ISOJ2022 – Page 2 – International Symposium on Online Journalism

Black woman speaks at the podium while 4 panelists listen

ISOJ2022 | April 5, 2022

Nonprofit news initiatives in the United States seek to serve underserved populations, strengthen local journalism and create jobs for journalists

By César López Linares

The nonprofit model applied to journalism has flourished in recent years in the United States. There are already several digital media that have emerged under this paradigm that are focusing on under-served populations, reinforcing the local news ecosystem and creating jobs for journalists, while striving to consolidate sustainable business models. In the opening panel of … Read More

Panel of Nicaraguan journalists speaking at panel.

Coloquio | April 4, 2022

“Arrasado” por la administración Ortega-Murillo, el periodismo nicaragüense apuesta por la resistencia, resiliencia y reinvención

By Silvia Higuera

Periodistas de Nicaragua hablaron sobre las condiciones en las que se hace periodismo, cómo logran superar las barrera desde terreno y en el exilio, y cómo la comunidad internacional puede ayudar a superarlas, durante un panel del Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital. Read More

group of journalists speaking at a panel

Coloquio | April 4, 2022

Devastated by the Ortega-Murillo administration, Nicaraguan journalism bets on resistance, resilience and reinvention

By Silvia Higuera

“Brave,” “hopeful,” “combative,” and “creative.” This is how four Nicaraguan journalists described in one word the journalism that is carried out in their country during the panel “SOS Nicaragua: Imprisoned, persecuted and exiled journalists” that took place on April 3 during the 15th Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism at the University of Texas in Austin. … Read More

Business Models | April 4, 2022

Borja Echevarría talks about the success of digital subscriptions and the transformation of Spanish newspaper El País

By Carolina de Assis

Spanish journalist Borja Echevarría is responsible for a global newsroom with more than 400 journalists, which produces one of the most traditional newspapers in the world. El País, founded in Madrid in 1976, is still on sale at newsstands in Spain and, at the same time, is driving a revolution in the digital environment. Echevarría, … Read More

Accountability | April 4, 2022

Fact-checking initiative Factchequeado aims to combat misinformation in Hispanic communities in the US

By Sierra Juarez

Journalists need to collaborate and form alliances to help counter misinformation in Hispanic communities, according to fact-checkers during a panel at the 2022 International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on April 1. The panel, titled “Fact-Checking en español: Latin America, Spain and a new initiative for the United States’ Spanish-speaking communities”, explored the need for … Read More

Engagement | April 4, 2022

Four ways news organizations can increase trust and participation with consumers

By Sierra Juarez

Members of the Center for Media Engagement (CME) at the University of Texas at Austin presented their research about how to better connect with communities and promote trust with news consumers during a Research Breakfast at the 2022 International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ). The CME was founded in 2017 in an effort to better … Read More

Business Models | April 3, 2022

Professionals outline revenue possibilities for digital media outlets at ISOJ 2022

By Silvia DalBen Furtado

For the past decades, news organizations have been facing many challenges to rethink their business models and diversify revenue sources and opportunities to fund digital initiatives around the world. Entrepreneurship, product design, platforms, data analytics are now common words in the vocabulary of journalists and news executives, but the million-dollar question relies on: What’s the … Read More

ISOJ2022 | April 2, 2022

In addition to representation, it is necessary to increase sensitivity in newsrooms, says journalist Gina Chua

By Carolina de Assis

The question “What is news?” guided the participation of journalist Gina Chua on the second day of the 23rd International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ). With a career of over three decades, the current executive editor of Reuters will very soon start a new phase as executive editor at the media startup Semafor, which is … Read More

Artificial Intelligence | April 2, 2022

Researchers reflect on how artificial intelligence influences the generation and distribution of news and its ethical implications

By Katherine Pennacchio

Returning to in-person after two years exclusively online, the official research journal of the International Online Journalism Symposium (ISOJ) presented in a panel the peer-reviewed official research publications for the 2022 issue of #ISOJ Journal. The papers focus on implications associated with artificial intelligence (AI) and its growing interconnection with news and journalism. AI, also … Read More

ISOJ2022 | April 2, 2022

Google tools can help journalists become more efficient, adept storytellers

By Sierra Juarez

Google tools can help journalists more quickly and adeptly tell important stories in their communities, according to Marco Túlio Pires, a leader at the company’s News Lab. During a Google News Initiative workshop at the 2022 International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), Pires walked through various tools and explained how journalists can use them to … Read More