ATLANTA, GA — (Marketwired) — 10/24/13 — Coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings, national security and international elections by news organizations large and small took top honors at the 2013 Online Journalism Awards Banquet, which ended the .At the 14th annual awards dinner, The Guardian won both the Gannett Foundation Award for Investigative Journalism and the Watchdog Journalism Award for digging into leaked National Security Administration files.Coverage of disasters dominated the Bre
WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 09/17/13 — Finalists for the , many pushing the envelope of innovation and excellence in digital storytelling and distribution, were announced today by the and its academic partner, the .A group of 24 industry-leading journalists and new media professionals teamed up to review entrants and select finalists. Twelve of those judges, representing a diverse cross-section of the industry, conferred to determine winners from independent, community, nonprofit, majo
WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 08/02/13 — Where are the journalists of the future? Meet them in October at the 2013 Job Fair at the at the Atlanta Marriot Marquis. Hosted by the fastest-growing membership organization of digital media and sponsored by The McClatchy Company, the Job Fair will be the place to find journalists with cutting-edge media and technology skills for the jobs media companies will need to fill today and tomorrow.Meet one-on-one with experienced reporters, writers, pr
WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 07/24/13 — The Online News Association, the world-s largest membership organization of digital journalists, is pleased to announce the members of the , chosen from over 100 applicants across the globe, who will provide intensive coverage of the October 17-20 in Atlanta.For the fourth year running, Google will provide a $30,000 scholarship to cover registration, travel and lodging expenses for the 40 students and mentors attending ONA13.Mentored by distinguis
WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 06/03/13 — The Associated Press and Google today announced the of a national scholarship program targeted at college students whose innovative projects exemplify the new journalist in the digital media age. The , the world-s largest membership organization of digital journalists, administers the program.provides $20,000 scholarships for the 2013-14 academic year to six promising undergraduate or graduate students pursuing or planning to pursue degrees at the
WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 05/14/13 — The Online News Association, the world-s largest membership organization of digital journalists, announces that Nate Silver, best-selling author and expert data forecaster at FiveThirtyEight.com, will keynote at its 2013 conference in Atlanta.Silver will be featured at the Friday, Oct. 18, in a conversation exploring data journalism.Silver, ranked this week as #1 on Fast Company-s , has become today-s leading statistician through his innovative an
WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 04/22/13 — The Online News Association, the world-s largest membership organization of digital journalists, today opened applications for the for early-career digital journalists, in honor of .For the third year of the Fellowships, the search committee will again select three promising, up-and-coming digital journalists — two in the United States or Canada and one internationally, in partnership with MSN International — who are just beginning to make their
WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 04/04/13 — The Online News Association, the world-s largest membership organization of digital journalists, announces that applications are now open for students and mentors for the ONA13 Student Newsroom at the , Oct. 17-19, in Atlanta., supported for the fourth year by Google, immerses 20 select graduate or undergraduate students in a digital media environment by providing hands-on experience producing content for the ONA13 website before and during the con
NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwire) — 12/19/12 — The Associated Press and Google are seeking candidates for a scholarship program that recognizes student creativity and innovation at the intersection of journalism and technology.Now in its second year, the AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship Program is administered by the Online News Association, the world-s largest membership organization of digital journalists.The program will award six $20,000 scholarships to undergraduate or graduate