By Kate Kilpatrick
True to his forecaster job title, Paul Saffo predicted that new media empires will arise in the next decade that will dwarf the Time Warners and Comcasts of today. They’ll do this, he says, “by enabling the many and the small.”
The Online News Association announced the voting results for the “Un-Conference” sessions at the 2009 annual conference in San Francisco, Calif. The sessions will focus around online networking and social media.
By Juana Summers
Amy Webb defines the leading edge of a field known for innovation. The digital media consultant, writer and adviser to numerous news organizations is engrossed in the intersection of journalism and technology.
By Abby Selden As a member of the Student Newsroom at last year’s Online News Association Conference, I energetically rushed around the hallways of the conference hotel, interviewing attendees on their favorite new technology trends and writing on the benefits of appealing to niche audiences. I was champing at the bit to enter the world […]
By Juana Summers The dinner table talk about the future of journalism doesn’t involve a lot of optimism. Even some people in the industry are telling me I should probably go to graduate school instead of looking for journalism jobs. The news is filled with talk of furloughs, buyouts and hiring freezes, but I’m not […]
By Suzanne Yada
Leo Laporte, host of nationally syndicated tech talk show “The Tech Guy Labs” and podcast “TWiT: This Week in Tech,” just finished speaking to the ONA crowd. Click here for the archived live blog coverage.
By Jessica Estepa
Evan Williams, CEO of the social media phenomenon Twitter, will speak to journalists 9 a.m. Friday. Check back for live updates from Student Newsroom journalists Amanda Ash and Jessica Estepa.
Didn’t make it to San Francisco for ONA09? No worries, you can drop in online.
Thanks to our friends at Reuters, you can win one of two Flip Mino video cameras we’ll be giving away at ONA09. Stop by the registration desk between Thursday, Oct. 1, at 8:30 a.m. and Saturday, Oct. 3, at 9 a.m. to enter. Tickets are $2 each or three for $5, and will support the […]
As part of our partnership with Livestream.com, we’ll be streaming a majority of sessions from ONA09 on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3.
