ONA Weekly #323: ONA20 Swag Is Coming!

ONA20 swag is coming!

We’ve designed T-shirts, tote bags and other ONA20 merch so you can rock your ONA community pride while tuning in to ONA20 Everywhere, Oct. 1-16. Purchases will help fund our diversity and inclusion, financial hardship, local news and student/new professionals scholarships for people who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend our conference, as well as support other ONA programs throughout the year. All the order details will be in tomorrow’s ONA20 newsletter, subscribe to get notified.

Thursday: Launching and leading The 19th

We’re kicking off our Women’s Leadership Accelerator: Summer Series tomorrow, Aug. 27 at 12 p.m. ET (UTC–4) with a conversation featuring Amanda Zamora and Errin Haines of The 19th on building the newsroom you want to see in the world. Register to join us.

Plus, get excited for Sept. 3: The second discussion in this series will center on Women in Product. Speakers include Charo Henríquez, Senior Editor, Digital Transition Strategy, The New York Times; Kim Fox, V.P., Product Strategy, CalMatters; Millie Tran, CPO, Texas Tribune; and Shazna Nessa, Global Head of Visuals, The Wall Street Journal, and ONA Board President. Registration is free, with a suggested donation of $29 per discussion or $116 for the full series.

How to get buy-in for your newsroom experiments

During ONA Insights: Audience Development & Analytics, Tashween Ali and Brandon Wall of BuzzFeed News’ curation team joined us to talk about how they design experiments and get newsroom buy-in while balancing their day-to-day workflow. Register or log in to your Insights account to watch the recording and leave with a framework to start your own experiments.

Upcoming events

• Aug: 27: Launching and Leading the 19th
• Sept. 3: Women in Product
• Sept. 10: Career Advice from the Women’s Leadership Accelerator
• Sept. 17: Women in Entrepreneurship
• Oct. 1-16: ONA20 Everywhere

Career opportunities

ONA’s Career Center is an excellent resource for jobs, fellowships and internships in digital journalism. Recent postings include:

• California and New Mexico Oil and Gas Reporters, Capital & Main
• Multiple roles, Lookout Local, Inc.
• Digital Producer, Oregon Public Broadcasting
• Breaking News Reporter, Advance Media New York
• Product Manager, CalMatters
• Senior Editor, The Intercept/First Look Media
• Publisher/CEO, San Antonio Report
• Engagement Editor, CalMatters

On our radar

• The students behind that ‘clusterfuck’ headline want you to focus on literally anything else, GEN
• Portland’s independent journalists team up to cover the front lines, Columbia Journalism Review
• What can “folk theories of journalism” tell us about why some people don’t trust us?, Nieman Journalism Lab
• How to think about your career goals in 2020, Poynter
• Successful Pitches shows freelancers the way, Columbia Journalism Review