Posted: December 26th, 2008
The 2009 ONA Convention presents several opportunities to track the direction of online newspapering. Roger Fidler, program director for digital publishing at the Reynolds Journalism Institute, will lead a Friday, Feb. 13, session on “going mobile.” His presentation follows a panel discussion on legal and other issues arising from the emergence of blogs. A Thursday, Feb. 12, breakout session on “Web Solutions for Community Newspapers” will be conducted by Gary Sosniecki of Townnews.com.
Held at the Hilton Columbus at Easton Town Center, the ONA Convention opens with a Welcome Reception on Wednesday evening, Feb. 11, and concludes late Friday morning, Feb. 13.
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Posted: December 26th, 2008
Susan Godzak, of Van Buren, OH, is the winner of $1,000 in a drawing conducted in connection with NewspapersMakeHistory.com, ONA’s 75th anniversary Web site. ONA President Ken Douthit drew the winning name from those Ohioans who have visited the special Web site and have voted on the top Ohio newspaper stories of the past 75 years.
Godzak, who is a medical lab technologist with the Blanchard Valley Health System, says she went to the ONA site because of her interest in history and a link from her online newspaper, The Findlay Courier. “My oldest daughter Kathleen is majoring in history in college and my husband works for a library so we enjoy history as a family,” says Godzak. “I was interested in reading about the Ohio events on the site.”
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Posted: November 26th, 2008
Gov. Ted Strickland, Washington Post vice president Leonard Downie and Federal Reserve Bank official Mark Schweitzer are the featured speakers for the 2009 ONA Convention, scheduled for Feb. 11, 12 and 13 at the Columbus Hilton at Easton Town Center. The complete convention program has been announced in a mailing to all ONA members.
The governor will open the convention on Thursday morning, Feb. 12, with a briefing on his agenda for the remaining two years of his term. Downie will address attendees during the Thursday luncheon and Schweitzer will discuss the state of the economy and chances for recovery, immediately following the ONA Annual Meeting on Friday morning, Feb. 13.
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Posted: November 14th, 2008
ONA and The Tan & Cardinal, the student newspaper at Otterbein College, are co-hosting a reception on Nov. 20 for faculty advisors and student leaders from collegiate newspapers throughout Ohio. The event is scheduled from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on the Otterbein campus in Westerville.
The purpose of the informational meeting is to brief the advisors on the services available through ONA membership as well as gauging interest in a potential statewide collegiate advertising network operated through ONA’s subsidiary AdOhio. The advisors are also being encouraged to bring copies of their newspapers for sharing with others and additional networking.
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