International Symposium on Online Journalism
A program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin
Featured | April 2, 2025
Speaking at the 26th ISOJ, Katherine Maher warned that ending federal funding could dismantle the U.S. public national network and harm access to information in rural and underserved communities that rely on public media as their primary source of local news. Read More
ISOJ2024 | April 19, 2024
Lee este artículo en español abajo View video of this panel here Discussing local news was one of the biggest topics at the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ). This includes the strategies adopted by newspapers covering metropolitan areas to boost their audience and build a stronger relationship with their communities. For one of … Read More
ISOJ2024 | April 17, 2024
From producing more solutions journalism stories, offering audiences spaces to participate in public life or reporting with a different approach from “them vs. us,” ISOJ panelists offered paths out of global polarization. Read More
Business Models | April 16, 2024
If there is one topic that journalists should talk more about, it is money. That is why on the first day of the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), the lunch hour was used to talk about strategies to optimize revenue for local media. Read More
Engagement | April 14, 2024
Lee este artículo en español abajo View video of this research breakfast here Journalism scholars discussed building a sustainable future for news and re-imagining connections with audiences during a research breakfast at the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on April 13. Summarizing their research to an early Saturday morning crowd, presenters included Amy Ross … Read More
Engagement | April 13, 2024
Lee este artículo en español abajo View video of this workshop here News outlets have to meet the public where they are at. That was the message of leaders in news product innovation who led a breakfast workshop at the 25th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) conference. The workshop sought to introduce journalists … Read More
Business Models | April 13, 2024
The opening panel of the 25th ISOJ showcased how the Press Forward initiative is building a coalition of donors in the United States to support local journalism nationwide, with the goal of distributing $500 million in resources over the next five years. Read More
ISOJ2023 | April 15, 2023
View video of panel here. Five peer-reviewed research papers were selected for the Spring 2023 #ISOJ Journal and the authors were invited to present their findings at the 24th International Symposium on Online Journalism conference April 14. Celeste González de Bustamante, professor and associate dean at UT Austin’s Moody College of Communication, opened the panel … Read More
ISOJ2023 | March 8, 2023
The Canadian Record, which has chronicled life in the Texas Panhandle since 1893, announced the suspension of its print edition on March 2, 2023. Messages of support and shock filled social media, appeared in letters to the editor, and crossed the newsroom’s doorstep. “They’ve pretty much swamped us, coming in the door, coming in the … Read More
Journalism Tools | April 12, 2022
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