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Category: Diversity and Equity

Two men on stage

Business Models | April 16, 2023

The New York Times is focusing on diversity and digital transformation during new editorial era, executive editor tells ISOJ

By Sierra Juarez

View video of this session. Ten months into his tenure as the executive editor of The New York Times, Joe Kahn reflected on the newsroom’s digital transition and diversity April 15 at the International Symposium of Online Journalism in Austin (ISOJ). In a keynote session moderated by Evan Smith, co-founder and senior advisor of the …  Read More

Academics on a stage

Diversity and Equity | April 15, 2023

ISOJ 2023 panel, peer-reviewed journal highlight research in quoting, parasocial relationships in podcasts, philanthropic support of BIPOC news startups and more

By Jan Ross P. Sakian

View video of panel here. Five peer-reviewed research papers were selected for the Spring 2023 #ISOJ Journal and the authors were invited to present their findings at the 24th International Symposium on Online Journalism conference April 14.  Celeste González de Bustamante, professor and associate dean at UT Austin’s Moody College of Communication, opened the panel …  Read More

Woman standing at the front of an auditorium with microphone in hand at the ISOJ 2022 symposium

Artificial Intelligence | April 15, 2022

Casos exitosos que exploran la transformación digital para habilitar nuevos productos periodísticos

By Júlio Lubianco

Periodistas, directores y editores de diversos medios de América Latina se dieron cita en el panel “Lecciones y casos innovadores”, del 15º Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital, para presentar casos de éxito que vinculan herramientas tecnológicas con buenas prácticas en la profesión. Entre las estrategias están el deseo de recuperar una audiencia que es cada …  Read More

Woman standing at the front of an auditorium with microphone in hand at the ISOJ 2022 symposium

Artificial Intelligence | April 15, 2022

How successful cases explore digital transformation to enable new journalistic products

By Júlio Lubianco

Journalists, directors and editors from various news outlets in Latin America gathered in the panel “Lessons and innovative cases,” at the 15th Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, to present success stories that link technological tools to good practices in the profession. Some themes in common among the strategies are the desire to win back an …  Read More

Race and Equity Panel

Diversity and Equity | May 1, 2021

How Black and Brown-owned media companies are working to change the diversity landscape in newsrooms

By Emily Mercer

The reach of mainstream media is not in question, however, the trust, intimacy and relevancy of mainstream media with communities of color is very much in question, according to Mitra S. Kalita.  It’s an unfortunate reality that American mainstream media has lost trust among Black and Brown communities. This is due to a variety of …  Read More