ONA Weekly #550: GenAI Course For Audience Pros, Visual Journalists And Newsroom Managers

By on February 26, 2025

New: Join ONA’s GenAI course series for newsrooms

What does AI mean for your job in journalism? ONA’s new 9-week GenAI Course for Newsrooms is here to help you go beyond the basics. 

We’re offering this nine-week series in small groups and kicking it off with three cohorts:

  • Cohort 1: Audience Engagement Practitioners
  • Cohort 2: Visual Journalists
  • Cohort 3: Newsroom Managers

Each group will meet online for nine sessions to understand AI’s current capabilities and build confidence in advanced prompting, navigating risks, driving monetization and the most relevant skills to explore practical uses within a specific newsroom role. The series will run between March 31–May 30, 2025. Spots are limited—apply now!

Choose the GenAI course tailored to your role

This inaugural program is tuition-free thanks to generous support from ONA’s AI in Journalism Initiative funders. To learn about supporting more AI programming, contact Hanaa Rifaey, Interim CEO/Executive Director and Head of Strategic Partnerships, at hanaa@journalists.org.

ONA, SPJ, press freedom advocates say: Restore AP access

On Feb. 21, ONA joined the Society of Professional Journalists and over 40 journalism groups in a statement condemning the Trump administration’s attacks on freedom of speech and journalists’ ability to do their jobs—providing independent reporting on the government’s activities.

“In a nation founded on freedom of speech, regardless of party or ideology, the government can never compel agreement with its viewpoint as a condition of access to information. The administration must lift the ban on AP. And the administration must cease punishing news organizations based on their reporting,” the statement said. Read more.

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Career opportunities

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

What we’re watching in AI tech

Elsewhere on our radar

Student Press Freedom Day is Feb. 27.

Support ONA

There are many ways to help sustain ONA’s mission to drive innovation in digital journalism: