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The Online News Association -- the only professional journalism organization devoted exclusively to the issues, events, and evolution of digital news.
Here are some of the ONA member benefits:
Discussion:
Members-only discussion e-mail forum where digital journalists can exchange knowledge, find assistance and expertise, raise questions and discuss issues.
Sign up here: http://journalist.org/members/archives/000153.php |
Networking.
The ONA includes hundreds of online journalists, a professional peer group you can turn to for insight, information and ideas. Connect with members directly through ONA's online membership directory.
The annual Online News Association Conference
brings together hundreds of ONA members to network with their colleagues and get up to speed on the latest developments -- both professional and technological -- in digital news. To sign up for this year's conference and get a special members discount, visit http://www.journalists.org
Special discounts:
ONA members benefit from significant discounts for ONA activities and selected events hosted by other journalism organizations.
Training & tipsheets:
ONA-created online journalism training modules in partnership with the Knight Foundation, plus speaker handouts, PowerPoints and selected audio from ONA's annual conference and regional events.
Jobs: Access to ONA's exclusive online journalism job listings board.
The Online Journalism Awards,
the most prestigious awards in online news, acknowledge the best and brightest work in digital journalism.
The ONA newsletter:
Available to members only, ONA's biweekly newsletter provides current information about issues and events important to the industry, as well as examples of excellent and innovative work that can be emulated across sites.
CyberJournalist.net:
Co-published with ONA, this news and resource site that focuses on how technology, the Internet and convergence are transforming the media, with a special emphasis on helping online journalists do their jobs better.
You can also subscribe to CyberJournalist.net's weekly newsletter
at: Cyberjournalist.net/subscribe.php |
Partnerships.
ONA has established partnerships with several other journalism organizations and foundations, including Editor & Publisher and the American Press Institute, to offer ONA members reduced rates to their conferences and symposia.
Professional visibility.
The ONA presents and participates in a wide variety of panel discussions, workshops and summits each year, ensuring that the professional values and practices of the organization are represented in broad public discussions of the Internet. ONA members receive discounted rates at many of these events.
Advocacy.
The ONA has taken a proactive role in the filing of amicus friend-of-the-court briefs in legal disputes that raise issues critical to the digital news industry. Your membership in ONA helps support that kind of increasingly important legal advocacy.
Access all of these benefits and more at the
ONA Member Resources area of journalists.org: Journalists.org/members |

Picture New York |
Basically, this [proposed NY City film permit ordinance] opens the door to unlimited police interactions with photographers and filmmakers, because under these proposed rules, if they were passed, basically everyone with a camera, including everyone with a cell phone, would be someone who might have to have a permit to do photography... with all the people out there with cameras, most people are going to be left alone. This is going to give the police license to stop people they want to stop for whatever reason they want. And you can imagine who the likely targets are of that sort of enforcement... People with dark skin, people who look suspicious in the eyes of the police... It's going to be the people who tend to be harassed by the police in other contexts. -- Christopher Dunn

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