International Symposium on Online Journalism
A program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin
Blogs | April 9, 2005
The influence of bloggers in exposing the flawed story about the military service of George W. Bush raised questions about the power of this media in relation to mainstream news organizations. Bloggers made CBS News retract its story, and the episode ultimately led to Dan Rather’s resignation. Was this combined with a few more publicized … Read More
Advertising | April 9, 2005
Advertising income dominates most online newspaper profits, making them vulnerable as classified advertising migrates to non-news sites. “Seventy-nine percent of respondents said in 2005 ‘classifieds are very important to us’,” said Donica Mensing, assistant professor and director of the graduate program at the Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno. “If classifieds turn out … Read More
Digital Divide | April 9, 2005
Five years ago people devastated by a tsunami would not have received as much aid as quickly as they did in December, 2004. Without the invention of blogging and other modern forms of information dissemination, many victims might still be helpless. So says Gary Chapman, director of the 21st Century Project at the Lyndon B. … Read More
Advertising | April 9, 2005
What business are we in? This was the question Steve Yelvington, Internet strategist for Morris Digital Works, asked at the 6th International Symposium on Online Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. Yelvington was referring to the present state of journalism. “Economics in journalism have changed from a scarcity of news to a surplus,” … Read More
Business Models | April 8, 2005
During the 6th International Symposium on Online Symposium, beautiful pictures of new innovative ways of conveying information through attractive images, dynamic graphics and interactive packages flashed the projection screen in a room full of hopes for the new future. But Jim Debth, the internet general manager for the Austin American Statesman, brought a reality check … Read More
Advertising | April 8, 2005
If online journalism is to survive, it must provide content that is relevant to a broad-based audience, according to members of a panel that addressed advertising’s role in financing online journalism. “Ad revenues from online ads have a lot of growth potential,” said Steve Yelvington, internet strategist for Morris Digital Works. Ad revenues contributed 50 … Read More
Engagement | April 8, 2005
Nora Paul does not like “squishy” terms such as “interactive multimedia.” She was once told that an interactive multimedia presentation consisted of a story on the Web in which the byline was a hyperlink to the writer’s bio, and there was a link to a video on the same page. She was not pleased with … Read More
Multimedia | April 8, 2005
Jane Stevens believes that we have reached the end of journalism as we know it. Stevens, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley School of Journalism and freelance multimedia journalist, said that while many of her students scramble to find a way to save print journalism, she wants to save journalism itself. “There … Read More
Engagement | April 8, 2005
The editor of NYTimes.com likes the OhmyNews approach to journalism, up to a point. “I like the brokerage function of OhmyNews, said Len Apcar, editor-in-chief of the New York Times on the Web. “I like the idea of setting up a meeting between readers and politicians or officials.” Apcar said about 50 people, including 10 … Read More
Featured | April 8, 2005
The nature of online journalism has changed drastically since its inception in the early 1990s, but that evolution is nowhere near complete. Events such as the Iraqi War, and even the World Cup, are covered far differently today than they would have been five years ago. Similar events will be covered differently in the … Read More