ONA Weekly #296 – Online News Association

2020 WLA speakers and mentors

We’re thrilled to announce that speakers and mentors for the 2020 Women’s Leadership Accelerator will include Raju Narisetti, Global Publishing Director Elect at McKinsey and Company, Elodie Mailliet, CEO of Catchlight, Ashley Alvarado, Director of Community Engagement at Southern California Public Radio, and more than 10 other digital innovators. Speakers will contribute insights from their careers and provide one-on-one mentorship to the cohort when the program kicks off March 1-6 in Los Angeles.

ONA Insights Suggestion Box is open!

We’re accepting session pitches for ONA Insights, taking place May 6 in Bergen, Norway. This year’s event is focused on digital strategy analytics, and the program committee is looking for fresh, creative ideas (especially those that don’t fit the traditional panel format!). Submit by Feb. 27.

Make a mental health impact

Applications for the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism are open! Get a $10k grant to report on a mental health issue, intensive training on mental health reporting and join a global network of top journalists. Apply now.

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.

Feb 19: ONA Rocky Mountain: Election 2020 Training with Google New!
Feb. 26: ONA Boston: How Did The Globe Do It? The Backstory Behind “At the Edge of a Warming World”
Feb. 27: ONA Austin: Austin Media Open House Series at KUT
Feb. 27: ONA Silicon Valley: Winter Mixer New!
Feb. 29: ONA LA: Diversity in Sports Journalism New!
March 11: ONA CT Introductory Happy Hour With Free Food!
March 12: ONA Detroit: Meet the Media: A Networking Event New!

Career opportunities

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

Breaking News Reporter, PennLive
Executive Editor and Executive Director, Oklahoma Watch
Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, The Carter Center
Young Audiences Editor and Deputy Social/Off Platform Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Multiple roles, CalMatters
Digital Photo Editor and Digital Managing Editor, Oregon Public Broadcasting
Multimedia Journalist, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Senior Digital Editor, Houston First

On our radar

What the AP and Newsday learned from automating coverage of 124 school districts, The Lenfest Institute
Why The Information’s paywall strategy is so successful, What’s New in Publishing
Venezuelan reporters reinvent themselves abroad with print and online journalistic ventures, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
How to create a premium newsletter (+ some case studies), Ghost
Metrics to match our mission: Measuring City Bureau’s impact, City Bureau