ONA Weekly #288

By on December 11, 2019

How to build a product team in one year

If you’re considering adding a product team to your staff in 2020, tune in to the audio recording of the ONA19 session We Built a Product Team in One Year: Here’s Everything We Learned. Led by product managers and leadership from Chalkbeat and Chemical & Engineering News, you’ll learn how product teams grow, adapt, prioritize and align stakeholders in support of journalism. 

Reminder: Apply to be ONA’s Learning Manager by Dec. 15

There are just a few days left to apply to the Learning Manager role on ONA’s staff. Based in Washington, D.C., this position will work to improve how we train journalists, both in-person (like at our annual conference!) and virtually. The ideal candidate will have experience in adult education and strong project management skills — apply today. 

Opportunity: We also just opened up a new position for a Director of Finance and Administration on our team. Apply. 

From the archives

We are sharing resources and stories from the ONA archives throughout 2019, as we celebrate 20 years of inspiring innovation and excellence in digital journalism.

In 2017, ONA recognized audio reporting as a craft deserving of its own award and introduced the Audio Digital Storytelling category to the Online Journalism Awards. The award honors exceptional audio storytelling, ranging from ongoing podcast series to online news that incorporates audio in innovative ways. The inaugural winners included Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, taking home the large newsroom prize for their interactive coverage of stories at the U.S.-Mexico border. AIR: Finding America and KNBA won the small newsroom prize for their unique approach to climate change reporting in rural Alaska. Explore all the winning audio projects since 2017.

Community stories

How has your ONA experience impacted your work and career? Contribute your story to #Happy20thONA.
My time working with @ONA has helped connect me with so many incredible people working in digital journalism. It’s inspiring and heartwarming to see all of the good that comes when we invest in community. #Happy20thONA. — Laura Bertocci, ONA Communications Consultant
2 jobs thanks to @ONA! #Happy20thONA. #ONA08 My 1st @ONAconf. Met some Publish2 folks as a student, applied for their job contest & later got hired. #ONA09 Ran the Stream Team, thanks to @RichBeckman + @freerangejane. Met @coryhaik there, who later hired me at WaPo. — Greg Linch 

Upcoming events

ONA Local groups regularly host events for digital journalists all over the world. Find a group near you or learn how to start a new one.

Jobs in journalism

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

On our radar