International Symposium on Online Journalism
A program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin
Featured | April 15, 2011
The use of social media in the realm of journalism was a topic at the 12th Annual ISOJ. One research panel, All About the Tweet and More, got right to that point. The panel included Cindy Royal and Dale Blasingame of Texas State University, Carrie Brown of the University of Memphis, Marcus Messner of VCU, … Read More
Digital Divide | April 5, 2011
Beyond News Routines, Beyond News Consumption, an ISOJ panel chaired by UT-Austin’s Tom Johnson, worked as a smooth transition from Friday’s panels on cutting-edge innovations of news industry. The research panel included Ahmed El Gody of Orebro University, Sweden, Angela Lee from University of Pennsylvania, Jonathan Groves of Drury University and Carrie Brown of University … Read More
Engagement | April 5, 2011
Former online editor of the New York Times and ex-CEO and President of National Public Radio Vivian Schiller delivered they keynote address that kicked off the 12th International Symposium on Online Journalism. The symposium, which ran from April 1-2, hosted an array of journalists from all over the world at the AT&T Executive Education and … Read More
Engagement | April 5, 2011
ISOJ speakers addressed innovative and effective ways to work with the community and have them happily work with the news. VG Multimedia editor-in-chief Espen Hansen presented ways the in which his site excels with community needs right when they need it. When the Icelandic volcano sent massive clouds of dust disrupting air travel, the site … Read More
Research | April 5, 2011
The first research panel of the 12th International Symposium on Online Journalism conference discussed news innovations and touched on every topic from R&D to education to creativity. Seth Lewis, an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota discussed the use of open APIs by news organizations, explaining that, “news organizations learn from people outside of the … Read More
Keynote | April 3, 2011
Warren Webster, president of Patch Media, spoke on the rise of hyperlocal Patch.com Saturday afternoon during the 12th International Symposium on Online Journalism. “To point to Vivian Schiller’s point ‘Is this real journalism?’ We say yes,” Webster said, adding that local editors had an average nine-year background in journalism. Patch began on the east coast … Read More
Research | April 2, 2011
The 12th International Symposium on Online Journalism ended with the research panel, Beyond the Conversation, Beyond Engagement. Chris Kabwato, from the School of Journalism and Media Studies of the Rhodes University at South Africa chaired the panel that included C.W. Anderson, from the College of Staten Island (CUNY), Alfred Hermida, from the UBC Grad School … Read More
Video | April 2, 2011
Ahmed El Gody, the senior lecturer and director of New Media Lab Modern Sciences and Arts University, Egypt, discussed the state of Egyptian news media Saturday. (Paper, PDF). Here he explains the role of social media in Egypt’s overall media environment and its impact on the revolution. Read More
Engagement | April 2, 2011
Jim Brady, former editor of TBD.com and WashingtonPost.com, set the tone for a professional panel on engaging the audience at #ISOJ by saying they were going to stick to time and leave plenty of time for questions. First up was Espen Egil Hansen, editor-in-chief of VG Multimedia, Norway. He started by stating that he tells … Read More