Online News Association

Online journalism... Does it really exist? I mean, do we really prefer to read news online than watch them on TV? According to various investigations most people suppose that online sources are more informative, because as a rule, online journalists are just volunteers and freelancers. In other words, they are not paid for their activity and are able to express their own points of view.

Numerous blogs, forums and chats. All this is also the type of online journalism, though at the beginning not everyone agreed with such a statement. It should be noted that all online news writers, designers, producers, editors and photographers have their own organization. The Online News Association was founded in 1999 and now has more than 1,000 members. As I have already  mentioned, it includes the people who produce news for the Internet as well as those who are just interested in the field of online journalism.

Some people suppose that the journalism is like an art, others believe that everyone needs to acquire special skills if she wants to become a professional in this field. What is the difference between online and TV news? Whether something new can be created. The Online News Association tries to answer these questions and determine the most interesting projects in this field. The Online Journalism Awards were created in 2000 in order to find the best innovations in the field of online journalism.

This organization holds the annual conferences, where everyone is able to learn more about the gathering and  producing of the news for the networking society. As for the usual people, we are able to get to know about all the news via the Internet using personalized feeds and readers, which offers us the interesting information from various sites. It should be noted that the most popular aggregators are Google News, Topix.net, mangrova.com, Newsfeedmaker.com, TheFreeLibrary.com and many more. Just join them!