Hannah Boufford

Sisi Wei, Julia B. Chan and Lam Thuy Vo make a selfie in the red carpet area after their team, Journalists of Color Slack Administrators, won the ONA Community Award at the 2019 Online Journalism Awards. Photo by Daja Henry

For the second year in a row at the Online Journalism Awards banquet, ProPublica took home four Online Journalism Awards — the most of any organization — with The New…

3 min

What does the loss of The Times-Picayune mean for New Orleans?

The story of The Times-Picayune and The New Orleans Advocate is familiar to journalists: a “newspaper war,” a purchase, a merger, and a conglomeration. But for journalists and readers in…

1 min

Hallway Track

Oops. Opening reception switched to Mardi Gras World due to double booking

Daja Henry and Hannah Boufford and Kynala Phillips
September 12, 2019

Three hours before it was slated to start on Thursday, ONA’s opening night reception venue changed because of a double booking. ONA and Crimestoppers, a local crime prevention nonprofit, had…

5 min

Conference

11 things you can’t miss at ONA19 in New Orleans

Caitlin Lee and Hannah Boufford and Jazmin K. Goodwin and Kynala Phillips and Miacel Spotted Elk
September 12, 2019

The ONA conference can be overwhelming. Here are 11 great ways to make #ONA19 smaller. 1. Check out these speakers Every year at ONA, a diverse group of journalists, developers,…