ONA Opens 2012 MJ Bear Fellowships for Under-30 Digital Journalism Stars

ONA Opens 2012 MJ Bear Fellowships for Under-30 Digital Journalism Stars

WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwire) — 04/20/12 — , the world-s largest membership organization of digital journalists, today opened applications for the for early-career digital journalists, in honor of .For the second 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 voices heard in the indus

Herman, Keefe, Summers Elected to Online News Association Board

Herman, Keefe, Summers Elected to Online News Association Board

WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwire) — 10/20/11 — Members of the (ONA), the world-s largest membership organization of digital journalists, elected three new members to its Board of Directors and reelected three incumbents to two-year terms.The newest members — Burt Herman, CEO and Founder, Storify and Hacks/Hackers; John Keefe, WNYC-s Senior Editor for Data News & Journalism Technology; and Juana Summers, Political Reporter, POLITICO — begin their two-year terms on Jan. 1, 2012. Joining th

ContextWeb, Now PulsePoint, Again Ranks Among the Fastest Growing Companies in North America in the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 500(TM)

ContextWeb, Now PulsePoint, Again Ranks Among the Fastest Growing Companies in North America in the 2011 Deloitte Technology Fast 500(TM)

NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — ContextWeb, now as a result of the digital media technology company-s September merger with Datran Media, today announced that it has been ranked number 275 on Technology Fast 500, Deloitte-s ranking of 500 of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. The ranking is based on percentage of fiscal year revenue growth from 2006 to 2010. ContextWeb was similarly honored by D

PulsePoint to Sponsor Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, October 17-19

PulsePoint to Sponsor Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, October 17-19

NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwire) — 10/13/11 — , a digital media technology company, announced today its role as supporting sponsor of the eighth annual in San Francisco, CA on October 17-19. Co-produced by O-Reilly Media and UBM TechWeb, in association with Federated Media, the summit is designed to bring together intelligent, innovative leaders of the Internet and media industries to debate and discuss leading business strategies.PulsePoint, a new company recently created out of the merger of

/ CORRECTION – 2011 Online Journalism Awards Finalists Announced

/ CORRECTION – 2011 Online Journalism Awards Finalists Announced

WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwire) — 08/31/11 — In the news release, "2011 Online Journalism Awards Finalists Announced," issued earlier today by Online News Association, we are advised by the company that OpenSecrets.org should be added as a finalist to the Online Topical Reporting/Blogging, Small Site category.  Complete corrected text follows.2011 Online Journalism Awards Finalists AnnouncedWASHINGTON, DC — August 31, 2011 — Finalists for the 2011 Online Journalism Awards,

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