Category: Registration

ISOJ adds to 2023 program the screening of a new documentary that showcases rural Texas newspaper’s fight to survive

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

ISOJ panelists to explore use and impact of generative artificial intelligence on journalism

For journalists, now is the time to experiment with generative artificial intelligence. Gain first-hand experience, determine the possibilities, find the guardrails. That’s according to Marc Lavallee, director of technology product and strategy for the journalism program at the Knight Foundation. “A big part of what’s happened in the last couple of months is that there is …  Read More

‘Exile Journalism:’ ISOJ to discuss how journalists use technology to cover the countries they were forced to abandon

They work in newsrooms that have been relocated to neighboring countries, or sometimes, much farther from home. They left after being imprisoned, threatened with criminal charges, or labeled as “foreign agents.” Despite all this, they continue to report on the places they left behind. Cases of “exile journalism” have been proliferating around the world and …  Read More

Coming to Austin for ISOJ 2023? Here are some hotel options

We want to extend a Texas-sized “Howdy!” to everyone joining us in Austin for the 24th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on April 14 and 15, 2023. For the second year, the in-person component of this year’s conference will take place in the Zlotnik Family Ballroom at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center on the …  Read More

ISOJ returned in 2022 as a hybrid conference, with nearly 300 people in Austin and almost 1,000 virtual attendees from 90 countries

After two years of being a virtual-only conference due to the pandemic, the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) returned in person and online, and in full force, from April 1 to 2, 2022. The 23rd ISOJ was an innovative hybrid conference, with 1,227 registrants, 296 in person and 931 online. Once again, ISOJ was …  Read More