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Kinsey Wilson - Keynote (2016)

Keynote | March 23, 2016

Kinsey Wilson, New York Times editor for innovation and strategy, will open global conference on online journalism

By Teresa Mioli

For two decades, digital journalism expert Kinsey Wilson has kept a foot in both the business and editorial operations of some of the biggest news organizations in the United States. Wilson, current editor for innovation and strategy and executive vice president of product and technology, will relay his experience in digital journalism to attendees at …  Read More

Yoani Sánchez - Keynote (2016)

International | March 2, 2016

Yoani Sánchez will explain how and why she created 14ymedio, “Cuba’s first independent news platform”

By Teresa Mioli

Because of her desire to be an independent voice for Cuban society, Yoani Sánchez has been arrested, previously was prohibited from leaving her country and has been made the subject of smear campaigns. Despite those challenges, her independent news platform 14ymedio is approaching its second anniversary of delivering news and opinion from inside Cuba. On …  Read More

Robert Picard - Changing Business Logic of Media (2015)

Keynote | April 18, 2015

Screens, not physical media, dominate culture, Robert Picard tells ISOJ audience

By Teresa Mioli

Screens have replaced physical media as the “primary technologies for media content and communication,” said Robert Picard, with the Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford, during his keynote address at the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on Saturday, April 18. Picard, whose presentation focused on contemporary media trends and rethinking company strategies, said …  Read More

Isaac Lee - Engaging New Audiences: Hispanics and Millennials (2015)

Keynote | April 18, 2015

Univision and Fusion aim to build trust among Hispanics, says CEO Isaac Lee at ISOJ

By Silvia Higuera

What makes Univision successful within the Hispanic community? “Trust.” That was the answer that Isaac Lee, president of news and digital for Univision Communications Inc. and CEO of Fusion, gave during his keynote presentation “Engaging new audiences: Hispanics and millenials” on the second day of the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ). To make his …  Read More

Susan Glasser - Editing While Disrupting (2015)

Featured | April 18, 2015

Compelling and original reporting are part of disrupting journalism, Politico editor suggests at ISOJ

By Teresa Mioli

Despite most of the day’s focus on page clicks and adapting journalism to new formats and platforms, Politico editor Susan Glasser told ISOJ attendees Friday that great original journalism is at the heart of the organization’s “disruption” of the industry. “Original reporting is a recipe for journalism that holds its value,” said Glasser, at the …  Read More

ISOJ Logo 2015

Business Models | March 30, 2015

ISOJ Keynote: Robert Picard will analyze “the changing business logic of media companies”

By Ian Tennant

One of the premier academic experts who has extensively studied the crossroads of media economics and management, Robert Picard, will be the keynote speaker on the Saturday afternoon session at the 16th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ). The symposium, held April 17-18 at the University of Texas at Austin, attracts journalists, media executives and …  Read More

Baron and Smith-Why We Should be Optimistic About Journalism-2014

Featured | April 5, 2014

ISOJ Keynote: Washington Post’s Martin Baron optimistic about the future of journalism

By Lynn Romero

During his keynote speech at the 15th International Symposium on Online Journalism, Martin Baron, executive editor at the Washington Post, talked about why he is optimistic about the future of journalism. However, Baron clarified that his optimism doesn’t necessarily extend to the durability of current media platforms. “There is no acceptable alternative to optimism. We cannot …  Read More

Ying Chan-Pushing the Frontier of Journalism in China-2014

Keynote | April 4, 2014

Ying Chan addresses censorship in China during her ISOJ keynote speech

By Lynn Romero

  During her keynote speech at the 15th International Symposium on Online Journalism, Ying Chan, founder and director of Hong Kong Journalism and Media Studies Center, said that there is an interesting contradiction in China: on one hand the government is cracking down on journalists and social media, and on the other it has spent millions of dollars …  Read More

Bankoff-Building a media company for the digital age-2014

Keynote | April 4, 2014

Vox Media’s Jim Bankoff @ISOJ: successful digital media depends on talented story tellers with the right tools

By Alejandro Martínez

During the first keynote speech at the 15th International Symposium on Online Journalism, Vox Media CEO Jim Bankoff listed the guiding principles that have made his company the fastest-growing media publisher in the United States: hire talented people, give them the tools to produce quality stories, and create a multidisciplinary newsroom where hacker culture meets journalism …  Read More