ONA Weekly #570: Submit Nominations For The 2025 ONA Community Award

By on July 16, 2025

ONA25 in New Orleans (Sept. 10-13) is where journalism’s changemakers gather to discover emerging trends, clarity for their strategy and peers that just get it. Come solo or bring the whole team—we can’t wait to welcome you! Register today.

Submit nominations for the 2025 ONA Community Award

Tell us about the exceptional community builders that deserve to be honored with this year’s ONA Community Award. Nominations are open now through Thursday, Aug. 7.

This award honors an individual or a small team that has made outsized contributions by creating and nurturing inclusive communities and workspaces that enable journalists to produce exceptional work. All active ONA members are eligible to nominate peers for consideration. Honorees are selected from these nominations by an award committee that includes ONA Board members, previous Community Award winners and longtime contributors to ONA.
Nominate a community builder

Inspiration to elevate your podcast strategy

Whether you’re in the early stages of creating podcast series or reflecting on ways to improve after a big milestone, we have a great learning resource for you. Hear from The Podglomerate and New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) in a case study session highlighting the strategic efforts on marketing, audience development and revenue generation that have made NHPR’s award-winning work so successful and resilient. This two-part series was originally hosted as a live event with ONA, and is now available for on-demand viewing through The Podglomerate’s Podcast Perspectives:
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Closing soon: ONA25 scholarships for independent journalists

ICYMI: Project C, The Lenfest Institute and ONA are teaming up to bring more independent journalists to ONA25, Sept. 10-13 in New Orleans, through the inaugural Project C Creator Cohort. This opportunity provides registration and a travel stipend for the conference, ONA membership and valuable resources to support your work, including coaching and access to a peer network you can tap into anytime. Applications are due Friday, July 18.
Apply by July 18

Everyone is reporting on climate

The Climate Blueprint for Media Transformation, released in 2024 by Solutions Journalism Network and Covering Climate Now, is an essential resource for all journalists. We’re excited to host the conversation Climate Is the Everything Story on Thursday, July 17, to highlight the actionable takeaways—with generous inputs from Angela K. Evans, Director, Communities of Practice, at the Solutions Journalism Network; Andrew McCormick, independent journalist and Deputy Director of Covering Climate Now; and moderator Breanna Draxler.
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