ONA Weekly #451: New! Newsletter Professionals Meetup Series

Newsletter Professionals Meetup series

This year, ONA will be hosting a series of participatory idea swaps for newsletter professionals.

These events are designed for newsletter editors, producers, product leaders and anyone thinking of starting a newsletter product. If you’re looking for inspiration, or want to improve an existing newsletter, these meetups are for you.

Each event is formatted so that participants can meet with others working on newsletter strategy and share ideas in a series of fast-paced breakout discussions. Bring some suggestions and leave with a bunch of new ideas and new connections.

The series consists of the following sessions:

Newsletter metrics and tracking success, March 29 on Zoom
Newsletter marketing, subscriber growth, partnerships and revenue, April 20 on Zoom
Audience engagement strategies for newsletters, July 18 (in-person in New York City)
Newsletter professionals meetup at ONA23: Philadelphia (in-person, open only to conference attendees)

Interested in opportunities to sponsor this series? Contact Chief Strategic Partnerships Officer Jessica Strelitz.

2023’s Trends in newsroom content planning

Editors change how they plan in 2023. New dimensions are emerging, quantified planning is becoming more commonplace, and structured story planning continues to evolve. Embrace these trends now to effectively reach your audiences.

ONA Career Day is tomorrow!

ONA Career Day is tomorrow, March 9, 12-5 p.m. EST! This free virtual event features live and asynchronous networking with recruiters and fellowship program representatives from The Marshall Project, The Associated Press, Washington Post, Hearst Newspapers, Houston Landing and more.

We’ll also have:

Live career development learning sessions such as “Layoff-Proof Your Career” with career coach Phoebe Gavin and “Understanding Your Career Path to Know Your Worth” with Leonor Ayala Polley and Sonali Kohli from URL Media
A networking event offering opportunities for one-on-one and group conversations over video or just audio. Recruiters and representatives will be available for the rest of the event via live and asynchronous text chat messaging.
Other live and on-demand resources

Spend all five hours with us or stop by to just browse and connect with organizations that interest you. You must register by 11:59 p.m. EST on March 9 to participate and have access to programming and networking. The on-demand resources will be available through April 8, so even if you’re not available on March 9, we encourage you to register so you can access the platform!

It’s also not too late to submit to the Resume Drop! Recruiters and program leaders will use this database to schedule interviews and conversations with potential candidates.

On the calendar

March 9: ONA Career Day (Virtual) Tomorrow!
March 29: Newsletter professionals meetup: Newsletter metrics and tracking success (Zoom)
April 20: Newsletter professionals meetup: Marketing, subscriber growth, partnerships and revenue (Zoom)
July 18: Newsletter professionals meetup: Audience engagement strategies for newsletters (in-person, New York City)
Aug. 23–26: ONA23: Philadelphia
Aug. 26: 2023 Online Journalism Awards Ceremony
Sept. 28–29: ONA23: Onward (Virtual)

Career opportunities

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

Features Multiplatform Editor, The Seattle Times
News Editor, J. The Jewish News of Northern California
Assistant Professor of User Experience (UX) and User Interface (UI) Design, School of Visual Communication, Ohio University
Editor, The Markup
Lecturer and Teacher, Special Programs, Graduate School of Journalism, University of California Berkeley
Research Policy Reporter, C&EN, American Chemical Society
Membership Manager, MinnPost
Deputy Editor, News, Ideastream Public Media

On our radar

Funding news: How Gen Z and Millennials pay for or donate to news, The Media Insight Project for American Press Institute
Don’t say ‘prove’: How to report on the conclusiveness of research findings, Denise-Marie Ordway for The Journalist’s Resource
The relationship between environmental context and attentional engagement in podcast listening experiences, Jay Harrison, Alan W. Archer-Boyd, Jon Francombe, Chris Pike, Damian T. Murphy, for Frontiers in Psychology
Interviews with journalists can seem daunting – but new research shows 80% of subjects report a positive experience, Kathryn Shine for The Conversation
Non-writing AI tools every journalist should know about, Cristiana Bedei for International Journalists’ Network

Directory spotlight

Chartbeat

Chartbeat is the leading content intelligence platform, empowering media companies with data to build loyal audiences with real-time and historical analytics across desktop, social, and mobile platforms.

Dozens of technology companies, foundations, consultants and journalism organizations contribute to ONA’s mission throughout the year. Explore our Industry Directory to discover new tools and potential partners, or learn how to get listed.

Support ONA

There are many ways to help sustain ONA’s mission to inspire and support innovation in digital journalism.

Join as an ONA member
Make a one-time donation
Explore options to reach the ONA community about your event, product, job opening or other opportunity
Invest in ONA programs: Contact Chief Strategic Partnerships Officer Jessica Strelitz, jessica@journalists.org, to learn about philanthropic and corporate support.