International Symposium on Online Journalism
A program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin
Innovation | April 24, 2010
Welcome back to the 11th International Symposium on Online Journalism, ladies and gents. Let’s do it again! Harry Dugmore, MTN Chair of Media and Mobile Communications, Rhodes University (South Africa) – We are currently operating in a techno-social flux. – In South Africa, there is low but rapidly improving access to broadband, as well as a … Read More
Keynote | April 24, 2010
ISOJ 2010:y Steven Kydd Keynote, from Knight Center on Vimeo. The International Online Journalism Symposium kicked off Friday with a dynamic and unperturbed presentation from Demand Media’s Steven Kydd about journalism’s role with art and science. Kydd began by highlighting how members of the media and professional journalists don’t typically harmonize with the ideals of Demand … Read More
Blogs | April 23, 2010
The first day of the 11th International Symposium on Online Journalism was a doozy, with many great panels, discussions and enlightening facts. With that in mind, here are my own personal notes and observations from the activities of the conference’s first day. It didn’t rain. Lately, the Friday session of the symposium has always been associated … Read More
Video | April 23, 2010
James Moroney III, publisher and CEO of The Dallas Morning News, gave a short interview on innovation in the news industry while at the 2010 International Symposium on Online Journalism. In a moment of humility, when asked how his paper measures up, he said the DMN and other legacy newspaper outlets could stand to lend … Read More
Innovation | April 23, 2010
Dean Graber, The University of Texas at Austin– Community radio: locally owned and operated radio stations, ran entirely by citizens. – Community radio lacks the filters and gateway keepers of larger radio stations. – The funding from community radio comes from listeners and small business “underwriters.” – Stations commit to involving groups missing from the … Read More
April 23, 2010
The third panel at International Online Journalism Symposium tackled the big one: how can newspaper companies survive in the digital era. Session chair Earl Wilkinson, executive director and CEO, International Newsmedia Marketing Association (INMA), set the tone by talking about headlines predicting the death of newspapers. But in his view, newspapers are facing an economic … Read More
Mobile Journalism | April 23, 2010
Kinsey Wilson, of NPR fame.– NPR runs an open API process with their content, and receives over 50 million API requests per month. – NPR is betting on Android and Apple to be the two main sources of apps, and the rest will be addressed on the mobile site. In other words, they’ve decided not … Read More
Mobile Journalism | April 23, 2010
Joshua Benton loves his iPad. And Alfred Hermida has one. Anyway, onto the panel! Journalism on mobile devices is a fascinating topic. Benton said that BlackBerry users still dominate over iPhone users, but that iPhone users use the internet much more than BlackBerry users. And, not surprisingly, iPhone users dominate the use of apps. The … Read More
Keynote | April 23, 2010
If writers are audited often, who does that auditing? Kydd: Writers have to be vetted before they’re allowed to start creating content. When people get hired with Demand, they get access to a limited amount of content and articles, and we actually have real copyeditors keeping up with their progress. With our system of plagiarism … Read More
Keynote | April 23, 2010
This year’s keynote speech was without a doubt one of the most anticipated in the ISOJ‘s 11 year history. Steven Kydd of Demand Media presented an engaging speech to kick off the events, and impressively, mentioned the controversy surrounding the company first.Ever since Demand, which is the largest contributor of content to YouTube and produces a … Read More