International Symposium on Journalism
A program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin
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
Featured | March 31, 2007
As news companies face continuous losses in readership and advertising revenues, one question remains on the tip of everyone’s tongue: will the rise of the Internet determine the fall of print media? Four journalists from around the globe responded to this question and offered their views on the future of traditional newspapers during the final … Read More
Citizen Journalism | March 30, 2007
As new technology changes the face of journalism and creates new opportunities for reader input, industry innovators and leaders like Jan Schaffer, founder of the J-lab at the University of Maryland, are fascinated by the possibilities. Schaffer spoke during the 8th International Symposium on Online Journalism Friday afternoon dealing with the incorporation of citizens into the … Read More
Blogs | March 30, 2007
Jeff Jarvis started the first day of the International Symposium on Online Journalism with a keynote speech emphasizing cooperation among competitors in the media, suggesting such radical ideas as sending readers to other papers and nixing bylines, newsrooms and journalists’ egos. It’s understandable that Jarvis is a self-proclaimed “cock-eyed optimist” when it comes to the future … Read More
Digital Divide | April 8, 2006
As the Web brings more community journalism and interactivity onto the Web, society leaves entire groups of citizens on the outside. Web 2.0 can only be utilized by those citizens who have the tools and know-how. “The evacuees in Austin were forced to learn on the fly how to use these sorts of tools,” said … Read More