With polls soon closing for the Board of Directors election, ONA members have had ample opportunities to meet and chat with the 22 candidates and the four new Advisory Board members.
The latest opportunity to meet the candidates vying for the six seats available on the ONA Board of Directors came at the ONA conference yesterday afternoon. Of the candidates, only six are running incumbents. Last week, two candidates dropped out of the race.
Elections began Thursday and will continue until Nov. 13. ONA will officially announce the new Board of Directors to the public Nov. 20.
The Board of Directors includes the executive officers, one At-Large Member, one General Counsel and nine regular members.
Candidates range from communication academics to practicing professionals in the journalism industry.
New candidates:
John Abell, New York bureau chief, Wired.com
Laura Cochran, content manager, ContentOne, Gannett Co. Inc.
Eric Easter, vice president, Digital and Entertainment, Johnson Publishing
Micah Gelman, executive producer, U.S. Video, The Associated Press (AP)
Joshua Hatch, interactives director, USA TODAY
Robert Hernandez, assistant professor of professional practice, University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
Gary Kebbel, dean, College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Rob King, editor in chief, ESPN Digital Media
Michele McLellan, circuit rider at Knight Digital Media Center, Knight Foundation
Susan Mernit, editor in chief, Oakland Local
Eric Scherer, director, Strategy and External Relations, France-Presse (AFP)
Ingrid Sturgis, assistant professor, Howard University
Will Sullivan, Donald W. Reynolds Fellow, Reynolds Journalism Institute
Jonathan Weber, editor in chief, The Bay Citizen
Incumbents:
Jody Brannon, national director, News21
Neil Budde, President, Chief Product Officer, DailyMe.com
Cory Tolbert Haik, Deputy Editor, Universal News Desk, Washington Post
Katie King, senior product manager, Portal and Partnerships, MSN UK
Ken Sands, online editor, Bloomberg
Amy Webb, principal digital media consultant, Webbmedia Group
Four new journalist elites will join the Advisory Board, which the Board of Directors hand selects. The Advisory Board oversees the organization with an outsider perspective, looking at the big picture, said Joshua Hutch, the ONA conference co-chair and the Interactives Director for USA Today.
Advisory Board:
Richard Gingras, CEO of Salon Media Group
Mark Walsh, CEO of GeniusRocket
Vivian Vahlberg, president of Vahlberg & Associates, and project director for the Knight Community Information Challenge
Eduardo Hauser, CEO and founder of DailyMe, Inc.
