ONA Weekly #297

Pitch your ONA Insights session ideas!

You now have until March 5 to submit your session pitches for ONA Insights, happening May 6 during Nordic Media Days. We’re looking for discussions that explore how newsrooms employ different strategies to drive their analytical decision-making, with an emphasis on setting common newsroom goals, benchmarking information and evaluating key metrics.

We will share more updates about ONA Insights over the coming weeks, sign up to get notified when we open registration, announce the schedule and more. 

ONA Career Center discount

Fun fact: More than 2,000 job seekers use ONA’s Career Center each month, and each job listing averages more than 400 views. To help you find the right candidates for your job, fellowship or intern opening, we’re offering a 15% discount on 30-day listings in the ONA Career Career — just use code Y94TG83Y.

Upcoming events

• 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
• Feb. 29: ONA LA: Diversity in Sports Journalism 
• March 5: ONA ATL: How A.I. Affects Our Everyday Lives New!
• March 3: ONA Ciudad de México: Hablemos de Acoso en Línea New!
• March 6: ONA LA: Women’s Leadership Panel Discussion + Mixer New!
• March 11: ONA CT Introductory Happy Hour With Free Food!

Career opportunities

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

• Arts and Culture Reporter, Colorado Public Radio
• Project Coordinator, Online Harassment Defense, PEN America
• Executive Editor and Executive Director, Oklahoma Watch
• Multimedia Journalist, Honolulu Star-Advertiser
• Senior Digital Editor, Houston First
• Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism, The Carter Center
• Multiple roles, CalMatters
• Digital Photo Editor, Oregon Public Broadcasting

On our radar

• Six women. Two years. One better family leave policy., Poynter
• Audio articles are helping news outlets gain loyal audiences, Nieman Journalism Lab
• To silence a newspaper, Nicaragua’s government took away its paper and ink, Los Angeles Times
• How might we reimagine opinion journalism for our digital, polarized age? Reflections from news leaders, American Press Institute
• These students are learning about fake news and how to spot It, The New York Times