International Symposium on Online Journalism
A program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin
Featured | May 1, 2010
More than 270 journalists, scholars and media executives from around the globe – including, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Egypt Japan, Norway, South Africa, United Kingdom, Uganda and 12 Latin American countries – participated April 23-24, 2010, in the 11th International Symposium on Online Journalism, co-sponsored by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. There was … Read More
Featured | April 17, 2009
We’ve heard it before, but it always bears repeating: we’re in an evolving era when it comes to journalism. 2009 keynote speaker Paul Steiger told ISOJ attendees just that, and outline three key points about the state of the profession:1. The future of newspapers is terrible Most know the stories, but the Rocky Mountain News is … Read More
Featured | March 18, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas—Journalists, news industry executives and academics from the United States, Europe, Asia and Latin America will be on the University of Texas at Austin campus to discuss the state of online journalism today and debate what the future holds at the 10th International Symposium on Online Journalism April 17-18. The annual symposium has been … Read More
Featured | April 7, 2008
Symposium-goers who stuck around for the final panel of the International Symposium on Online Journalism Saturday, “Issues in Online Journalism Research,” listened to a grab bag of research presentations on current topics related to online journalism from around the world. Ashraf Galal, a professor at Qatar University, led the discussion with his paper that explored … Read More
Featured | April 5, 2008
As the mainstream media accuses social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace of recklessly disclosing their users’ private information and creating a haven for cyber-bullying and risky behavior, researchers are speculating on how news sites can adopt social networking sites’ more positive characteristics. Sebastian Valenzuela and Jacqueline Vickery of the University of Texas at Austin … Read More
Featured | April 5, 2008
Scholars focused on fine-tuning the production of news Web sites during the second day of the ninth annual International Symposium on Online Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. The panel, Managing the Production of Online Journalism, was chaired by Mark Tremayne, assistant professor at UT’s School of Journalism. Arne H. Krumsvik of Oslo … Read More
Blogs | April 5, 2008
The BBC, with its paternalistic approach to its audience, may slowly be wisening up to the usefulness of blogging, Alfred Hermida said. Hermida was the first speaker in the presentation titled “Citizen Producers, Bloggers, and the Evolution of Journalism,” during the 9th International Symposium on Online Journalism. “I managed to kick the habit after 16 … Read More
Distribution | April 4, 2008
The newspaper business must focus primarily on local news and covering narrow niches within the community to ensure the future relevancy of the industry, said James Moroney III, publisher of The Dallas Morning News and vice president of Belo Corp. “If news and information is not relevant, it has no value to you,” Moroney said. … Read More
Featured | March 31, 2007
Bob Dylan once sang about adjusting to rapid change with his song, “The Times They are A-Changin.” No doubt today’s media environment can relate. Leading journalist researchers from around the world offered advice on how to take advantage of the changes in online journalism during the third panel titled, “Strategic Positioning in the New Media … Read More
Featured | March 31, 2007
Revolution is a word with two different, yet connected meanings. A revolution can be described as a full circle about an axis; it also means a change from the old. This was the topic of Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon’s Masters thesis as he looked at the Castro Revolution in Cuba, and how Cuban lifestyles have come full-circle … Read More