Attention Chapter Members With Online Reporting Savvy
The Online News Association, the world’s largest membership organization of digital journalists, and the University of Miami’s School of Communication has put out a call for entries for the 2010 Online Journalism Awards (OJAs), emblematic of the best in online journalism.
This year, ONA has introduced changes to acknowledge the role of investigative journalism, development of emerging platforms and achievements at the collegiate level, as well as a new site that streamlines the entry experience and judging process. Eight awards now come with a total of $33,000 in prize money, courtesy of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Gannett Foundation, which also is supporting innovative investigative work with two new $2,500 awards.
The newest category honors Outstanding Use of Emerging Platforms, achievement by an organization in the use of devices such as smart phones, eReaders and tablets to tell a story and serve a community. To better reflect work being produced by future journalists, students may now enter in three categories — Multimedia Feature Presentation, Outstanding Use of Digital Technologies on the Web and Online Video.
Deadline: July 17th. More information can be found online here.