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Author: Teresa Mioli

Kinsey Wilson - Keynote (2016)

Keynote | March 23, 2016

Kinsey Wilson, New York Times editor for innovation and strategy, will open global conference on online journalism

By Teresa Mioli

For two decades, digital journalism expert Kinsey Wilson has kept a foot in both the business and editorial operations of some of the biggest news organizations in the United States. Wilson, current editor for innovation and strategy and executive vice president of product and technology, will relay his experience in digital journalism to attendees at …  Read More

Yoani Sánchez - Keynote (2016)

International | March 2, 2016

Yoani Sánchez will explain how and why she created 14ymedio, “Cuba’s first independent news platform”

By Teresa Mioli

Because of her desire to be an independent voice for Cuban society, Yoani Sánchez has been arrested, previously was prohibited from leaving her country and has been made the subject of smear campaigns. Despite those challenges, her independent news platform 14ymedio is approaching its second anniversary of delivering news and opinion from inside Cuba. On …  Read More

Robert Picard - Changing Business Logic of Media (2015)

Keynote | April 18, 2015

Screens, not physical media, dominate culture, Robert Picard tells ISOJ audience

By Teresa Mioli

Screens have replaced physical media as the “primary technologies for media content and communication,” said Robert Picard, with the Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford, during his keynote address at the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on Saturday, April 18. Picard, whose presentation focused on contemporary media trends and rethinking company strategies, said …  Read More

Susan Glasser - Editing While Disrupting (2015)

Featured | April 18, 2015

Compelling and original reporting are part of disrupting journalism, Politico editor suggests at ISOJ

By Teresa Mioli

Despite most of the day’s focus on page clicks and adapting journalism to new formats and platforms, Politico editor Susan Glasser told ISOJ attendees Friday that great original journalism is at the heart of the organization’s “disruption” of the industry. “Original reporting is a recipe for journalism that holds its value,” said Glasser, at the …  Read More