International Symposium on Journalism
A program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin
Innovation | April 1, 2011
The first research paper at ISOJ from Tanja Aitamurto, University of Tampere, Finland, and Seth Lewis, University of Minnesota, looked at processes of innovation. Presenting the paper, Lewis highlighted the challenge facing news organizations today: keeping up with modern demands for R&D while finding new sources of revenue. He said media organizations have under invested … Read More
Business Models | April 1, 2011
In the session on paywalls at the ISOJ, Jorge Meléndez, vice president for new media, Grupo Reforma (Mexico), explained how the newspapers have had paywalls since 2002. The newspaper sites were free for the first two years. But they realized there was a very small online advertising market so the group just did it. Part … Read More
Business Models | April 1, 2011
Mark Medici, Dallas Morning News’ director of audience development, discussed during ISOJ the implementation of a Dallas Morning News pay option: subscriber content. Companies cannot fail to innovate, Medici said, otherwise they fail. So the Dallas Morning News is trying to innovate by empowering and understanding their consumers. Medici said the web time line has … Read More
Business Models | April 1, 2011
Just days after The New York Times paywall went live, media executives gathered at the 12th International Symposium on Online Journalism to discuss the merits and challenges of charging for newspaper content in an environment where readers are used to accessing online news for free. The panel, “Paywalls: Charging for News Content. Does it Work?,” … Read More
Business Models | March 12, 2011
The hotly debated topic of charging for access to online news will be addressed during a panel titled “Paywalls: Charging for news content. Does it work?” on the first day of the International Symposium on Online Journalism. Chaired by Tim Lott, vice-president/audience strategy at The Austin American-Statesman, the panel gets underway at 9:30 a.m. on … Read More
Engagement | April 24, 2010
Dan Gillmor turned the audience at ISOJ on to what has be one of the greatest Twitter accounts in existence, @TheMime.- Wikipedia is the best place to start. It’s the worst place to stop. Jan Schaffer, J-Lab, American University – There are new players in the news ecosystem: fact entrepreneurs, creative technologists, citizen media makers, … Read More
Innovation | April 24, 2010
Once again, Alfred Hermida has written a knowledgeable and enlightening blog post about the International Symposium on Online Journalism‘s first panel today, and once again, I’ll refer to his brilliant writing. Check out the post here. Read More
Innovation | April 24, 2010
Welcome back to the 11th International Symposium on Online Journalism, ladies and gents. Let’s do it again! Harry Dugmore, MTN Chair of Media and Mobile Communications, Rhodes University (South Africa) – We are currently operating in a techno-social flux. – In South Africa, there is low but rapidly improving access to broadband, as well as a … Read More
Innovation | April 23, 2010
Dean Graber, The University of Texas at Austin– Community radio: locally owned and operated radio stations, ran entirely by citizens. – Community radio lacks the filters and gateway keepers of larger radio stations. – The funding from community radio comes from listeners and small business “underwriters.” – Stations commit to involving groups missing from the … Read More
Innovation | April 5, 2008
Suzanne Seggerman of Games for Change explains how she first got the idea of supporting games to create social change. Seggerman says she was never interested in games, but was intrigued by the game ‘Hidden Agenda’ and ended up changing her career path. She co-founded Games for Change and is the current president of the … Read More