International Symposium on Online Journalism
A program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin
Nonprofit journalism | April 7, 2010
One of the most intriguing panels at the 2010 International Symposium on Online Journalism will be undoubtedly be the panel scheduled for 11:15 a.m. on Saturday, titled Nonprofit Journalism: Models of non-commercial journalism online and their sustainability challenge. As media organizations continue to look for new ways to make money, much talk has centered around the … Read More
Q&A | April 5, 2010
We have already heard from Alfred Hermida about the paper he will be presenting at the symposium titled Wikifying the CBC: Reimagining the remit of public service media, a paper the exams the burgeoning wiki page for the Canadian music scene, but what about his partner in crime? Amanda Ash is a Master’s student in … Read More
Social Media | March 29, 2010
Last week, I posted a link to the 2010 ISOJ Twitter list as a way to keep up with the major players attending the event this year. It currently only has eight subscribers, so get on the ball and start following it!Along those same lines, here’s a recap of some of the buzz circulating around … Read More
Social Media | March 24, 2010
The concept of Twitter lists is one that gained a great deal of attention upon first release, but quickly fell to the wayside as no one found a great way to use the idea. There are still countless numbers of lists in existence today, though, and now there’s a new one. The International Symposium on … Read More
Business Models | March 22, 2010
The notion of a business model for online journalism, one that is both reasonable and money-making, is a topic that gets tossed around in some form or another every year at the International Symposium on Online Journalism. But now, perhaps more than ever, the issue is at its most relevant, with The New York TImes … Read More
Registration | March 9, 2010
The program for the 11th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism was officially released this Tuesday, and on paper, it is the biggest event yet, thanks in no small part to a record-breaking number of papers submitted, a new venue, and a new format.The tremendous growth of the symposium provides the catalyst for the venue … Read More
Q&A | March 1, 2010
One of the best parts of the International Symposium on Online Journalism is the fact that aside from professional journalists and academics, the event also brings individuals from the marketing side of the industry. Earl Wilkinson is one of those individuals. The executive director and CEO of the International Newsmedia Marketing Association, Wilkinson took the … Read More
Business Models | February 26, 2010
For all the talk of how online journalism is affecting individual journalists, newspapers and other media organizations, there is one entity that often is left out: the public broadcast system. Canada is trying to change that. An innovative initiative aimed at creating a wiki page for Canadian music is shedding new light on the … Read More
Engagement | February 24, 2010
Amidst all the talk of the demise of newspapers and the reports on newspaper closures and the failures of journalism, sit the academics. When a story is written about the collapse of a media organization, it is written by professional journalists within the industry. But, in the background, university academics analyze the situation, research it … Read More
Research | February 22, 2010
The 2010 International Symposium on Online Journalism will be a record-breaking one for the eleventh year of the event. The research portion of the conference, which began in 2004, has seen a steady increase in participation, and 2010 featured the highest number of submissions ever. “We received over 40 submissions this year, and that just goes … Read More