ONA11 Keynote Explores Arab Spring With Carvin, Preston and Mideast Journalists

ONA11 Keynote Explores Arab Spring With Carvin, Preston and Mideast Journalists

WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwire) — 08/26/11 — The Online News Association-s 2011 conference will feature The New York Times- Jennifer Preston and NPR-s Andy Carvin in a keynote discussion with two journalists who both cover and are actively participating in the Mideast uprisings.Joining the conversation will be Issandr El Amrani, a Cairo-based writer and consultant who has been called one of the smartest bloggers in the region, and Rehab El-Bakry, a journalist and editor with more than 10 year

ONA Selects 2011 MJ Bear Fellows, Journalism Stand-Outs Under 30

ONA Selects 2011 MJ Bear Fellows, Journalism Stand-Outs Under 30

WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwire) — 08/01/11 — The , the world-s largest membership organization of digital journalists, today announced its first , three journalists under age 30 whose innovative work in independent, community and corporate news represents the best of new media.The selection committee combed through 35 applications from 13 countries to choose three up-and-coming digital journalists — two in the United States or Canada and one international, in partnership with MSN Internation