ONA Weekly #480: Meet Your Newest ONA Board Members

Your newest ONA board members

The votes are in: ONA members have elected two new leaders to join the 2024-25 ONA Board of Directors.

Ethar El-Katatney, News Product Strategy Lead for the Americas at Bloomberg, and Ryan Kellett, VP of Audience at Axios Media, will begin their two-year terms in January 2024.

Four incumbents were re-elected:

Charo Henríquez, Editor, Newsroom Development & Support, The New York Times
Versha Sharma, Editor-in-Chief, Teen Vogue
Graham Watson-Ringo, Senior Director of Member Strategy, News Revenue Hub
Elana Zak, Newsletter Strategy Director, The Washington Post

Later this year, the board will fill two additional seats by appointment. Learn more about the election results.

See you online for ONA23: Onward

Join us this Thursday and Friday for ONA23: Onward. We’re gathering virtually on Sept. 28 and 29 starting at 11 a.m. EDT (15:00 UTC) for lean-back sessions on AI, innovation and more timely conversations. Speakers include WIRED Global Editorial Director Katie Drummond, Charlie Beckett of the London School of Economics, Munmun De Choudhury of Georgia Tech and Sophie Ho of News Revenue Hub.

Attendees at ONA23: Philadelphia are already registered for Onward, and standalone passes are still available. Register now.

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So you want to talk about diversity in media

The importance of diversity in news was a throughline across the programming at ONA23: Philadelphia. Speakers shared improvements that have been made to media diversity in recent years as well as challenges that remain, including bias in the language used in reporting.

Watch these conversations:

Career opportunities

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

Social Media Producer, Honolulu Civil Beat
Entrepreneurial Journalism Creators Program, CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
Editor / Professor of the Practice in Journalism, Boston University
Director of Revenue, The 74 Media
Vice President, Local Partnerships, American Journalism Project
Executive Editor, The Hechinger Report
Assistant Teaching Professor — Journalism and Assistant Professor — Broadcast and Digital Journalism, Syracuse University
Social Media Manager, The Detroit News

Last chance: If you’re looking for a new opportunity, add your resume to the ONA23 Resume Drop (which is for the entire ONA community and is open through ONA23: Onward).

On our radar

What 7,500 news readers say about supporting and engaging with newsrooms, Teresa Ristow for BlueLena
How we approach visual storytelling accessibility at The Markup, Gabriel Hongsdusit and Soo Oh for The Markup
What Americans know about AI, cybersecurity and big tech, Olivia Sidoti and Emily A. Vogels for Pew Research Center
The right newsroom jobs for AI, and the wrong ones, Ina Fried for Axios
Redefining news: A manifesto for community-centered journalism, Damian Radcliffe with Regina Lawrence and Andrew DeVigal for The Agora Journalism Center at the University of Oregon

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Stand Together

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems.

Dozens of technology companies, foundations, consultants and journalism organizations contribute to ONA’s mission throughout the year. Explore our Industry Directory to discover new tools and potential partners, or learn how to get listed.

Support ONA

There are many ways to help sustain ONA’s mission to inspire and support innovation in digital journalism.

Share your story
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Invest in ONA programs: Contact Chief Strategic Partnerships Officer Jessica Strelitz, jessica@journalists.org, to learn about philanthropic and corporate support.