ONA Weekly #235

Seeking Journalism 360 Program Manager

We’re hiring a Program Manager to oversee grants, events and community building for Journalism 360, a joint program of the Google News Initiative, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Online News Association. The Program Manager will work to identify and support innovative virtual reality, augmented reality and 360 video projects, as well as engage with immersive storytellers and monitor trends within the community. Apply now.

Last call for the Women’s Leadership Accelerator!

The deadline to apply for the 2019 Women’s Leadership Accelerator is this Friday, Nov. 30, 11:59 p.m. The Accelerator is a tuition-free, yearlong program aimed at advancing women in digital journalism. The program kicks off with a week of immersive programming, one-on-one mentoring and site visits Feb. 10-15, 2019, in Los Angeles. Participants receive support and coaching throughout the year as they work on a challenge specific to their careers. The program culminates in a workshop at ONA’s annual conference in New Orleans — registration, travel and lodging to ONA19 are provided.

Expanding multilingual journalism

How might small newsrooms manage multilingual content? Start with demographic data of your audience to demonstrate need, said the experts in this ONA18 session on multilingual newsrooms. Then prioritize and focus on building relationships. Being multilingual is not about having every story available in each language, and there are stories that don’t work in multiple languages. Listen to the conversation for more insights and tips.

Upcoming events

• ONA New Jersey: Holiday Party, Nov. 29
• ONA Philly: Solutions to the MisInformation Crisis, Nov. 29
• ONA NYC: Holiday Party, Dec. 4
• ONA Cincinnati: Holiday Mixer with GCABJ and Cincy SPJ, Dec. 5 Just announced!
• ONA Pittsburgh: Words Matter: How Reporting Can Affect Public Bias About Sexual Assault, Dec. 6
• ONA Detroit: Fireside Chat with Anna Clark: Reporting on the Flint Water Crisis, Dec. 12 Just announced!

Jobs for journalists

ONA’s Career Center is an excellent resource for jobs in digital journalism. Recent postings include:

• Digital Producer, CGTN America
• Social Media Editor, The New Republic
• Education Reporter, U.S. News & World Report
• Politics Reporter, St. Louis Public Radio 
• Emerging Platforms Video Senior Producer, WGBH Educational Foundation

What we’re reading

• A guide to recording spatial audio for 360-degree video, NPR Training
• Rural, women-focused newspaper in India is now a national phenomenon, IJNet
• The red couch experiments: Early lessons in pop-up fact-checking, Nieman Lab
• How to diversify your newsrooms, Emma Carew Grovum
• Before communities can invest in news, newsrooms must invest in communities, The Membership Puzzle