{"id":72,"date":"2019-06-14T20:38:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T20:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/info\/?post_type=article&p=72"},"modified":"2019-06-14T20:38:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T20:38:20","slug":"setting-your-vision","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/info\/article\/setting-your-vision\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting your vision"},"content":{"rendered":"
The first step is to get with your Co-Organizer and lay out what you\u2019re trying to accomplish with your ONA Local group.<\/p>\n
The way we like to do this has three steps:<\/p>\n
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Find the pain points:<\/strong> Think about problems you\u2019ve identified in your community. For example, many communities don\u2019t have access to regular skills training nearby. In other communities, there isn\u2019t a venue for digital staffers to meet and compare notes on what\u2019s working for them.<\/li>\n
Turn that into a vision: <\/strong>How should things be instead? Take your pain point and turn it upside down. Maybe your vision is: \u201cThere are two opportunities each year for journalists here to get training in a digital reporting skill\u201d or \u201cDigital strategy is taken seriously in newsrooms in my region\u201d or \u201cMy city is known as a world-class hub for journalism innovation.\u201d<\/li>\n
Brainstorm ideas on how to achieve that vision: <\/strong>Think about what in-person and online forums you can create that will help your community start to work towards that mission. For example, for the training vision above, they could be a data journalism training, a mobile reporting toolkit training, a tutorial on getting started with VR\/360 or a coding boot camp. Brainstorm as many ideas as you can, then check out some of the events other ONA Local groups have done for inspiration<\/a>.<\/li>\n