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Baron and Smith-Why We Should be Optimistic About Journalism-2014

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

Cairo-Data Visualization-2013 ISOJ

Data Visualization | May 28, 2013

Alberto Cairo and Hannah Fairfield on Data Visualization at ISOJ

By Rachel Knapp

There is no better time to be a journalist working with infographics and data visualization, according to The New York Times graphic editor, Hannah Fairfield. Fairfield was a panelist for Data Visualization: Creating a new language to communicate big data at the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) in Austin, Texas, on April 20, 2013. …  Read More

David Ho_Day 2-Going Mobile panel_ISOJ 2013

Featured | May 28, 2013

Going Mobile: Challenges and opportunities for journalists and news organizations in the mobile revolution

By Anastassia Mitchell

An astute panel of reporters, media gurus and scholars from around the world agreed that although the mobile revolution can be stressful, journalists are pioneering an unchartered territory of storytelling by thinking forward with the use of mobile devices and applications to produce news. During the second day of the 14th annual International Symposium on …  Read More

Jim Moroney-Disruption and Innovation-2013 ISOJ

Advertising | May 28, 2013

A profitable model: How The Dallas Morning News plans to change the game

By Roy Varney

  “Hope is not a strategy,” said Jim Moroney, CEO of The Dallas Morning News, on Friday at the International Symposium on Online Journalism. According to Moroney, the old ways of creating quality journalism no longer provide a profitable business model, and that simply hoping that ad and print revenue will “level out” is an …  Read More

Research Panel, From SEO to SMO: The increasing impact of social media on journalism, 2012

Featured | April 21, 2012

Optimizing News Through Social Media Rather Than Feeding the Search Engine

By Nicole Raney

Friends and followers: Unite and write! Social media is becoming a major player in the field of journalism. Representatives from all around the digital news realm spoke in a panel at ISOJ 2012 that discussed a prevailing wind bringing us from SEO (search engine optimization) to SMO (social media optimization). Reporters and editors have often …  Read More

Raju Narisetti_Rethinking Newsrooms-Why the Intersection of Technology and Content is our next challenge _2012

Advertising | April 21, 2012

Today’s Newsroom Challenge According to Raju Narisetti with The Wall Street Journal

By Nicole Raney

At the second day of ISOJ, keynote speaker Raju Narisetti, managing editor for The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, presented us all with a challenge. But this challenge, according to Narisetti, isn’t about the hubbub over transferring print to an online platform. “If you haven’t done it now, you’re pretty much doomed,” Narisetti said. So …  Read More

Gingras-Creating the Future of News: 10 Questions to Consider-2012

Digital Native Media | April 20, 2012

Richard Gingras and Creating the Future of News

By Nicole Raney

The way that we interact with media has gone through several revolutions. Today, the conventional barriers between news production and consumption are undoubtedly gone. But according to Richard Gingras, head of news products for Google and the first keynote speaker at ISOJ 2012, this is one of the best things that has happened to the …  Read More

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Featured | April 19, 2012

Q&A with Blake Eskin, Former Web Editor for The New Yorker

By Audrey White

Blake Eskin spent the mid-90s as a fact checker for The New Yorker, so he knew the organization well when he became the magazine’s first web editor in 2006. In his six years in that role, he helped make newyorker.com a platform for interactive coverage and blogging and brought the magazine to the digital world …  Read More

CarrieBrown_ Research Panel: All About the Tweet and More_2011

Featured | April 15, 2011

Reflections: Social Media and The New Face of Journalism

By Lauren Abram

The use of social media in the realm of journalism was a topic at the 12th Annual ISOJ. One research panel, All About the Tweet and More, got right to that point. The panel included Cindy Royal and Dale Blasingame of Texas State University, Carrie Brown of the University of Memphis, Marcus Messner of VCU, …  Read More