The Online News Association, founded in 1999, is a 501 non-profit organization of digital journalists headquartered in Washington D.C., United States. The founding members first convened in December 1999 in Chicago. The group included journalists from WSJ, Time, MSNBC, and the FT, among other outlets. It is the world's largest association of digital journalists, with more than 3,200 members.
The majority of ONA members are professional online journalists. From Wikipedia