The Online News Association is pleased to announce the election of Rodney Gibbs as the ONA Board Treasurer and Charo Henríquez as Board Secretary. The Board of Directors voted on these positions at the … Read more.
How journalists can ensure equitable information access in their communities
Explore the #ONAinfoequity database, a collaboration through Community Circles
Today, we are sharing a comprehensive database of resources for journalists to engage communities that are underrepresented in their reporting. It’s a central, easy-to-access hub with guidance for identifying gaps … Read more.
ONA’s 2020 Retrospective
2020 was a year of adapting and reimagining. We faced the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and related lockdowns, economic crisis, widespread protests against systemic racism, racial reckoning in newsrooms and global … Read more.
Conferences and COVID-19: Decision Framework
This post was originally published May 1, 2020. We’ve refreshed it based on lessons from 2020 and how the pandemic is evolving. The Online News Association, like many organizations, faces … Read more.
Remembering Tiffany Shackelford
Journalism leader, one-of-kind community builder who helped launch the ONA Local network
Tiffany Shackelford, a longtime contributor to the ONA community and Executive Director of the Society for News Design (SND), died December 27, 2020, from COVID-19 complications. She was 46. Tiffany … Read more.
Investing in journalism education and local news: ONA awards $140,000 to seven universities through the 2020 Challenge Fund
Each winning project will receive $20,000 to experiment with local news collaboration. ONA also announces $15,000 research prize to Northern Arizona University.
Seven universities will share $140,000 in new support as winners of the 2020 Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education. Each university will partner with local news organizations to explore … Read more.
ONA appoints Andrew Fitzgerald and Ashley Alvarado to the Board of Directors
New members expand ONA leadership's expertise in local broadcasting, community engagement and business sustainability
The Online News Association is pleased to announce Andrew Fitzgerald, Senior Vice President of Streaming Video Services at Hearst Television, and Ashley Alvarado, Director of Community Engagement at Southern California Public … Read more.
Journalism 360 Challenge awards $100,000 to 12 projects that advance immersive storytelling
Twelve projects led by creators from around the world that seek to help develop and expand best practices in immersive journalism, including virtual, augmented and mixed reality, will receive a … Read more.
Susan Gonzalez, Anita Zielina elected to ONA’s Board of Directors
Rodney Gibbs, Niketa Patel, Imaeyen Ibanga and Rubina Madan Fillion re-elected
Members of the Online News Association, the world’s largest membership organization of digital journalists, elected Susan Gonzalez, Social Media Strategist at Chalkbeat, and Anita Zielina, Director of Strategic Initiatives of … Read more.
Applications open for a virtual 2021 Women’s Leadership Accelerator
ONA’s transformative leadership program goes fully online for 2021
If you are a woman in digital journalism who is looking for career support this year, I hope you apply to the 2021 Women’s Leadership Accelerator. You deserve a network … Read more.