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Share your thoughts on ONA09, win an iPod nano

Oct 12th, 2009 | By | Category: General News

If you attended ONA09, you can win an iPod nano by filling out our conference survey.



Entrepreneurs at ONA09

Oct 5th, 2009 | By | Category: General News

By Jessica Estepa The buzz word at ONA09 was entrepreneurship. Twitter CEO Evan Williams encouraged it. Tech Guy Leo Laporte said he believed it was the future. Several sessions discussed how to transition from the “journalist” role to the “entrepreneur” role. The Student Newsroom sought out entrepreneurs at the conference, ranging from a Knight News […]



Publish2, My Ballard and Gotham Gazette win inaugural OJAs

Oct 4th, 2009 | By | Category: General News

A collection of linking tools that enables journalists to complement their original reporting, a hyperlocal site covering a Seattle neighborhood and a small site that covers a big city were the winners of the three newest categories at the 2009 Online Journalism Awards Banquet.



Lee Byron: Five designs that evoke joy … or not

Oct 4th, 2009 | By | Category: General News

By Kate Kilpatrick
The former The New York Times and current Facebook designer shares a few of his favorite things.



Live poll word cloud: What will save journalism?

Oct 4th, 2009 | By | Category: General News

By Anna Bloom
As part of the 2009 Online News Association Conference, the student newsroom conducted a live poll. Using Poll Everywhere, over two days, we asked people to text or tweet their response to the question: What will save journalism?



Unconference session focuses on harnessing the vastness of knowledge

Oct 3rd, 2009 | By | Category: General News

By Armand Emamdjomeh
Abandoning the typical lecture format, Ryan Sholin and Scott Karp prompted a conversation among approximately 40 journalists at one of two “Unconference” sessions Saturday at ONA09.



Tech trends: Forward-thinking journalists wanted

Oct 3rd, 2009 | By | Category: General News, Student Newsroom

By Juana Summers
Amy Webb defines the leading edge of a field known for innovation. The digital media consultant, writer and adviser shares her favorite tech trends.



Outwitting the algorithms to boost your site’s hits

Oct 3rd, 2009 | By | Category: General News, Student Newsroom

By Austin Fast
The big search engines are trying to keep a secret from you: how to improve your Web site’s ranking in search results. Find out ways to outwit the algorithms and boost your site to the top of the list.



Five things I learned at ONA’09

Oct 3rd, 2009 | By | Category: General News, Student Newsroom

By Lauren Gentile
ONA09 offers conferees an explosion of information, products and services. A student journalist offers five bytes she picked up at the conference.



What are you blogging about?

Oct 3rd, 2009 | By | Category: General News

By Armand Emamdjomeh

Blog. Some journalists say it’s their favorite four-letter word. Others can’t stand to hear it. The ONA student newsroom asked several journalists in the “blogging bar” at ONA09 “what do you blog about and why?”