ONA Weekly #441: Save The Date For ONA Career Day

Save the date for ONA Career Day

Mark your calendar now: ONA Career Day returns March 9, 2023! We are excited to gather recruiters and people seeking opportunities in all facets of journalism for an engaging day all about boosting careers. Attendees will get to explore available journalism jobs, learn about higher education and fellowship opportunities and make new connections. We will also offer learning sessions around career development that would be valuable even if you’re not looking to make an immediate job move.

This event is ideal for:

• Experienced professionals exploring career shifts
• Journalists passionate about audience engagement, analytics, product development and business strategy
• Students looking for their first jobs
• Senior leaders who are ready for a new challenge

Sign up for a notification when registration opens and contact Jessica Strelitz for details on recruiting or featuring your graduate program or fellowship opportunity.

As we bid farewell to 2022, we are also marking the end of Irving Washington’s tenure as CEO of ONA. Irving moves on to a new season of his career after 11 years of service to ONA. He is joining the Kaiser Family Foundation as a Senior Fellow to lead a new initiative focused on disinformation in health.

From ONA volunteers to partners to board members, many have described Irving’s leadership as “most inspiring” and “legendary.” With Irving at the helm, ONA doubled its staff, significantly grew investments into innovation training and community building for journalists and championed the movement to advance diversity, equity and inclusion in the industry.  

As a team, we are grateful and honored to have worked with and learned from Irving over the years. Join us in celebrating his incredible contributions to ONA and the journalism community. Use the hashtag #ThankYouIrving to share your favorite memories and photos.

Career opportunities

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

• Managing Editor, The Lens
• Summer Writing Intern, Spectrum, Simons Foundation
• Advancement Associate, American Journalism Project
• Editor in Chief, J. The Jewish News of Northern California
• Digital Marketing, Social Media Associate, Bridge Michigan
• Deputy Managing Editor, VTDigger
• Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, California State University, Northridge
• Summer Reporting Intern, The Chronicle of Higher Education

On our radar

• Is it ever okay for journalists to lie to get a story?, Andrea Carson and Dennis Muller for The Conversation
• How newsroom automation empowers publishers to offer large-scale local business reporting, Press Gazette
• How we follow climate change: Climate news use and attitudes in eight countries, Dr. Waqas Ejaz, Mitali Mukherjee, Dr. Richard Fletcher, and Prof. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen for Reuters Institute
• How journalists use social media to explain Argentina’s economy, Aldana Vales for International Journalists’ Network
• Record number of journalists jailed globally, Carmela Caruso for VOA

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