WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - July 1, 2010) - The Online News Association, the world's largest membership organization of digital journalists, today announced the members of the ONA10 Student Newsroom, which will provide full coverage of ONA's annual conference, courtesy of a travel scholarship from Google.
The scholarship will defray all costs for the 21 undergraduate and graduate students staying in the nation's capital for the Online News Association Conference & Awards Banquet, held Oct. 28-30. ONA10 is expected to attract more than 800 online journalists from around the world to the Marriott Renaissance in Washington, D.C., for three days of training, panels and workshops on emerging trends, as well as an all-day Career Summit and Job Fair. Last year's event in San Francisco sold out.
Mentored by working journalists and journalism professors, the students will take over the ONA10 website for three days and use a range of digital formats and styles to cover people, events and issues, including interactive text and graphics, live blogging, social media, slideshows, audio and video.
Under the direction of Committee Co-Chairs Sara Kelly of National University and Lynne Perri of American University, the group will be getting right to work. In the months leading up to ONA10, they'll give attendees a comprehensive preview, including details on session topics and interviews with conference presenters and speakers.
"Chosen from applicants across the United States and Canada, the students will bring a rich, varied set of multimedia skills and fresh perspective to ONA10 coverage," said Jane McDonnell, ONA Executive Director.
The students are:
Adrianna Amato, sophomore, University of Missouri
Caitlin Coughlan, junior, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Caitlin Dewey, senior, Syracuse University
Paula Eschevarria, graduate student, University of Miami
Keisha Frazier, junior, Temple University
Molly Gray, junior, Ohio State University
Heather Hodder, junior, George Washington University
Amanda Hofmockel, junior, Penn State University
Ethan Klapper, junior, American University
Kevin Loker, junior, George Mason University
Grace Muller, senior, Penn State University
Kim Nowacki, junior, University of Southern California
Bolanle Omisore, graduate student, New York University
Melissa Quijada, junior, University of Maryland
Nyssa Rabinowitz, senior, Michigan State
David Reinbold, graduate student, American University
Lauren SantaCruz, graduate student, University of Miami
Lauren Slavin, junior, Towson University
Nicole Stempak, senior, Kent State University
Elizabeth Wagner, graduate student, New York University
Kate Yanchulis, junior, University of Maryland
Working with the students will be the following academic and professional mentors:
Eric Athas, Washington Post Digital
Curt Chandler, Penn State University
Steve Elfers, USA Today
Chris Harvey, University of Maryland
Retha Hill, Arizona State University
Garrett Hubbard, USA Today
Kate Kennedy, Catholic University
Steve Klein, George Mason University
Amy Kovac-Ashley, Patch.com
Yvonne Latty, New York University
Sally Lehrman, Santa Clara University
Thom Lieb, Towson University
Matt Mansfield, Northwestern University
Doug Mitchell, Webbmedia Group
Laura Elizabeth Pohl, George Washington University/Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Ken Rogerson, Duke University
Ingrid Sturgis, Howard University
The Online News Association is the world's largest association of online journalists. ONA's mission is to inspire innovation and excellence among journalists to better serve the public. The membership includes news writers, producers, designers, editors, bloggers, technologists, photographers and others who produce news for the Internet or other digital delivery systems, as well as academic members and others interested in the development of online journalism. ONA also hosts the annual Online News Association annual conference and administers the Online Journalism Awards.
Contact Information:
For more information, contact:
Jane McDonnell
Executive Director
Online News Association