ONA Weekly #488: The Tech Tools You Couldn’t Live Without In 2023

Share the tech tools you couldn’t live without in 2023

There are so many types of tools out there that can help news teams deliver essential information, build loyal audiences and overall more effectively pursue the journalism mission.

We want to learn about the best ones you used this year — the ones you absolutely couldn’t without. In the spirit of “sharing is caring,” we set up a collaborative doc so others in the community can discover new tools to experiment with as well going into 2024. Take a few minutes now to share your favorites.

To help folks sort through the entries, we’ve suggested categories such as CMS, automation, digital security, visualization and analytics, to name a few. If you can’t decide which category to assign your tool, no pressure — just choose “Other.”

Questions from the ONA Slack

• Can anyone recommend any English->Spanish translators?
• Could you provide insights into the reasons behind, and the benefits of, journalists building their personal brand?

Career opportunities

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

• Executive Editor, Digital & Analytics and Senior Editor, People & Organizational Performance, McKinsey Global Publishing
• Membership and Marketing Manager, States Newsroom
• Sports Reporter and Assistant Sports Editor, The Seattle Times
• Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Connecticut
• Vice President for Marketing and Communications, Bowie State University
• Project Manager, News Revenue Hub
• Audience Research Fellowship (remote, full time), Institute for Nonprofit News
• Copy Chief, HuffPost

On our radar

• A.I. muddies Israel-Hamas War in unexpected way, Tiffany Hsu and Stuart A. Thompson for The New York Times
• How Black Americans engage with local news, Michael Lipka for Pew Research Center
• How to start and grow a journalism TikTok account, Krishna Sharma for Lenfest Institute 
• “What comes first, being a journalist or being a citizen?”, Yana Lyushnevskaya for Nieman Reports
• The future of journalism is radical collaboration, Aimee Rinehart

Directory spotlight

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.