ONA Weekly #559: Introducing New ONA Board Officers

By on April 30, 2025

Introducing new ONA Board officers

ONA’s Board of Directors recently elected new executive committee officers, following Niketa Patel’s transition to lead ONA as Executive Director/CEO: 

  • Andrew Fitzgerald, Senior Vice President of Streaming Video Services at Hearst Television, has been Treasurer since 2023 and is now continuing his board service as the new Vice President.
  • Ryan Kellett, a 2025 Nieman-Berkman Klein Fellow at Harvard and expert in audience growth and creator journalism, joined the board in 2024 and has been elected by fellow board members as the new Treasurer.
Join us in congratulating Andrew and Ryan on their new roles!

Podcast revenue and audience growth with NHPR

Coming up Thursday, May 8, join us for the second session in our two-part case study of how New Hampshire Public Radio has built highly successful, revenue-generating podcasts. NHPR’s playbook has lessons for both independent journalists looking to make it in audio and networks looking to scale. We’ll hear from Rebecca Lavoie, Director of On-Demand Audio at NHPR, in conversation with Joni Deutsch, SVP of Marketing & Audience Development at The Podglomerate, about the tactics behind NHPR’s success. Tickets for this event are free for both ONA members and non-members — register now.

See you in Detroit?

We’re convening changemakers from news outlets of all sizes in Detroit this May 19-20 for a highly participatory summit on how AI is impacting newsroom leadership and culture. The two-day program will include practical and future-focused workshops plus unconference sessions, pitched by attendees. Participants include:

  • Nikita Roy, our key partner in shaping the program and kicking off the summit with highlights on where AI in journalism is headed
  • Upasna Gautam, most recently the Product Manager for Digital News Platforms at CNN, leading a product discovery sprint session
  • Zach Seward, Editorial Director of AI Initiatives at The New York Times, in a special live recording of the Newsroom Robots podcast 
  • Sam Guzik, Senior Director, Product Management at New York Public Radio, facilitating a scenario generation workshop. 

Register today and bring your ideas to the ONA x Newsroom Robots AI Leadership Summit. If you have any questions about participating and getting to Detroit, contact meghan@journalists.org and karolle@journalists.org.

Two weeks to submit to the OJAs

Nudge, nudge: Have you started your entries to the 2025 Online Journalism Awards? “Be concise” is one of our top tips for creating award entries,, and the submitters we’ve seen do it well tend to have one thing in common: They start early. It takes time and careful planning to hit that balance of highlighting what stands out about your work and getting specific on strategy and impact, without overwhelming reviewers with every detail.

Submissions for the 2025 OJAs are due May 15. Review the categories and rules and get started today. If you have any questions about completing your submissions, send an email to awards@journalists.org. 

Mark your calendar

Career opportunities

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

On our radar

Support ONA

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