WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 2008) - Journalism should be the antidote for information overload. News organizations should use the Web for deeper coverage and ask users to submit their own content.

These were two themes discussed in the 2007 keynote addresses given by Michael Oreskes and Hilary Schneider. What can we expect at this year's Online News Association (ONA) conference?

Tina Brown, Robert Scoble and Devin Wenig will headline the 9th annual ONA conference, Sept. 11-13, 2008.

Brown, former editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, has partnered with Barry Diller and IAC to create an editor-driven news aggregation Web site, expected to launch this fall. She is the author of the bestselling book The Diana Chronicles, about the life and times of Princess Diana, and is currently working on her next book, The Clinton Chronicles.

Scoble is best known for his popular blog, Scobleizer, which came to prominence during his tenure as a technical evangelist at Microsoft. In addition to blogging, he is the managing director of Fast Company TV, a business video network, and writes a column about technology for Fast Company Magazine.

Wenig is the CEO of the Markets Division of Thomson Reuters. He leads the global financial services and media businesses, which provide information to professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets. He is a director of Nastech Pharmaceutical Company, one of the first American biotechnology companies, the March of Dimes charity, and FXMarketSpace, a Reuters joint venture with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

In addition, four industry leaders will participate in ONA's 2008 Super panel, titled "Extreme Media Makeover: How experts would re-do your business model." Moderator Neda Ulaby, arts and culture reporter for National Public Radio, will be joined by Charlie Tillinghast, president and publisher of MSNBC.com, Eduardo A. Hauser, chief executive officer of DailyMe.com, Lauren Rich Fine, a longtime media analyst and now practitioner-in-residence at Kent State University's College of Communication and Information, and Wendy Warren, editor and vice president of Philly.com.

More detailed information on this year's panels and speakers, as well as the complete schedule, are available on the conference homepage, http://journalists.org/2008conference/.

Ethics Panel

Ahead of the conference's "Town Hall Session: Developing an Ethics Framework" on Sept. 13, 2008, ONA has set up an Online Ethics wiki, where journalists can share their ideas, suggestions and advice on the ethical dilemmas facing Web journalism.

Visit the wiki, http://www.onlineethicswiki.com/, before and after the conference to take part in the discussion.

Registration

There's less than a month until the conference and we're very close to selling out. The fee is $499 for ONA members and $699 for non-members.

Just interested in attending the Online Journalism Awards? Tickets are available for $125 per person.

Hotel reservations

The Capitol Hilton in Washington, D.C., has extended its discounted rate of $259 per night for conference attendees. Reserve your hotel room today to lock in this special price.

Press contacts:

Tiffany Shackelford, tiffany.shackelford@gmail.com
Amy Webb, amy@webbmediagroup.com

The Online News Association was founded in 1999 by working members of the online press. It's open to journalists from around the world who produce news on the Internet and other digital platforms and people with an interest in online news.