{"id":3735,"date":"2018-08-17T22:31:28","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T22:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/speaker\/irving-washington\/"},"modified":"2018-08-17T22:31:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T22:31:28","slug":"irving-washington","status":"publish","type":"ona_speaker","link":"https:\/\/ona18.journalists.org\/speaker\/irving-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Irving Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Irving Washington is executive director for the Online News Association (ONA), the world&#8217;s largest membership organization of digital journalists. As a media diversity advocate, Irving has managed programming and fundraising initiatives for journalists, media professionals and students worldwide. Before joining ONA, he worked for the National Association of Black Journalists and the Radio-Television Digital News Association. In 2014, he earned the designation of Certified Association Executive (CAE) by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). 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