ONA Weekly #562: Final Deadline To Enter The Online Journalism Awards

Final deadline to enter the OJAs

There’s just over 24 hours left to submit your work to the 2025 Online Journalism Awards! All entries are due tomorrow: Thursday, May 22, 11:59 p.m. EDT.

The OJAs elevate newsrooms of all sizes and independent journalists who are implementing new approaches to digital journalism and creating tangible impact for their audiences. The awards showcase excellence and innovation across 24 categories, including technology reporting, visual storytelling to sports reporting and public service.

60,000+ headlines later…

Coming up on June 3, 3–4 p.m. EDT, Ryan Restivo, creator of the YESEO app and a finalist in the 2024 Online Journalism Awards, will present data and insights from his experience building an AI-powered SEO Slack tool for newsrooms. This session will discuss trends in AI-generated headlines and is relevant for both people just getting started with AI tools and experienced users.

Building resilient news organizations

Change is constant, this we know. Join us online June 20, 2–3 p.m. EDT, for an interactive learning session on adaptive strategy and rapid experimentation with Ashir Badami, who leads the Media Management & Leadership specialization at the Medill School of Journalism, and product strategy expert Robert Hoekman. Learn how to build newsroom teams and workflows that are optimized for adaptability, continuous learning and resilience.

Mark your calendar

• 👋 Ongoing: Pitch a virtual session
• May 22: Entries due for the 2025 Online Journalism Awards Extended Deadline!
• May 29: 6 lecciones de los periodistas más innovadores de Europa 
• June 3: What I’ve Learned About 60,000+ Headlines 
• June 4: Mini-Lab: AI for Freelancers 
• June 10: AI Innovator Collaborative
• June 12: How To Take AI From Buzzword to Newsroom Backbone
• June 20: Building Resilient News Organizations Through Adaptive Strategy and Rapid Experimentation 
• July 8: AI Innovator Collaborative
• Aug. 12: AI Innovator Collaborative
• Sept. 10–13: ONA25 in New Orleans 
• Oct. 8–10: Mental Health in Journalism Summit 2025 (with The Self-Investigation) NEW!
• Oct. 14: AI Innovator Collaborative
• Nov. 11: AI Innovator Collaborative
• Dec. 9: AI Innovator Collaborative

Career opportunities

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

• Executive Editor, Columbia Journalism Review, Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University NEW!
• Director of Audience, Democracy Now! NEW!
• Editor-in-Chief, Austin Local Newsroom, The Texas Tribune NEW!
• Program Manager, Civic News Company
• Membership Director, Tiny News Collective
• Audience Engagement Specialist, Investigative Project on Race and Equity
• Vice President of Growth and Community, Civic News Company
• Director of Development, The Food & Environment Reporting Network
• Science Reporting Intern, The Transmitter, Simons Foundation
• Audience Development Producer, KERA/North Texas Broadcasting
• Director of Editorial Programs, Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
• Editor-in-Chief, Montana Free Press
• Senior Health Reporter/Editor, El Tímpano
• International Co-Director and Faculty Member, Global Business Journalism Program, International Center for Journalists
• Music Editor, Miami New Times

On our radar

• The Onion’s Ben Collins Knows How to Save Media, Vanity Fair
• The dangers of identity capitalism with Jia Tolentino, WorkLife with Adam Grant
• I left a full-time job to bet on journalism’s future, Liz Kelly Nelson/Project C