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Business Models | February 25, 2013

ISOJ conference to cover main issues of digital journalism, from industry’s disruption to mobile revolution

By Knight Center

Journalists, media executives and scholars from around the world will converge at the University of Texas at Austin, once again, for the International Symposium on Online Journalismon April 19 and 20. This year, the program will cover some of the most relevant issues for journalism today, such as media companies’ response to the disruption of … Read More

Registration | February 12, 2013

Hotel Information 2013

By Knight Center

April 19 – 20, 2013 The International Symposium on Online Journalism will be hosted at: The Blanton Museum of Art Edgar A. Smith Building 1 University Station D1303 Austin, Texas 78712-0338 For more details and driving instructions please click here. Parking is available close to the venue at the locations listed below: Brazos Garage (BRG) … Read More

Registration | February 12, 2013

International Symposium on Online Journalism opens registration for its 14th edition in Austin

By Knight Center

Registration is now open for the 14th International Symposium on Online Journalism, which will be held at the University of Texas at Austin on April 19-20, 2013. Since 1999, ISOJ has attracted journalists, media executives and scholars from around the world to a unique conference that mixes top leaders of the news industry and academics … Read More

Research Panel_Hermida_Lee_Holton_Coddington_Gil de Zuniga_Metzgar_Ibold_Saco_Giardina_and_Stanoevska-Slabeva_New approaches in engaging with the news community-2012

Ethics | April 21, 2012

Reading Readers: Research on the News Community

By Cali Bock

Audience preference and editorial judgment: A study of time-lagged influence in online news Angela M. Lee, University of Texas at Austin and Seth C. Lewis, University of Minnesota Through data analysis of three online papers — The New York Times, the New York Post, and the New York Daily News — Lee and Lewis found … Read More

Data Visualization | April 21, 2012

Creating Data-Driven Stories

By Brittany Connors

Aron Pilhofer, interactive news editor, The New York Times “I want to change how we think about data,” Aron Pilhofer said. In an industry that is constantly changing, Pilhofer believes that data-driven journalism is paving the way for more approaches in interactive storytelling. With interactive forums like The Obameter, Politics Verbatim and The New York … Read More

Research Panel, From SEO to SMO: The increasing impact of social media on journalism, 2012

Featured | April 21, 2012

Optimizing News Through Social Media Rather Than Feeding the Search Engine

By Nicole Raney

Friends and followers: Unite and write! Social media is becoming a major player in the field of journalism. Representatives from all around the digital news realm spoke in a panel at ISOJ 2012 that discussed a prevailing wind bringing us from SEO (search engine optimization) to SMO (social media optimization). Reporters and editors have often … Read More

Raju Narisetti_Rethinking Newsrooms-Why the Intersection of Technology and Content is our next challenge _2012

Advertising | April 21, 2012

Today’s Newsroom Challenge According to Raju Narisetti with The Wall Street Journal

By Nicole Raney

At the second day of ISOJ, keynote speaker Raju Narisetti, managing editor for The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, presented us all with a challenge. But this challenge, according to Narisetti, isn’t about the hubbub over transferring print to an online platform. “If you haven’t done it now, you’re pretty much doomed,” Narisetti said. So … Read More

Metcalfe-Online Journalism Startups Win With The Network Effect-2012

Distribution | April 21, 2012

Bob Metcalfe on Journalism Startups

By Tania Lara & Matthew Stottlemyre

Fitting into a theme that has permeated the symposium, Bob Metcalfe, who was responsible for developing the media rainforest’s irrigation system, the Ethernet, didn’t pretend to have a catchall scheme to monetize news. During Saturday’s opening keynote speech, Metcalfe suggested a model of micro payments in which readers make fractional payments for interesting content. “How … Read More

Data Visualization | April 21, 2012

Data Journalism: Links to ISOJ’s Best

By Audrey White

2Want to learn more about the speakers on the panel “The new narrative: How data is changing the way we tell stories online?” Here are links to their social media, websites and projects.Brian Boyer – Applications editor at Chicago Tribune Twitter: @brianboyer His latest project: Panda Project, a data organizing application for newsrooms funded by … Read More

Downey, Gynnild, Chyi, Lee, Rosas-Moreno, Zhao, and Lawrance-Measuring today's news consumption-2012

Digital Native Media | April 21, 2012

Attracting the Scanning Eyes of Younger Readers

By Brittany Connors

Rosellen Downey, Erika Johnson, and Bailey Brewer, University of Missouri: Through the lens: Visual framing of the Japan tsunami in U.S., British, and Chinese online media After the tsunami in Japan, China had the most abundant news coverage out of United States, British and Chinese online media. On the day of the natural disaster, Rosellen Downey … Read More