ONA Weekly #314: Support Journalists Of Color In Your Newsroom

Support journalists of color in your newsroom

Coming up on June 30, the next installment in our Newsroom Playbook series will feature a discussion for senior managers and executives on how to provide better support for journalists of color in their organizations. We’ll hear from co-authors of the Journalists of Color Resource Guide Lam Thuy Vo and Moiz Syed on improving diversity in hiring practices, encouraging career growth, closing wage gaps and more. Register now.

Note: Registration for this series is free. We welcome donations to support our programming; the suggested value for each course is $49. As we’re troubleshooting a bug that prevents donations during the registration process, you can contribute here and note “Newsroom Playbook Series” for the donation category.

ONA Insights is in full swing

ONA Insights kicked off today with a half-day of programming dedicated to audience development and analytics. Name-your-own-price registration is open if you’d like to join us for day two, which will include conversations on:

Newsletter metrics deep-dive with Media Strategist Carrie Porter and Lenfest Institute’s Joseph Lichterman
How AI can help you free up resources with The Globe and Mail’s Sonali Verma and Knight Foundation’s Paul Cheung
Habit-forming products with Twipe’s Tom Mann and Press Forward’s Hanaa Rifaey
Engaging with Reddit with Media Strategist Anita Li and Reddit’s Gabriel Sands

We’ll convene tomorrow, June 25, from 12–3 p.m. ET / 4–7 p.m. UTC. Registered attendees will receive access to archived content after the event concludes.

Upcoming events

June 24-25: Insights: Audience Development and Analytics Registration open
June 30 Newsroom Playbook for Managers: Supporting Journalists of Color
June 30: ONA Spain: Periodistas sin medios: cómo buscarte tu propia audiencia (David González)
July 7: Newsroom Playbook for Managers: Distributed Teams
July 9: ONA NJ: Sound Bath Meditation for Journalists New
Oct. 1-16: ONA20 Everywhere

Career opportunities

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

Pilot Editor, Repustar Review Network
Digital Content Editor and Assistant Digital Editor, Trib Total Media
Beat Writers, The American Leader
Data Journalists, Science & Research, World Resources Institute
Higher Education Reporter and Environment Reporter, Texas Tribune
Journalist Product Manager Fellowship, Wick Communications
Investigative Researcher and Senior Editor, First Draft
Dean, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida

On our radar

Refugee journalists bring access to stories that would otherwise be missed, Nieman Lab
I’m a Black social media manager in the age of George Floyd. Each day is a new trauma, Cheesadaw Giles for the Los Angeles Times
Photo Bill of Rights, authored by eight photography groups including NPPA, Juntos, Authority Collective and more
When media rely on what police say, they miss key truths about crime, Black communities, Philadelphia Inquirer
How El Tímpano passes the mic to Spanish-speaking and Indigenous immigrant communities, Local Media Association