ONA Weekly #573: Final Reminder: Nominate Yourself Or A Peer For The ONA Community Award

By on August 6, 2025

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Final reminder: Nominate yourself or a peer for the ONA Community Award

Nominations for the 2025 ONA Community Award are due tomorrow Thursday, Aug. 7. Each year we celebrate the community builders and behind-the-scenes leaders who enable journalists to do greater work with a special honor as part of the Online Journalism Awards. Past winners have included Next Generation Radio founder Doug Mitchell, journalism training extraordinaire Manori Wijesekera and science journalist and The Open Notebook co-founder Siri Carpenter. Who should we honor this year?

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Catch up on AI and climate conversations

Video recordings and curated resources are available for two recent events. Dive in if you couldn’t join us live for these conversations, or if you need a refresher on ideas to implement in your work. 

What Should We Say? New Research on AI Disclosures in Journalism, featuring insights from research by Lynn Walsh, an Emmy award-winning journalist and the Assistant Director at Trusting News. Climate Is the Everything Story, a conversation on best practices Angela K. Evans, Director, Communities of Practice, at the Solutions Journalism Network; Andrew McCormick, independent journalist and Deputy Director of Covering Climate Now; and climate and environmental justice reporter Breanna Draxler.
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