The ONA LA meetup group is for ONA members in the greater LA area, as well as any digital professionals in the area whose principal livelihood involves gathering or producing news for digital presentation and who are interested in the Online News Association. While membership is encouraged, it is not required to join the meetup group. All details for events, trainings, and panel discussions organized by ONA LA will be posted here for your RSVP. We also encourage you to use the chat and disc …

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …