{"id":237,"date":"2018-02-05T14:48:59","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T19:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/?p=237"},"modified":"2018-07-18T14:46:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T18:46:36","slug":"key-dates-ona18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/2018\/02\/05\/key-dates-ona18\/","title":{"rendered":"Key dates for ONA18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It may only be February, with the world excited for the Winter Olympics, but here at the Online News Association, we&#8217;re focused on the warmth of a Texas summer and ONA18, Sept. 13-15. We&#8217;re already deep in preparation and will soon open opportunities for the community to get involved.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss out on these exciting announcements and important deadlines.<\/p>\n<h4>February<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><s>15th \u2013 Applications for <a href=\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/midway\/\">Midway participation<\/a> open.<\/s><\/li>\n<li><s>20th \u2013 Applications for <a href=\"\/opportunities\/volunteer\/\">general volunteers<\/a>\u00a0open, as well as our specialized <a href=\"\/opportunities\/volunteer\/\">social, video and audio teams<\/a>.<\/s><\/li>\n<li><s>20th \u2013 Applications for the <a href=\"\/opportunities\/student-newsroom-innovation-lab\/\">Student Newsroom and Innovation Lab<\/a> open for participants and mentors.<\/s><\/li>\n<li><s>28th \u2013 <a href=\"\/suggestion-box\/\">Suggestion Box<\/a> opens. It&#8217;s your chance to tell us what topics or speakers you want to see at ONA18, or to submit a session idea that you&#8217;d like to lead.<\/s><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>March<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><s>29th \u2013 Deadline for volunteer and Student Newsroom applications.<\/s><\/li>\n<li><s>29th \u2013 Deadline for Suggestion Box submissions.<\/s><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>April<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Early April \u2013 Early-bird registration opens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>May<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><s>Early May \u2013 First release of the ONA18 schedule. More sessions will be announced throughout the summer.<\/s><\/li>\n<li><s>4th \u2013 Applications for Midway participation close.<\/s><\/li>\n<li><s>10th \u2013 Submissions open for the <a href=\"https:\/\/awards.journalists.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Online Journalism Awards<\/a>.<\/s><\/li>\n<li><s>11th \u2013 The ONA team will be Toronto for <a href=\"https:\/\/insights.journalists.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insights: Engagement + Revenue<\/a>, our one-day spring event. If you like our annual conference, learn more about this focused program.<\/s><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>June<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><s>Early June \u2013 Early-bird pricing for registration ends.<\/s><\/li>\n<li><s>7th \u2013 Deadline for Online Journalism Awards entries.<\/s><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>July<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><s>We&#8217;ll announce the members of our Student Newsroom.<\/s><\/li>\n<li>The schedule of Midway sessions will be announced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>August<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The &#8220;Getting Closer&#8221; registration rate ends.<\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ll open up pitches for our unconference sessions and lightning talks.<\/li>\n<li>Finalists for the Online Journalism Awards will be announced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>September<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>13-15th \u2013 It&#8217;s ONA18!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may only be February, with the world excited for the Winter Olympics, but here at the Online News Association, we\u2019re focused on the warmth of a Texas summer and ONA18, Sept. 13-15. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"start_time":0,"end_time":0,"moderators":[],"hashtag":[],"soundcloud":[],"scribble":[],"viafoura":[],"youtube":[],"vimeo":[],"facebook":[],"trint":[],"slideshare":[],"livestream":[],"resources":[],"video_embed":[],"first_name":"","last_name":"","title":"","organization":"","website":"","twitter":"","_sponsor_url":"","_sponsor_tagline":"","_sponsor_level":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[3,1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/02\/ONA17_Thursday-6242-e1517860042326.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Key dates for ONA18 - ONA18<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/2018\/02\/05\/key-dates-ona18\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Key dates for ONA18 - ONA18\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It may only be February, with the world excited for the Winter Olympics, but here at the Online News Association, we\u2019re focused on the warmth of a Texas summer and ONA18, Sept. 13-15.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/2018\/02\/05\/key-dates-ona18\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ONA18\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/onlinenewsassociation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-05T19:48:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-07-18T18:46:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/01\/180122-save-date-facebook-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nekolaweb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@onaconf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" value=\"Written by\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" value=\"Adam Nekola\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" value=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" value=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/\",\"name\":\"ONA18\",\"description\":\"The 2018 ONA Conference &amp; Awards Ceremony \\u2014 Sept. 13-15 \\u2014 Austin, TX\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/2018\/02\/05\/key-dates-ona18\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2018\/02\/ONA17_Thursday-6242-e1517860042326.jpg\",\"width\":4884,\"height\":2886,\"caption\":\"First-time ONA conference attendees stand during the opening remarks of ONA17 in Washington, DC. 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