ONA announces Online Journalism Awards finalists

The Online News Association, in conjunction with USC’s Annenberg School for Communication, has announced the finalists for its 2005 Online Journalism Awards.

The awards will be presented in New York City at the ONA conference, Oct. 28-29 at the Hilton New York.

About Diana Day

By day, Diana is the Internet and Communication Technologies Coordinator at Westridge School for Girls in Pasadena, CA.

By night, Diana moonlights as the Digital Diva for the LATimes.com's education blog

Diana recently received her master's degree in online journalism from USC. She was managing editor of the readers' blog at Online Journalism Review.

Before attending USC, she was a schoolteacher and reading specialist for 14 years in both Philadelphia and Los Angeles.

While at USC, Diana launched two online news publications -- BeTwinned.com, a magazine for parents of twins and multiples, and inSierraMadre.com, a community journalism site for Sierra Madre, CA.