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Registration | February 19, 2015

Knight Center launches program for ISOJ 2015, the global conference on online journalism; registration is open

By Ian Tennant

The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas has released the program for the 16th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), an annual conference that attracts media executives, journalists and scholars from around the world. ISOJ will be held at the University of Texas at Austin on April 17-18, 2015. Check the ISOJ program here …  Read More

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Registration | January 27, 2015

Registration is now open for the 16th ISOJ

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Registration is now open for the 16th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ). The symposium will take place on April 17-18, 2015 at the University of Texas at Austin. This year’s speakers will be announced soon. General registration this year will cost $120. Students and faculty will receive a discounted rate. Click here to register. …  Read More

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Registration | January 27, 2015

Hotel Information 2015

By ISOJ

The International Symposium on Online Journalism (April 17 – 18, 2015) 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

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Featured | April 10, 2014

Knight Center’s global conference ISOJ underlines sense of optimism for the future of journalism

By Alejandro Martínez

The most successful and diverse International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) to date concluded last weekend underlining a renewed sense of confidence and optimism in the future of the news industry. More than 400 journalists, media executives and academics came to the University of Texas at Austin on April 4 and 5 to participate in …  Read More

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Featured | April 5, 2014

ISOJ Keynote: Washington Post’s Martin Baron optimistic about the future of journalism

By Lynn Romero

During his keynote speech at the 15th International Symposium on Online Journalism, Martin Baron, executive editor at the Washington Post, talked about why he is optimistic about the future of journalism. However, Baron clarified that his optimism doesn’t necessarily extend to the durability of current media platforms. “There is no acceptable alternative to optimism. We cannot …  Read More

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Media Startups | April 5, 2014

ISOJ Panel: Media startups mark change and innovation for future of journalism

By Samantha Badgen

  The young news ventures represented at the panel “Journalism star startups: building innovative media outlets for the digital age,” on the second day of the 15th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), were certainly embracing digital media as the future of journalism. With services ranging from covering violent crimes through arrests and hearings to creating a trustworthy …  Read More

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Engagement | April 5, 2014

Daniel Eilemberg discusses the inception of Fusion

By Miku Khezri

Daniel Eilemberg, the founder of Animal Politico — Mexico’s first news platform to launch exclusively on Twitter — attended the 15th International Symposium on Online Journalism, which was hosted at the University of Texas at Austin from April 4th to April 5th. Eilemberg came to discuss the inception of a new multi-media platform company called Fusion, a combination of the …  Read More

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Research | April 5, 2014

Journalism becoming more interactive and individual-centric, ISOJ research panel says

By Diego Cruz

Matthew Powers, Adriana Barsotti, Logan Molyneux, Edward Kian, Lisa Lynch, and Jane Singer speak at the 2014 ISOJ on the University of Texas-Austin campus, Apr. 5, 2014. (Mengwen Cao/Knight Center)Journalism is changing quickly, but rather than looking at a general picture of this transformation, a group of scholars researched how this change happens differently to …  Read More

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Transition to Digital | April 5, 2014

“Journalism” always comes before “online,” say journalists from conflict zones at ISOJ

By Travis Knoll

  In online journalism, “online” is never more important than “journalism.” That was the main message of Carlos Dada, founder and director of Salvadorian news site El Faro, who was one of the participants at a breakfast panel during the second day on the 15th International Symposium on Online Journalism. “I don’t understand what is online journalism,” Dada said. “Journalism …  Read More