#ONA11: Not old media, not new media -- it's present media
Selected tweets, presentations, and related resources from Friday's proceedings at the 2011 Online News Association Conference in Boston.
ONA11 » 2011 Online News Association Conference, Boston | 2011 Online News Association Conference, BostonStudents worked feverishly as a team to post coverage of the ONA 2011 Boston conference. It was early Saturday morning when the students closed down the newsroom, posting stories and video, ready to return a few hours later to resume coverage. Several media professionals went inside the story and behind the black curtain to share secrets about journalism today.- On having a small staff:
Fact-checking on social media:
Checking the Truth of the TweetAs fuzzy as the future role of social media is in the journo world, accuracy, it seems, is still a top newsroom priority. Panelists of The Master Class: The Craft of Twitter answered audience questions regarding best practices for attributing Tweets, and how to verify that the information in these 140-character blasts is true.Journalism and social media:
From ONA: Facebook's Vadim LavrusikWhen Vadim Lavrusik left Mashable and joined Facebook, social journalists who know him rejoiced. Suddenly, the biggest social network had a face and a real-life friend for the media. Lavrusik is very responsive to requests, questions and concerns from online journalists, especially in a very active social journalists Facebook group.











