ONA Weekly #563: How Aftonbladet Built An AI Hub

How Aftonbladet built an AI hub

Sweden’s Aftonbladet has experimented with AI tools in the newsroom for a few years now, and they’ve learned a lesson or two about effective use cases, how to get buy-in, journalism ethics and what definitely doesn’t work. Join us on Thursday, June 12, to hear from Martin Schori, Deputy Publisher and Director of Editorial AI & Innovation, about the team’s AI hub and come ready to ask questions to inform your own work.

Supporting early-career journalists

Journalists under 30: The application is open to join the 2025 MJ Bear Fellowship, one of ONA’s flagship programs honoring early-career journalists who are leading innovative digital projects. The fellowship provides registration to ONA’s annual conference (ONA25, Sept. 10-13 in New Orleans), coaching sessions and three-year membership to ONA.

Apply by June 22

Call for proposals: Mental Health in Journalism Summit 2025

ONA is pleased to be an outreach partner for this year’s Mental Health in Journalism Summit, a global gathering on building collective resilience happening Oct. 8–10 anywhere with an internet connection. The call for session proposals is open now through June 5. Presenters can lead sessions in English or Spanish and cover a variety of topics such as fostering healthy newsrooms, navigating threats and industry-wide collaboration.

Pitch a session for the Mental Health in Journalism Summit

From the ONA Slack

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Mark your calendar

👋 Ongoing: Pitch a virtual session
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
June 22: Deadline: 2025 MJ Bear Fellowship NEW!
July 8: AI Innovator Collaborative
Aug. 4: What Should We Say? New Research on AI Disclosures in Journalism NEW!
Aug. 12: AI Innovator Collaborative: Let’s Write It: Workshop To Write AI Use Disclosures NEW!
Sept. 10–13: ONA25 in New Orleans
Oct. 8–10: Mental Health in Journalism Summit 2025 (with The Self-Investigation)
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
Director of Audience, Democracy Now!
Senior Headline News Producer, Democracy Now!
Editor-in-Chief, Austin Local Newsroom, The Texas Tribune
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

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