings include:

Multiple roles, Philadelphia Media Network
Digital Reporter, Kaiser Health News
Term Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Upcoming events

ONA Local groups regularly host events and meetups for digital journalists all over the world. Find a group near you or get in touch if you’re interested in starting an ONA Local group.

ONA Cincinnati: Backpack Journalism Training, Feb. 8
ONA Portugal: “Media have to find their DNA” – GEN-ONA masterclass with Matt Kelly, Feb. 8
ONA Western New England: How Reporters Can Integrate New Media Tools, Feb. 9
ONA Gainesville: How I got my great internship — and how you can get one too!, Feb. 12 Just announced!
ONA Reno: Learn & Burn: Creating a Process for Testing, Adopting New Tools and Technology, Feb. 13
ONA San Diego: How to Find Newsworthy Images on Social Media, March 3
ONA Rocky Mountain: Digital Journalism Workshop, March 20

What we’re reading

When membership might not be your publication’s best path forward, The Membership Puzzle Project
Immersive storytelling: tools and tips, RJI Online
NewsFrames is building tools and a community for collaborative media analysis, Journalism.co.uk

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