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Irving Washington

Irving Washington is the Executive Director/CEO for the Online News Association (ONA), the world’s largest membership organization of digital journalists. As a media diversity advocate, Irving has led programming and fundraising initiatives for journalists, media professionals, and students worldwide.

Challenge Fund: Ready for round two

By Irving Washington on April 24, 2015

  • Challenge Fund
  • Features
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The best experiments start with an intriguing question. When we launched the Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education last year, we hoped to spur a fresh, collaborative mindset around … Read more.

What 100+ Challenge Fund experiments taught us

By Irving Washington on November 11, 2014

  • Challenge Fund
  • Features
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It’s been a full year since we launched the Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education, a $1 million competition encouraging universities to create teams to experiment with new ways … Read more.

The challenge: Create, collaborate, apply — and disrupt

By Irving Washington on January 29, 2014

  • Challenge Fund
  • Features

It’s not often you have a front seat to witness the effects of change. When we launched the Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education, the brainchild of a collaborative … Read more.

Taking gaming magic to the next level

By Irving Washington on February 27, 2013

  • AP-Google Scholarship
  • Features

I’ve been a gamer since I was three years old, when I got a Commodore 64. The love affair hasn’t diminished. If anything, at the age of 30, I realize … Read more.

Hey, journalist, time to start acting like the movie star everyone else thinks you are

By Irving Washington on February 5, 2013

  • Features

You may not think so from your vantage point, but your life has “action” and “excitement” written all over it. Really. Journalism has always been a favorite theme of cinema … Read more.

Be open to open source

By Irving Washington on January 30, 2013

  • Features

There hasn’t been such an exciting time for aspiring journalists since the advent of radio or television. With the proliferation of data and the computing power to mass process it, … Read more.

'What can you do for me?': Application tips from digital journalism pros

By Irving Washington on November 28, 2012

  • Features

This series is brought to you by the AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship Program, fostering digital journalism skills in undergraduate and graduate students who are developing projects at the intersection … Read more.

Kevin Schaul, 2012 AP-Google Scholarship Recipient

By Irving Washington on April 13, 2012

  • AP-Google Scholarship
  • News

The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship Program fosters new journalism skills in undergraduate and graduate students developing projects at the intersection of journalism and technology. Kevin Schaul is one of … Read more.

Reginald James, 2012 AP-Google Scholarship Recipient

By Irving Washington on April 12, 2012

  • AP-Google Scholarship
  • News

The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship Program fosters new journalism skills in undergraduate and graduate students developing projects at the intersection of journalism and technology. Reginald James is one of … Read more.

Emily Eggleston, 2012 AP-Google Scholarship Recipient

By Irving Washington on April 11, 2012

  • AP-Google Scholarship
  • News

The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship Program fosters new journalism skills in undergraduate and graduate students developing projects at the intersection of journalism and technology. Emily Eggleston is one of … Read more.

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