ONA Weekly #540: Thank You To ONA Members And Supporters

Thank you to ONA members and our supporters!

A million thanks to the ONA supporters who renewed their annual membership or made an additional donation to ONA on Giving Tuesday. ONA members and donors help us deliver relevant and robust resources for thousands of journalists throughout the year.

Do you want to pitch in? Become an ONA member ($75) or contribute a donation of any amount to join us in driving innovation and excellence in journalism.

Last meetup of the AI collaborative (until 2025)

We’re gathering the AI Innovator Collaborative one more time before the new year! Join us Tuesday, Dec. 10, 3-4 p.m. EST, to connect with ONA members who have been implementing AI tools in their journalism work. We’ll spend some of the time looking forward to your AI-related projects and goals for 2025 and what training sessions and resources you’d most like to see from ONA. Register now.

From the ONA Slack

• Has anybody analyzed subreddits to help research potential evergreen or explainer content?
• Need help or fresh ideas for marketing your podcast?
• Do you have recent story examples showing how AI is relevant for many different beats?

Mark your calendar

• Dec. 5: Simplify and Contextualize Your Audience Data with Metrics for News, with American Press Institute
• Dec. 10: AI Innovator Collaborative
• Dec. 11: Fact-Checking Tools and Best Practices
• Dec. 11: El futuro del SEO en medios ante la IA, con Clara Soteras, with the ONA Spain group (Virtual)
• Dec. 17: Rebooting the Digital Product Suite @ NewsTECHForum

Career opportunities

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

• Executive Director/CEO, Online News Association Join the ONA team!
• Clinical Specialist – Communications, Journalism & Film, The College of New Jersey NEW!
• AI Data Reporter / Product Developer, The Connecticut Mirror NEW!
• Associate Dean for Advancement, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, Office of Alumni Relations & Development NEW!
• Senior Staff Writer – State Government, MinnPost NEW!
• Investigative Reporting Fellow, The O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism NEW!
• Immigration Enforcement Reporter, Documented NEW!
• Senior Editor, Features, Texas Monthly NEW!
• Spanish Community Correspondent, Documented NEW!
• News and Politics Writer, Texas Monthly 
• Dean of the School of Communication and the Arts, Marist College 
• Director of Development, The Fuller Project
• Senior Editor, Raw Story
• Nieman Fellowship, Harvard University Nieman Foundation for Journalism
• Managing Editor, Sojourners Online
• Regional Managing Editor, Gulf States Newsroom
• Communities Reporter, The Denton Record-Chronicle, KERA
• Director of Development, The Fuller Project
• Assistant Professor of Artificial Intelligence, UX/UI Design, and Data Visualization, Ohio University
• Chief Audience Officer, Rest of World
• Breaking News Reporter, The Texas Newsroom, KERA
• Environment and Energy Reporter, The Connecticut Mirror
• Audience Development Editor, Adirondack Explorer, Inc.
• Managing Editor/Planning & Audience Engagement, Lee Enterprises/Greensboro News & Record, Winston-Salem Journal
• Collaborations Project Manager, Institute for Nonprofit News
• Audience Development Editor, Adirondack Explorer
• Science Reporting Fellow, The Transmitter, Simons Foundation

What we’re watching in AI tech

• Anthropic says Claude AI can match your unique writing style
• Meta has struck a multi-year deal with Reuters to use its news content to provide real-time answers to user queries about news and current events in its Meta AI chatbot
• Major Canadian News Outlets sue OpenAI in new copyright case
• Indigenous languages are rapidly disappearing, and AI could help preserve them, according to Indigenous technologists
• ESPN testing generative AI avatar FACTS to break down complex analytics for fans

Before you go

If you have the means, we encourage you to add more journalism organizations to your year-end giving list. We’re in this together, and showing up with $20 goes a long way to shoring up resources for the journalism community. Here are just a few suggestions:

• Indigenous Journalists Association: Strengthening Indigenous voices and stories
• The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists: Supporting nuanced, fair and accurate coverage of LGBTQ+ communities
• Global Voices: Bringing local perspectives to global audiences and supporting freedom of expression everywhere
• AAJA: Driving force advocating for AAPI journalists and communities for over 40 years
• The 51st: Community-run local journalism for Washington, D.C.
• Covering Climate Now: Collaborating to help journalists everywhere tell the climate story
• NAHJ: Dedicated to the recognition and professional advancement of Hispanic journalists
• LION Publishers: Creating and supporting more than 550 independent news organizations in the U.S. and Canada
• NABJ: Marking 50 years of supporting journalism in 2025
• Global Investigative Journalism Network: Empowering investigative reporters to go after abuses of power