ONA Weekly No. 144
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Welcome ONA St. Louis!
We’re thrilled to announce our newest ONA Local meetup group, ONA St. Louis. Join us March 9 for our kickoff event, featuring a chat with Sarah Hill of StoryUP, and the second Thursday of each month for a different meetup. RSVP and share with your St. Louis friends.
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Learn to automate your work
What’s your favorite IFTTT or Zapier recipe for journalism? Join us on Slack at 12 p.m. EST (5 p.m. UTC, 9 a.m. PST) Wednesday, March 1, for a chat on automation recipes, led by ONA Italia’s Alessandro Cappai, and plan to walk away with a whole new workflow automation toolkit. This chat will be held on the ONA Local Slack channel, which is open to anyone in the ONA community. Request your invite.
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Who is the camera in VR?
Is it OK in VR labeled as journalism to show only one view? What is the role of the first person perspective in VR? In the latest piece in the Journalism 360 series, Sarah Hill explores the ethical implications of the perspective that is chosen in VR.
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Upcoming Events:
ONA Local groups regularly host events and meetups for digital journalists all over the world. Find a group near you or get in touch if you’re interested in starting an ONA Local group!
ONA Boston: Media Lightning Talks, Feb. 15
ONA Atlanta: Real-Time Analytics, Real-Time Journalism, Feb. 16
ONA Tampa Bay: Monthly Meeting, Feb. 16
ONA @ University of Iowa: Lunch with New York Times Associate Editor Matt Ericson, Feb. 16 (Just announced!)
ONA Western New England: How Can Journalists Use Virtual Reality Technology?, Feb. 17
ONA Austin: Drones! How Can We Use Drones to Report News?, Feb. 23 (Just announced!)
ONA Toronto: How CBC covered MMIW using VR, a podcast & interactive projects, Mar. 1 (Just announced!)
ONA LA: Diversity in Storytelling and the Newsroom, Mar. 9 (Just announced!)
ONA St. Louis: Inaugural Meetup, Mar. 9
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Jobs for journalists
Whether you’re focused on getting a new job right now or just interested in seeing what opportunities are out there, ONA’s Career Center is an excellent resource for journalism jobs. It’s free for job seekers to browse. Recent postings include:
Associate Programming Producer, Digital News & Alerting, CNN
Director and Professor of Practice, Cronkite News Digital Desk, The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication
Digital Content Producer, TEGNA
15% off job/fellowship postings
Use code “GMVK7SER” for 15 percent off all one, three- and five-position purchases now until Feb. 28. ONA members get additional discounts for job, fellowship and internship listings on the Career Center.
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What We’re Reading
Some recent posts we’ve highlighted on the ONA Issues Tumblr:
A Guide to Getting Past Customs with Your Digital Privacy Intact, WIRED
How to Find and Support Trustworthy Journalism, Josh Stearns on Medium
3 Ways to Make Time for the Little Tasks You Never Make Time For, Harvard Business Review
Have an outstanding article on digital journalism issues to share with us? Tweet it with #ONAissues.
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