International Symposium on Online Journalism
A program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin
Business Models | April 2, 2022
The panel “Subsidies and regulation: How government initiatives may affect journalism and the digital media ecosystem” discussed concrete cases of public policies designed to encourage journalism in the United States and Canada. “There is a mood for regulation in the air, particularly one that provides, for the first time, really serious levels of support for … Read More
Business Models | April 2, 2022
View the entirety of Gingras’ speech here. Google’s global vice president of news warned that the current media environment stifles diversity of voices and in-depth journalism, but worries blanket regulations are not the answer. In an almost poetic address, Richard Gingras’ keynote speech at the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) in Austin, Texas, brought … 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
Coloquio | March 30, 2022
El 15º Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital reunirá a periodistas de la región de manera presencial y virtual para conversar sobre innovación, verificación de datos y desinformación, libertad de prensa y más. El Coloquio, que tradicionalmente se lleva a cabo el domingo siguiente al Simposio Internacional de Periodismo Online (ISOJ), tendrá lugar en el campus … Read More
Coloquio | March 30, 2022
The 15th Ibero-American Colloquium of Digital Journalism will gather journalists in person and virtually from the region for discussions on innovation, factchecking and disinformation, press freedom and more. The Colloquium, traditionally held the Sunday following the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), will take place on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin … Read More
ISOJ2022 | March 17, 2022
The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit news organization often studied and replicated by others around the world, has grown to 80 employees and raised $100 million since it launched in 2009. While the viability and sustainability of nonprofit news were once questioned, it’s a business model maturing in the U.S. and many others are joining the Tribune’s … 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
Innovation | February 28, 2022
So, what’s the deal with web3 and the metaverse anyway? And, should we be paying attention to how it might impact journalism as an industry and practice? An esteemed panel of experts on the topic will wade through the maze of blockchain and NFTs, as well as augmented (AR), virtual (VR) and extended reality (XR) … Read More
Business Models | February 28, 2022
When the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better bill in November 2021, there was a line that caught the attention of many in the journalism community: “Payroll credit for compensation of local news journalists.” The price tag was $1.67 billion over five years, and the money would go to newspapers, websites, radio and … Read More
ISOJ2022 | February 28, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic and social crises around the world have brought an important and often overlooked aspect of journalists’ lives to the forefront: mental health and wellbeing. The psychological and emotional impacts of dealing with the pandemic were the most difficult aspect of work for found that 70 percent of respondents of the global survey “Journalism … Read More