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Keynote | April 4, 2014

Vox Media’s Jim Bankoff @ISOJ: successful digital media depends on talented story tellers with the right tools

By Alejandro Martínez

During the first keynote speech at the 15th International Symposium on Online Journalism, Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff listed the guiding principles that have made his company the fastest-growing media publisher in the United States: hire talented people, give them the tools to produce quality stories, and create a multidisciplinary newsroom where hacker culture meets journalism …  Read More

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Registration | April 3, 2014

Texas Tribune, MediaShift to host mixer for ISOJ kickoff

By Alejandro Martínez

The Texas Tribune and MediaShift will host on April 3 their annual media mixer to kickoff the 15th International Symposium on Online Journalism. Attendants do not need to be registered for ISOJ to attend but please RSVP here. The mixer will take place in Hole from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Hole the Wall, …  Read More

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Engagement | April 2, 2014

ISOJ panel to discuss readers’ data and how to tailor stories to them

By Chin Lin Pan

Publications should publish “all the news that’s fit to print,” as The New York Times coined the slogan back in 1897. But now that the 21st century has ushered readers to read online news, publications are starting to focus on analyzing their readers and changing up their editorial strategies, which will be the subject of one of …  Read More

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International | April 1, 2014

15th ISOJ to be most international edition ever with online journalists from 40 countries

By Alejandro Martínez

With participants from 40 countries, the 15th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) will be the most international edition of the conference since it started in 1999 at the University of Texas at Austin. Registration was suspended more than a week ago when the venue capacity was reached.This year’s ISOJ has broken participation records with almost …  Read More

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Registration | March 25, 2014

Registration now closed for ISOJ conference, but live video streaming will be available

By Alejandro Martínez

After reaching maximum capacity, the registration for the 15th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) is now closed. More than 370 participants registered to the event, one of the most important gatherings of journalists, academics and media executives working in the field of digital journalism. It will take place on April 4 and 5 at …  Read More

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Bots | March 10, 2014

ISOJ panel to explore new tools for journalists: bots, drones, sensors and wearables

By Lizzie Jespersen

Drones are not just heavily discussed amongst government skeptics and human rights advocates anymore – their possible uses for storytelling are now being explored by journalists and will be a topic for discussion this April during the 15th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), to take place on April 4-5 at the University of Texas …  Read More

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Freedom of Expression | February 17, 2014

ISOJ Keynote: University of Hong Kong’s Ying Chan to talk about the new frontier for journalism in China

By Alejandro Martínez

With its vast population and the second most important economy in the globe, China has become one of the most important stories worldwide. But it’s not an easy one to cover. News reports have discussed at length the current controls of the Communist Party over freedom of expression and flow of information in the country, …  Read More

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Business Models | February 5, 2014

ISOJ Keynote: Jim Bankoff, Vox Media CEO, to talk about how to build a media company in the digital era

By Alejandro Martínez

Influential journalist Ezra Klein’s decision to leave the Washington Post — where he created the popular Wonkblog — and join online publisher Vox Media is the perfect example of the growing importance of the young yet incredibly successful company. “We are just at the beginning of how journalism should be done on the web,” Klein, …  Read More

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Business Models | January 28, 2014

ISOJ Keynote: Washington Post’s Martin Baron to explain why we should be optimistic about journalism

By Alejandro Martínez

The news was huge, and the expectations just as big: last August, the founder and CEO of tech titan Amazon, Jeff Bezos, announced that he would purchase one of the United States’ most revered newspapers, the Washington Post. Several months later, the news industry eagerly awaits to see what one of the most successful tech …  Read More