ONA and The Poynter Institute’s News University (NewsU) will offer four training Webinars in 2009, free to ONA members. Registration is open now for the first, "Discover Your Missing Links: The Semantic Web," at 2 p.m. ET, Wednesday, Jan. 28.
This Webinar is the first in the ONAvations Series — with others coming in March, May and September — that will focus on how cutting-edge technology can be used to add depth and scope to storytelling.
Why the Semantic Web? It has the power to transform the way readers find what they are looking for online -- whether they know they are looking for it or not. For journalists, advances in the Semantic Web will dramatically change digital news. You'll have the power to go beyond simple "tagging" and build rich connections among all your content: articles, images, motion and audio. But how can online journalists consistently and comprehensively semantically tag and, more importantly, semantically associate assets? How can you thrive in the Semantic Web?
In this one-hour Webinar, digital consultant and online publishing specialist Diane Burley will:
explain tagging, taxonomies, authority files and knowledge bases
show how to expose this rich metadata to create a better user experience
explore ways to research or package news with greater ease
look at some of the online tools and companies that can help Web editors and publishers automatically tag and associate content.
For registration instructions and the ONA member promotion code, visit the Journalists.org Discounts page.
For more information about the Webinar, visit NewsU.org.
About the Webinars: In this virtual classroom, participants can join in a seminar led by Poynter faculty and visiting faculty. This screencast includes live audio and a slideshow presentation in which participants can post questions and respond to poll questions posed by the host. Can't attend the live webinar? An archived replay will be available soon after the live Webinar. Your registration gives you access to the live event, the replay and our bonus resources.
About our training partner: NewsU is committed to providing interactive, inexpensive courses that appeal to journalists at all levels of experience and in all types of media. Officially launched in April 2005, NewsU offers an innovative approach to helping journalists enhance their skills. We know the most successful journalists never stop learning. News University is supported by a grant from Knight Foundation, part of the foundation's Newsroom Training Initiative, which aims to increase both journalism education and news industry investment in training.
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