Headlines:

• Attendance record broken: Nearly 700 attendees, including 78 from outside the United States
  
  
• First job fair attracted 134 job-seekers and 13 recruiters from major media companies (NPR.org, USATODAY.com, washingtonpost.com, Gannett)
  
  
• Learning opportunities expanded from four tracks and 21 sessions in 2007 to six tracks and 45 sessions in 2008, featuring experts in web development, metrics, videography, education, social media and organization management
  
  
• "Tech geek blogger" Robert Scoble streamed his keynote appearance live on kyte.tv. Inside and outside the conference, more than 500 people followed sessions through live Twittering, while bloggers covered sessions in real time. (Sample Tweet: "Can someone tell me what #ONA08 is? It's all over the place.")
  
  
• The Online Journalism Awards, the only annual awards competition recognizing the best and the brightest work in digital news, received 800 entries.
  
  
• Innovation workshops featuring cutting-edge tools for practicing online journalism, with hands-on training in applying latest technology.
  
  
• Exhibit spaces for technology vendors sold out for second year in a row; expanded "tech room" planned for '09.

Coverage

• Laurie White covered the intersection of journalism and technology at ONA08 in All the News that's Fit to Tweet for AJR, one of the few "mainstream" articles that addressed how to apply technology to journalism.
  
  
• Ellyn Angelotti of PoynterOnline delved into the tech side of the conference with Taking Back 10 Emerging Technologies from ONA
  
  
• Alfred Hermida, recently named one of the web's 20 most visible individuals in Vancouver in a joint project by NowPublic.com and the Vancouver Sun, posted to his blog Reportr.net: News industry wants graduates with "journalism plus"
  
  
• Barb Iverson, Columbia College professor and contributor to PoynterOnline's E-Media Tidbits gave ONA props in her review: Upbeat, Engaging and Online

What they said

• Amy Gahran, PoynterOnline, E-Media Tidbits: "I knew (ONA08) would be a great opportunity to scope out of the current state of the online journalism industry, and hopefully see what to expect in years to come."
  
  
• Michael Migurski, Tecznotes: "(ONA) is not primarily a tech-driven community, but they catch on to new developments quickly and bend them into the service of storytelling."
  

ONA08 Sponsors, Exhibitors and Vendors

ONA08 Vendors
UClick
Reuters
DailyMe.com
Daylife.com
Mixx.com (Recommended Reading)
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Inform Tech
Tribune Media Services

ONA08 Sponsors
Washington Post (Diamond)
New York Times (Platinum)
Gannett Foundation (Platinum)
Philip Merrill College of Journalism (Gold)
Topix (Silver)
Saxotech (Silver)
ESPN (Silver)
Yahoo! (Silver)
Washington Independent (Silver)
Pluck (Silver)
AP (Silver)
AFP (Bronze)
MarketWire (Bronze)
Agence France Press (Bronze)
CNN (Bronze)

Job Fair Recruiters
American University School of Communications
The Associated Press
Columbia University
Congressional Quarterly
Gannett Co.
The McClatchy Co.
The New York Times
National Public Radio
Quinnipiac University
Tribune Media Services
USA TODAY
Voice of America
washingtonpost.com