ONA Weekly #481: Thank You, ONA Members

Thank you, ONA members 

With our annual conference in the books, we want to take a moment to give a special shout out to ONA members. Whether you signed up for a membership to register for ONA23 or have been supporting our work for years — thank you!

ONA members help sustain many of the initiatives and resources we offer throughout the year, including leadership training, networking meetups and the Career Center. Membership is open to anyone working in journalism or providing services to journalism organizations, including technology professionals, academics and students. Learn more.

Snag ONA23 merchandise

You’ve got until Oct. 15 to get merchandise from ONA23: Philadelphia, such as hoodies, T-shirts, tote bags and onesies. Grab some swag – proceeds support ONA24 scholarships. Then, show off your ONA23 merchandise: Post a photo, tag ONA and use #ONA23. We can’t wait to see how you’re representing us!

Watch ONA23: Onward sessions

In case you missed it: We had a great time at ONA23: Onward last week! Registered attendees for Onward or ONA23: Philadelphia can now watch every Onward session on our event platform. Login credentials are in attendees’ inboxes (on Sept. 22, subject line “ONA23: Onward – Know Before You Login”).

Some session highlights:

• A Keynote Conversation With Katie Drummond, WIRED’s New Global Editorial Director
• Caption This: News, Captions, Accessibility, and Keeping Humans in the Loop
• Learn How To Use Google Analytics 4
• Transforming Local Journalism: A Discussion of Next-Generation Approaches to Rebuilding Capacity
• Taylor Lorenz: Looking Back To Look Forward While We’re All Extremely Online

Career opportunities 

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

• Temporary Audience Editor, ProPublica 
• Associate Editor, MinnPost  
• Digital Production Manager, Pew Research Center 
• Social Media Producer, Honolulu Civil Beat
• 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

On our radar

• Four disabled journalists on how news outlets can support staffers and audience members with disabilities, Hanaa’ Tameez for Nieman Lab
• 4 ways The Fresno Bee and ‘La Abeja’ serve and engage with Latino audiences, Rebecca Plevin and Melissa Montalvo for Better News
• Why publishers are questioning the effectiveness of blocking AI web crawlers, Sara Guaglione for Digiday
• What US journalism should learn from the dire situation in Russia, Marina Sedneva for International Journalists’ Network
• How to use R to dig for story ideas, Manyun Zou for Storybench

Directory spotlight

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.