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ISOJ2023 | April 17, 2023

Content Authenticity Initiative combats photographic mis/disinformation by proving ‘what is real,’ ISOJ workshop hears

By Molly-Jo Tilton

Family members love to share pictures and funny posts that they find interesting on Facebook. But when images seem outrageously untrue, like pyramids in Antarctica, how can we tell where the photo really came from? The new Adobe-led Content Authenticity Initiative is working to fight this form of mis/disinformation with a new tool: provenance. According …  Read More

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Engagement | April 16, 2023

The power of Newspack: ISOJ luncheon hears how open-source technology can support independent newsrooms

By Thalía Menchaca

The role of traditional media has drastically changed in the age of digital journalism, and smaller and medium-sized news organizations have struggled to shift to new systems, such as CMS, the content management system used to publish work. To address this issue, journalists and technologists have worked to develop open-source platforms and other digital tools …  Read More

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Artificial Intelligence | April 15, 2023

Journalists should be more open to artificial intelligence tools, ISOJ panel says on first day of 24th annual conference

By César López Linares

View video of the panel here. Instead of being concerned about the journalism jobs that may be lost with the emergence of the latest artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as the Generative Pre-trained Transformer language models (GPT) in newsrooms, journalists should be more open to experimentation and to find new ways to apply those technologies …  Read More

ISOJ2023 | April 4, 2023

Aprende a usar YouTube Shorts para mejorar tu estrategia de periodismo móvil; regístrate para el taller en ISOJ 2023

By Teresa Mioli

Click here to read this article in English. ¿Estás buscando una manera de llegar a más espectadores usando el poderoso teléfono inteligente que tienes en la mano? Asistentes al 24º Simposio Internacional de Periodismo Online (ISOJ) están invitados a registrarse en un taller sobre el uso de YouTube Shorts para el periodismo. “Shorts para periodistas: …  Read More

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ISOJ2023 | April 2, 2023

Learn how digital content provenance can combat misinformation and disinformation at ISOJ 2023 workshop

By Bernice Chen

False news spreads about six times faster than the truth on Twitter, according to a 2018 MIT study. As fake images and videos on the Internet create uncertainty, the Content Authenticity Initiative, a large cross-industry community seeks to improve trust and transparency by making it easy to determine the provenance, or origins, of content online. …  Read More

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ISOJ2023 | March 31, 2023

Learn from Newspack how open-source technology can support news orgs: Don’t miss workshop at ISOJ 2023

By Bernice Chen

In the age of digital journalism, many small publications are struggling to stay afloat as they lack the resources and expertise to adapt to new systems, including CMS, the content management systems used to publish news products. However, open-source platforms and other shared tools have been created to help digital publishers. At the 24th International …  Read More

Panelists at ISOJ 2022 luncheon talking about tools for journalists

Journalism Tools | April 12, 2022

Tailor-made solutions for local news organizations help them achieve sustainability

By Eniola Longe

As more local news organizations crop up, several resources and tools have also been developed to guarantee success, according to presenters at the ISOJ 2022 lunch workshop “Tools and resources for local news organizations,” chaired by Karen Rundlet, a journalism program officer at the Knight Foundation. Speakers were Fernando Díaz, Emily Dresslar and Lisa Heyamoto. …  Read More

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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

Business Models | April 2, 2022

Google news executive warns that newsrooms have to proceed with caution as they dive further into evolving digital media environment

By Laura Morales

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