What Obstacles Exist for Online Journalism?

What obstacles exist for online journalism? That topic will be on the minds of attendees at the Online News Association‘s annual conference next week in Manhattan. Unfortunately, the major obstacle for online journalism is the people who practice it — the best of whom will be attending the conference. Most are transplanting into the new …

Those Who Cannot Remember The Online Past Are Condemned To Repeat It

Using the Online News Association’s discussion list, Jon Garfunkel of Civilities.net noted how the Ventura County Star has temporarily had to shutdown its online forums because (The Los Angeles Times reported[note: registration site]) of uncivil postings. Garfunkel asked: “Wouldn’t it be handy if there were resources available to summarize best practices with news-site commenting techniques?” …

New York Online News Association Meetup Group Formed

I’ve organized a New York Online News Association meetup group. It’s for New York City metropolitan area members of the Online News Association. If you work in online news media in the tri-state NYC area, please join us. Similar groups were recently formed by other people in Seattle, Minneapolis, and the District of Columbia (click …