Engagement – Page 3 – International Symposium on Online Journalism

Business Models | April 28, 2017

Latin American and Spanish news sites experiment to reach audience and finance quality journalism

By Paola Nalvarte

(*)For other coverage of the 10th Ibero American Colloquium for Digital Journalism, please see below. In a global context in which the demand for traditional newspapers decreases and in which the use of information and communication technologies grows, journalists are forced to develop ingenious ways in which to deliver their products. Especially in the last … Read More

Bots | April 25, 2017

Bots and artificial intelligence arrive on the scene to help media engage with audiences

By Silvia Higuera

Watch video of the conversational journalism panel discussion. When it comes to including robots in journalism, the greatest fear revolves around how they will replace humans in their reporting. However, if there is something shared by speakers in the panel “Conversational journalism: how bots and artificial intelligence can get us there,” it’s that this technology … Read More

Accountability | April 24, 2017

Vox Media publisher Melissa Bell implores journalists to work together to solve the industry’s problems

By Cat Cardenas

Watch video of Melissa Bell’s keynote presentation or her discussion with Jeff Jarvis. The journalism industry is in desperate need of change, according to Vox Media publisher Melissa Bell during her keynote speech April 22 the 18th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ). When Bell co-founded Vox.com in 2014, she said they were convinced it … Read More

Influence, Consumption and Participation (2015)

Engagement | April 18, 2015

Researchers at ISOJ analyze international attempts at news engagement

By João Felipe Brum

The multiple ways through which audiences can engage with news content was the topic debated during the research panel that closed the first day of the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on Friday. Titled “Influence, consumption and participation: Paths to news engagement,” the panel presented research conducted by scholars from Australia, England, and the … Read More

Engagement | April 18, 2015

Collaboration and framing help develop an audience, editors tell ISOJ audience

By Brittney Martin

Media engagement experts stressed the importance of collaboration and framing during an afternoon session Friday at the International Symposium on Online Journalism(ISOJ) about developing an audience. Editors from The Washington Post, The New York Times, Mashable and The Vergediscussed how they reach out through social media, produce content on new platforms and develop interactive content … Read More

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

Engagement | April 2, 2014

ISOJ panel to discuss readers’ data and how to tailor stories to them

By Chin Lin Pan

Publications should publish “all the news that’s fit to print,” as The New York Times coined the slogan back in 1897. But now that the 21st century has ushered readers to read online news, publications are starting to focus on analyzing their readers and changing up their editorial strategies, which will be the subject of one of … Read More

Black-"Responsive Design and Other Trends in Digital Platforms Architecture and Design"-2013

Business Models | May 28, 2013

Roger Black hosts panel in responsive design – Major theme of ISOJ, “Know Your User,” surrounds talk

By Sheyna Webster

The 14th International Symposium of Online Journalism, which kicked off Friday, featured Roger Black of Roger Black Studios, Inc. in New York, who chaired a panel focused on responsive design in digital platforms. Black was joined by Trei Bundett of Vox Media, Miranda Mulligan of the Northwestern University Knight Lab, Michael Donohoe of Quartz, and … Read More

Data Visualization | May 28, 2013

Data Visualization unearthing stories’ powerful personas

By Roy Varney

The audience drew to a somber silence as dots dropped into place during Kim Rees’ presentation titled U.S. Gun Deaths. In one of the International Symposium on Online Journalism’s most innovative panels, data visualization proved to blur the lines between copy and art. Digging down into the data was a similar theme throughout each … Read More

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Citizen Journalism | May 28, 2013

ISOJ panelists discuss behind the scenes in the newsroom

By Caroline Manning

The 14th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism closed its first day with a panel discussing how different news outlets are responding and evolving with advancements in technology. The panel consisted of journalists and academics who have researched news organizations’ attempts and progress in adapting to newsroom changes related to social media, digital media, … Read More