International Symposium on Online Journalism
A program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin
Featured | April 13, 2024
Lee este artículo en español abajo View video of this keynote session here The co-founder, CEO, and publisher of Meduza — the largest Russian-language independent media outlet published in both Russian and English while operating in exile — shared the news site’s challenges fighting Russian censorship at the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on … Read More
Coloquio | April 5, 2024
Periodistas de América Latina, España y Portugal se reunirán en la Universidad de Texas en Austin el 14 de abril de 2024 para celebrar el 17º Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital. Este evento anual, realizado completamente en español, se lleva a cabo tradicionalmente después del final del Simposio Internacional de Periodismo Online (ISOJ) y se enfoca … Read More
International | May 5, 2023
Read this article in English below. El Simposio Internacional de Periodismo Online (ISOJ) une a periodistas de todo el mundo, en persona o virtualmente. Un buen ejemplo de ello es la cobertura del ISOJ 2023 realizada por miembros de CONNECTASHub, una redacción regional de más de 136 periodistas que trabajan en 19 países latinoamericanos. Los … Read More
Freedom of Expression | April 17, 2023
View video of the panel here. This article has been updated.* Journalists from around the world discussed the precarious state of media in their home countries during a panel chaired by Ann Marie Lipinski, curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, at the 24th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on April … Read More
Featured | April 17, 2023
View video of panel here. A group of journalists who have been exiled because of their reporting called on lawmakers, news organizations, and nonprofits to help find ways to sustainably support reporters in similar situations. The journalists gathered at the International Symposium of Online Journalism (ISOJ) in Austin on April 15 to discuss how they … Read More
International | April 11, 2023
Global independent journalism has faced significant challenges in recent years, ranging from ongoing threats against reporters to major economic and technological shifts affecting news outlets. At the 24th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), journalists from seven countries will present on the state of global news media. The session will take place on Friday, April 14, … Read More
Freedom of Expression | February 20, 2023
They work in newsrooms that have been relocated to neighboring countries, or sometimes, much farther from home. They left after being imprisoned, threatened with criminal charges, or labeled as “foreign agents.” Despite all this, they continue to report on the places they left behind. Cases of “exile journalism” have been proliferating around the world and … Read More
Coloquio | April 5, 2022
For media specializing in fact-checking, collaboration has been crucial in tackling the disinformation crises that have recently broken out around the world. This is how leading fact-checkers from Latin America and Spain see it: Laura Zommer, executive director of Chequeado (Argentina); Liliana Elósegui, editor-in-chief of Verificado (Mexico); Cristina Tardáguila, Senior Program Director of the International … Read More
Freedom of Expression | April 2, 2022
Journalists have two main responsibilities they should be able to fulfill, said Jorge Ramos, co-anchor of Noticiero Univision at the 23rd International Symposium on Online Journalism in Austin, Texas. First, report reality as it is, not as journalists wish it would be. And the second is to serve as a counterweight to power. Ramos gave … Read More
Freedom of Expression | March 14, 2022
Through its 2021 World Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders found that “journalism is completely or partly blocked in 73 percent of the 180 countries” it ranks. The organization noted a “decline across the board” in terms of press freedom in Latin America, while Asia-Pacific was hit with censorship and disinformation. Journalists from these two regions … Read More