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ISOJ 2021 Lessons from the Global South workshop

Innovation | April 26, 2021

Journalists from the Global South share how innovation helped their newsrooms to reach new readers, find new stories and combat disinformation

By Megan Janetsky

With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Tai Nalon, executive director of Brazilian news organization Aos Fatos, said they saw a flood of disinformation among Brazilians on social media networks. The digital fact-checking startup quickly set out to combat that with a new tool, Radar Aos Fatos. The tool uses algorithms to root out key … Read More

Salvador Camarena and Daniel Moreno (2019)

Coloquio | April 22, 2019

López Obrador crea polarización con ataques a la prensa y poca transparencia, dicen periodistas mexicanos

By César López Linares

Con poco más de cuatro meses en el poder, el presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, ha implementado una estrategia de acoso y descalificación contra los medios de comunicación que está provocando una polarización de la prensa de ese país, de acuerdo con los periodistas Salvador Camarena y Daniel Moreno. Camarena, director general de … Read More

Global roundup: Journalism in the age of authoritarians, populists and polarization

International | April 17, 2019

In polarized environments, media should reach out to their audiences and work collaboratively

By Paola Nalvarte

Watch video from this panel from ISOJ 2019. In polarized societies that are also home to authoritarian or populist governments, journalists and media outlets in the country must work together and avoid falling into a narrative of hate coming from officials. This is one of the main lessons shared by the journalists on the panel … Read More

Business Models | April 16, 2019

‘Lightning round’ at ISOJ focuses on funding for Latin American media, online harassment, spatial journalism and more

By Ian Tennant

A “lightning round” of presentations at the 20th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) covered an array of developments from a new initiative to support Latin American journalists to the potential of location-based reporting. Janine Warner and Luis Botello kicked off the short presentations April 13 with the unveiling of Velocidad, a new $1.5 … Read More

Coloquio | February 6, 2019

12º Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital: registro abierto para profesionales de América Latina, España y Portugal

By Teresa Mioli

Click here to read this post in English. Las inscripciones están abiertas para el 12º Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital. Este seminario anual tendrá lugar el 14 de abril de 2019 de 9 a.m. a 2 p.m. en el Belo Center for New Media en el campus de la Universidad de Texas en Austin. El Coloquio le … Read More

Accountability | April 20, 2018

To investigate corruption issues, Latin American journalists must reinforce their security on all fronts

By César López Linares

Cybersecurity, legal shields and working in alliances are some of the fundamental factors to consider when conducting journalistic investigations on corruption issues in Latin America, according to speakers on the Corruption Coverage panel, held during the 11th Ibero-American Colloquium of Digital Journalism in Austin, Texas on April 15, 2018. The participants of the event, which … Read More

Accountability | April 20, 2018

Ibero-American journalists innovate in content production by using new technologies and seek to create community

By Paola Nalvarte and César López Linares

The Iberian American Digital Journalism Colloquium, which emerged over the years as an informal post-ISOJ (International Symposium of Online Journalism) conversation among journalists from Latin America, Spain and Portugal attending the symposium, convened an interesting group of innovative journalists for its eleventh edition. Those in attendance shared their experiences and projects at the School of … Read More

Accountability | April 16, 2018

International research highlights differences among journalists’ methods, the precarious status of the profession and the evolution of a renown publication

By Allyson Waller

Watch video of the cultural change research panel discussion at ISOJ 2018. Journalism was examined through a critical lens during the ISOJ 2018 research panel “Cultural change: Telling stories, shaping identity and normalizing precarity” on April 14. Academics — American and European — delved into the evolving nature of journalism from individual journalists to major … Read More

Engagement | April 14, 2018

Newsletters create meaningful connections to news enthusiasts via email

By Angela Bonilla

Watch video of the newsletter panel discussion from ISOJ 2018. With the seeming omnipresence of news and other media, newsletters are a tool to engage with audiences in a brief and an intimate way, according to panelists at the 19th International Symposium on Online Journalism on April 14, 2018. The panel — “NEWSLETTERS: How email, … Read More

Accountability | April 14, 2018

Satire prompts dialogue on sensitive topics, say ISOJ panelists

By Sierra Juarez

Watch video of the satire panel discussion from ISOJ 2018. Using satire and humor can create dialogues around sensitive and controversial topics, especially in countries with restricted freedom of expression, according to panelists at the 19th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on April 14. The panelists said humor makes it possible to address people … Read More