ONA Weekly #529: New Research Partnership On Defining The News

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New research partnership on defining the news

ONA is collaborating with the Center for News, Technology & Innovation (CNTI) and nine other partners on a major international survey of journalists to understand their experiences with technology and with online safety and security. The survey accompanies a global field research project aimed at understanding how the public defines “news,” “journalism” and “journalists “, how they obtain the news, and their views of AI in journalism.

Other survey partners include the Global Forum for Media Development, Centre for Journalism Innovation & Development, FT Strategies, Internews, International Center for Journalists, Society of Freelance Journalists, Frontline Freelance, Global Investigative Journalism Network and Organización Editorial Mexicana.

We’ll be in touch with ONA members soon with an opportunity to share your views and experiences.

Explore and republish democracy coverage in the U.S.

More than 200 news organizations signed up to participate in U.S. Democracy Day 2024, a nationwide reporting collaboration to draw attention to the crisis facing American democracy and provide the public with the context and information they need about what they can do. Articles published as part of Democracy Day are available to republish free of charge — as long as you include the Democracy Day disclosure and logo, plus the author’s byline, the publication’s name and a link to the original source.

Explore democracy coverage from around the U.S., including:

Community organizers debut the Forsyth Black Roundtable, an effort to inform the community about the 2024 election, Triad City Beat
‘We don’t want people to be caught off guard’ — Campaign targets canceled WV voter registrations, West Virginia Watch
Efforts to establish polling stations on college campuses in Connecticut stall, CT Community News
The Bad And The Better: Presidential Impact In Indian Country, VNN Oklahoma
Q&A: Elections director says more poll workers are needed. Here’s how to become one, The Baltimore Banner
Divided on abortion, inflation and immigration, Pittsburgh suburbs could swing 2024 presidential race, Public Source
Election Experts Explain Why We Need Pre-Canvassing of Mail Ballots in Pennsylvania, Bucks County Beacon
Missouri has 500,000 inactive voters. How can they cast ballots in the 2024 election?, Kansas City Star

Vote for the ONA Board

ONA members: Make sure your voice is heard in the election for the 2025-26 Board of Directors. Choose from among 10 candidates (four incumbents, six new candidates). Get to know the candidates and cast your vote. If you have questions about submitting your ballot, contact support@journalists.org.

Mark your calendar

Sept. 18-21: 2024 Online News Association Conference (Atlanta)
Sept. 19: AI Innovators Collaborative IRL Meetup (Atlanta during ONA24)
Sept. 20: 2024 Online Journalism Awards Ceremony (Atlanta)
Sept. 21: Macon: A Knight City Experience
Oct. 3: Case Study: How the Hearst DevHub built AI tools to improve their newsrooms’ workflow
Oct. 3: Deadline: Vote for the 2025-26 board members
Oct. 8: AI Innovator Collaborative
Oct. 9: Case Study: Transforming Workflows with AI at Zamaneh Media
Oct. 10: AI, Copyright and Legal Considerations for Journalists, Freelancers and News Organizations
Nov. 12: AI Innovator Collaborative
Dec. 10: AI Innovator Collaborative

Career opportunities

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

Assistant, Associate or Full Professor of Journalism, University of Richmond NEW!
Development Associate, Capital & Main NEW!
Summer Internship Program, Dow Jones News Fund NEW!
Contract Photo Editor, The Connecticut Mirror NEW!
Justice Reporter, The Connecticut Mirror NEW!
Assistant Professor of Journalism + Design, The New School NEW!
Content Fellow, PA Media Group NEW!
Senior Writer, Food & Drink, Texas Monthly NEW!
Open Rank Professor of Journalism & Director of the Center for Environmental Journalism, University of Colorado Boulder, College of Media, Communications and Information
Health Misinformation Analyst, KFF
Director of Digital Growth, New York Focus
Audience and Innovation Editor, The Midwest Newsroom at KCUR 89.3
Assistant Professor of Multimedia Journalism, Lehigh University, Department of Journalism and Communication
Afternoon/Evening Reporter, The Texas Tribune
Newsletter Writer, News Not Noise
Digital Membership Manager, WFAE
President and General Manager, KUOW
Statewide Policy Editor, The Connecticut Mirror
News Editor, Voice Media Group
Outdoors Life Reporter, Bridge Michigan
Social Media Strategist, University of Florida
Station Manager – KBIA-FM/KMUC-FM, University of Missouri – Columbia
Social Media Strategist, University of Florida
Outdoors Life Reporter, Bridge Michigan
Editor-in-Chief, Phoenix New Times
Government and Politics Editor, The Seattle Times
Education Lab Reporter, The Seattle Times
Senior Education Editor, Early Learning & COVID Recovery, The 74 Media
Senior Audience Engagement Editor, The Emancipator, Center For Antiracist Research, Boston University
Remote Digital Reporter, Snopes Inc.
Social Video Producer, Rest of World
Economic Inequality Reporter, Honolulu Civil Beat

What we’re watching in AI tech

What is Apple Intelligence, when is it coming and who will get it?
Here’s how seven news audience directors are thinking about Google’s AI Overviews.
The AI industry uses a light lobbying touch to educate Congress from a corporate perspective.
How Tomas Apodaca is trying to use generative AI as a journalism engineer — ethically.
How Perplexity AI partners with major publishers.
Oct. 17–19: AI Hackathon for Equity: Tackling Harmful Bias in the Information Ecosystem with Hacks/Hackers
Oct. 25–27: AI/Journalism Hackathon at UC Berkeley: Harnessing AI to Enhance Trust and Deepen Engagement in Local Communities with Hacks/Hackers

Support ONA

There are many ways to help sustain ONA’s mission to drive innovation in digital journalism:

Share your ONA story
Join as an ONA member
Make a one-time donation
Explore options to reach the ONA community about your event, product, job opening or other opportunity.
Invest in ONA programs: Contact Head of Strategic Partnerships Hanaa Rifaey, hanaa@journalists.org, to learn about philanthropic and corporate support.