April 17, 2024
Freedom of Expression | April 18, 2024
25th ISOJ closes with call to support journalists facing legal cases and jail for their work
As part of closing remarks at the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism, Romina Mella and José Zamora shed light on legal cases and jail time facing their colleague in Peru and father in Guatemala, respectively. ISOJ participants were called on to support these two renowned journalists. Read More
ISOJ2024 | April 17, 2024
Local journalism and solutions journalism could be the way out of polarization, say ISOJ panelists
From producing more solutions journalism stories, offering audiences spaces to participate in public life or reporting with a different approach from “them vs. us,” ISOJ panelists offered paths out of global polarization. Read More
Artificial Intelligence | April 17, 2024
Data structuring and collaborative design: Panelists at 25th ISOJ highlight uses of AI in newsrooms to improve journalism
The 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) brought examples of the uses of artificial intelligence at UOL, The Marshall Project and The New York Times, while research by the Associated Press reveals the impact of generative AI on journalism around the world. Professionals emphasize collaborative design as an approach and data structuring as the most powerful use of AI in journalism. Read More
Featured | April 17, 2024
Wendi C. Thomas reimagined what a newsroom could be. Then she created MLK50: Justice through Journalism.
Lee este artículo en español abajo Wendi C. Thomas, founding editor and publisher of nonprofit newspaper MLK50: Justice through Journalism, created a newsroom that centered “people traditionally pushed to the margins.” During her keynote session at the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), on April 12, Thomas told that story in a discussion moderated … Read More
ISOJ2024 | April 17, 2024
Transparency, audience connection and relatable communication are influencer elements from which journalists can benefit: ISOJ panelists
An ISOJ panel discussed how journalists can leverage influencer strategies to build trust and audience connections, while maintaining journalistic ethics. Panelists mentioned transparency, relatable communication and the use of emotions as some elements journalists can learn from content creators. Read More
Featured | April 16, 2024
Nearly 1,000 people from 74 countries attended ISOJ’s 25th anniversary to discuss future of journalism
Nearly 1,000 people from 74 countries – from Afghanistan to Venezuela – attended the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism, hosted and organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication. Read More
Business Models | April 16, 2024
Strategies to improve revenue of local news media and projects are subject of discussion at 25th ISOJ
If there is one topic that journalists should talk more about, it is money. That is why on the first day of the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), the lunch hour was used to talk about strategies to optimize revenue for local media. Read More
Accountability | April 15, 2024
ISOJ workshop asks ‘How do we define journalists today?’ amid technological and policy shifts
Lee este artículo en español abajo Across the world, governments are pursuing public policy to help fund journalism. In the pursuit of effective policy, some states and countries have created definitions of journalism to help determine which individuals and organizations qualify. But in the digital age, creating an adequate definition is easier said than done. … Read More
Accountability | April 14, 2024
Journalists engage in lively panel discussion at 25th ISOJ about media coverage of U.S. elections
Lee este artículo en español abajo Journalists indulged in a vibrant, and occasionally profane, discussion of media coverage of U.S. election cycles and the upcoming presidential election during an April 13 panel at the 25th ISOJ centered around the question, “The media and election season: Are we gonna get it right this time?” The panel, … Read More
Artificial Intelligence | April 14, 2024
Panel closes the 25th ISOJ with insight into future relationship between journalists and artificial intelligence
Lee este artículo en español abajo “The human component is always in the middle,” said Sebastián Auyanet Torres, Audience Strategist at NowThis, when referring to artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives during the final panel at the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on April 13. The panel featured several technology specialists including Andrea L. Guzman, associate professor, … Read More