AP President to Keynote Online News Conference; Leading Digital Journalists to Converge in Hollywood for Fifth Annual Online News Association Conference.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. & BETHESDA, Md. -- Leading digital journalists from across the world will gather for the fifth annual Online News Association Conference and Awards Banquet on Nov. 12-13 in Hollywood, Calif. Highlights of this year's ONA (Open Network Architecture) An FCC plan that allows users and competing enhanced service providers (ESPs) equal access to unbundled, basic telephone services. The Open Network Provision (ONP) is the European counterpart. conference will include a keynote speech keynote speech n. See keynote address. Noun 1. keynote speech - a speech setting forth the keynote keynote address keynote - the principal theme in a speech or literary work by Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Tom Curley Tom Curley is the current president and chief executive officer of the Associated Press - one of the most powerful men in media. Curley is also a former president, publisher, and one of the co-creators of USA Today. ; a debate over the Net's role in the election; and a unique new competition among conference attendees to determine who is the "Master of the Web Universe." Curley, the former publisher of USA Today, will present a can't-miss speech, as he is heading up the ambitious eAP effort to transform the world's largest news organization for the digital age. Another can't-miss event will be the ONA's first-ever online news problem-solving competition, "Master of the Web Universe: The Ultimate Challenge." Conference attendees will form teams that will compete against each other to create the best solutions to real-world scenarios. The competition will test conference participants' creativeness, collaboration and resourcefulness. Attendees will then help our panel of celebrity judges -- MarketWatch CEO Larry Kramer, Lawrence World-Journal New Media Director Rob Curley and Latimes.com Executive Producer Elaine Zinngrabe - decide who wins the competition and is crowned Master of the Web Universe. "Since we're a gathering of online journalists, we wanted to make this a truly interactive conference," says Conference Chair Jonathan Dube. "We'll have a fantastic lineup of speakers, but we also wanted to tap our talented attendees, who are some of the sharpest minds in the business. Our 'Master of the Web Universe' competition will create a fun, new way for attendees to share ideas and learn from each other." With Hollywood-themed titles, panel discussions at the conference will provide media leaders and online journalists with ideas that they can take back to their newsrooms on everything from business to content, including topics such as: "Survivor -- The Newsroom: How to Get Shovelware Refers to the many "extra" programs pre-installed on some PCs that offer little value (they are "shoveled" in without regard to quality). Also called "crapware," shovelware is geared to first-time buyers, who think they are getting more for their money. Off Your News Island" and "Extreme Makeover: How to Make Your Site Gorgeous, Friendly and Popular." Since the conference follows the 2004 presidential election, this year's program will also feature a keynote panel of experts debating what role the Internet -- from bloggers to online news sites -- played in how the media covered the election. Stay tuned for exciting details about the politicians and journalists on this panel. For those interested in hands-on training, the ONA and the Society for News Design will be offering an optional full-day workshop on Thursday, Nov. 11, taught by journalists, for journalists. You'll learn the basics of multimedia storytelling, including how to pick a project, set up your team and develop an effective workflow. In addition, you'll get an introduction to Macromedia Flash, as well as some surprisingly full-featured free and shareware solutions for video and audio editing. Space is limited, so sign up now to be sure to get a spot ($125 for ONA members; $175 for non-members). With WiFi access available throughout the conference facilities, attendees will also be able to post their comments on the ONA's Participants' Weblog See blog and Web log. (World-Wide Web) weblog - (Commonly "blog") Any kind of diary published on the World-Wide Web, usually written by an individual (a "blogger") but also by corporate bodies. , from their own laptops or computer stations. The capstone of the conference will take place on the evening of Nov. 13 when the Online Journalism Awards are announced at the ONA's annual banquet, this year catered by Wolfgang Puck. The awards honor excellence in English-language Web journalism and are administered by the Online News Association and the Annenberg School for Communication There are two schools named Annenberg School for Communication.
The full conference agenda and registration information for the conference and multimedia workshop are available at http://www.journalists.org/conference. A special early-bird rate for Online News Association members of $339 is available until Friday, Sept. 3, so sign up now! Sponsors of the conference so far include: Platinum: CNN.com; Gold: New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times Digital; Bronze: washingtonpost.com, Knight Ridder Digital; Associations: NAA NAA Nomina Anatomica Avium. New Media Federation and Society for News Design. If you're interested in sponsorship opportunities or have other questions about the conference, please contact Conference Chair Jonathan Dube at Jonathan.Dube@msnbc.com. More information will be posted on journalists.org/conference as it becomes available. About the Online News Association The Online News Association (ONA) was founded in 1999 by several working members of the online press. ONA is open to journalists from around the world who produce news on the Internet and other digital platforms, and to others with an interest in online news |
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