Online News Association @ Emory

“We believe that the Internet is the most powerful communications medium to arise since the dawn of...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:40:00 -0500

“We believe that the Internet is the most powerful communications medium to arise since the dawn of television.”

Founded in November 2011, the Online News Association at Emory is an engaging community of student journalists working to inspire greater acts of reporting via interactive panels and topical discussions.

Interested in learning more? Check out our Facebook and Tumblr pages, and look for announcements about our upcoming first panel.

Daily Mail's Website Traffic Surpasses New York Times

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:00:54 -0500

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/daily-mails-website-traffic-new-york-times_n_1231795.html

Press Freedom Index: Occupy Wall Street Journalist Arrests Cost U.S. Dearly In Latest Survey

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:53:45 -0500

Press Freedom Index: Occupy Wall Street Journalist Arrests Cost U.S. Dearly In Latest Survey :

The targeting of journalists covering the Occupy Wall Street movement has caused the United States to drop precipitously in a leading survey of press freedom.

truthaboutronpaul: “Liberty is lost through complacency and a...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:50:32 -0500

truthaboutronpaul:

“Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.”

― Ron Paul

Photo

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:49:07 -0500

goodnightsusanphotography: Corruptorate America on Flickr.

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:44:40 -0500

goodnightsusanphotography:

Corruptorate America on Flickr.

chazbot: Occupy Portraits - Source

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:44:31 -0500

chazbot:

Occupy Portraits - Source

luizachelaru: Occupy Atlanta, 11/12/11 I can’t wait to get the...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:44:15 -0500

luizachelaru:

Occupy Atlanta, 11/12/11

I can’t wait to get the Portra roll processed so you all can see how totally awesome that lady’s outfit was.

clatl: Several groups of Occupy Atlanta protesters visited...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:43:24 -0500

clatl:

Several groups of Occupy Atlanta protesters visited local shopping venues in an attempt to “raise awareness” about Black Friday. Thirteen Occupy Atlanta activists visited Atlantic Station (above). Inside H&M, three Occupy members handed out flyers and discreetly stuck faux price tags on in-store items that read things like “FREE,” “buy nothing,” and “made at the cost of human dignity.”

After the stickers had been dispersed, Occupy Atlanta spokesperson Tim Franzen patiently waited in the customer service line, and when it was his turn to be helped, “I asked her in the most friendly voice, with a nice smile, if she knew what aisle I could find universal healthcare on, if they carried it in stock, and she said they were out. And then I asked if she had any of Barack Obama’s hope and change that’s been promised since 2008, I’d be willing to wait or whatever and she said they also did not have that in stock. Then I told her happy holidays and shook her hand.”

“I’ve shopped on Black Friday in my life,” said Franzen. “This certainly isn’t about antagonizing people, because they’re working class people just trying to get a good deal. We’re hoping to create a conversation about consumerism and our spending habits.” (Photos by Dustin Chambers)

More photos from Occupy Black Friday

thelifeat35mm: Peaceful Protest (Day 12 – 2011/11/05) on...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:42:29 -0500

thelifeat35mm:

Peaceful Protest (Day 12 – 2011/11/05) on Flickr.

Photo

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:40:58 -0500

Check out these photos from Occupy Wallstreet. What does each photograph tell you about the photographer's views?

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:39:52 -0500

javierdevega: TEDxThessaloniki - Paul Lewis - Crowdsourcing...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:37:24 -0500

javierdevega:

TEDxThessaloniki - Paul Lewis - Crowdsourcing the News & Citizen Journalism

Citizen Journalism

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:36:07 -0500

Citizen Journalism

occupationtv: Photographer arrested for just taking pictures at...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:34:56 -0500

occupationtv:

Photographer arrested for just taking pictures at #OO protest. Followed police orders to step back yet was still arrested. All these officers should be fired for infringing on people’s constitutional rights. This is a duplicate in case the original gets taken down. (by ThePat90210)

presspassme: Citizen Journalism by Andrew McGregor...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:34:37 -0500

presspassme:

Citizen Journalism by Andrew McGregor (@Drewtube99) via @TEDx USC

In his talk Andrew McGregor speaks about his not-for-profit The Tiziano Project, which brings teachers into developing countries to teach citizens basic journalism skills.

The Tiziano Project has encouraged these people to become reporters for news sources such as Reuters and share their stories from a grassroots level. The Tiziano Project was recently awarded the 2011 Online Journalism Award for Community Collaboration.

If the feds can shut down Megaupload, why do we need SOPA?

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:27:15 -0500

If the feds can shut down Megaupload, why do we need SOPA?:

onaissues:

“If the US government already has the power to arrest people and seize assets in places as far away as Germany, New Zealand, and the Philippines, are the new enforcement powers sought by content companies even necessary? [ARS Technica] posed that question to two people on opposite sides of the SOPA debate. Cara Duckworth is a spokeswoman for the Recording Industry Association of America. And Julian Sanchez is a research fellow at the Cato Institute and an occasional contributor to Ars Technica.”

Read a thoughtful debate on whether or not the SOPA legislation is necesary on ARS Technica.

"[J]ournalists aren’t even aware that it is fair use they are employing when they quote someone’s..."

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:25:57 -0500

“[J]ournalists aren’t even aware that it is fair use they are employing when they quote someone’s remarks in an interview, or excerpt a key sentence from a corporate memo, or reproduce a statement from an email someone sent them.”

- How They Did It: The Center for Social Media’s fair use guides - Online News Association

Fair Use provides a small haven by allowing exceptions to strict copyright laws for reasons of critique or news reporting. But how many reporters or media makers truly understand their rights? The Center for Social Media has put together a document that will help you understand fair use.

(via onaissues)

"So let me put colleges and universities on notice: If you can’t stop tuition from going up,..."

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:47:43 -0500

““So let me put colleges and universities on notice: If you can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers will go down. Higher education can’t be a luxury - it’s an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.””

- Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, Jan. 24, 2012; Read more: On Notice.

Students, build your website and build your brand

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:22:05 -0500

Students, build your website and build your brand:

onaissues:

Here are three simple and easy website builders you can use right now. Scholarship Manager Irving Washington creates three examples sites for you to see, and each of the websites he created for this post took less than five minutes to complete.

P.S. The deadline for the $20,000 AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship is this week.