International Symposium on Online Journalism
A program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin
Research | May 28, 2013
Assistant Professor of Media Culture at the College of Staten Island (CUNY), C.W. Anderson, chaired a panel of academics from universities across the U.S. and Canada discussing the importance of community in the news today at the 14th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism. Four experts presented their findings from research conducted on a particular … Read More
Citizen Journalism | May 28, 2013
The 14th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism closed its first day with a panel discussing how different news outlets are responding and evolving with advancements in technology. The panel consisted of journalists and academics who have researched news organizations’ attempts and progress in adapting to newsroom changes related to social media, digital media, … Read More
Business Models | May 28, 2013
Just past 8:30 a.m. or so, tireless journalists gathered in the Capitol Room at the Blanton Museum to participate in the research breakfast, a new feature that was added to the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) for the first time this year. The breakfast gives four researchers the chance to introduce their current projects … Read More
Multimedia | April 12, 2013
For the first time, #ISOJ – The official journal of the International Symposium on Online Journalism will be launched at the first day of the conference, containing peer-reviewed research papers presented during that same conference. The new issue of the journal will be available in paperback and e-book editions on the morning of ISOJ’s opening, … Read More
Advertising | April 3, 2013
A diverse panel of academics will tackle the topic of “innovative approaches in the global news ecosystem,” to be chaired by Indiana University associate professor Mark Deuze, on April 20, the final day of the 14th International Symposium on Online Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. In his book Managing Media Work, … Read More
Business Models | February 25, 2013
Journalists, media executives and scholars from around the world will converge at the University of Texas at Austin, once again, for the International Symposium on Online Journalismon April 19 and 20. This year, the program will cover some of the most relevant issues for journalism today, such as media companies’ response to the disruption of … Read More
Ethics | April 21, 2012
Audience preference and editorial judgment: A study of time-lagged influence in online news Angela M. Lee, University of Texas at Austin and Seth C. Lewis, University of Minnesota Through data analysis of three online papers — The New York Times, the New York Post, and the New York Daily News — Lee and Lewis found … Read More
Research | February 22, 2012
The 13th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) generated a record 71 submissions, confirming the continuing growth of ISOJ’s reputation as a world-class conference. Twenty-two papers were accepted for presentation on April 20-21, 2012 at the University of Texas at Austin. ISOJ has become one of the most competitive peer-reviewed conferences in the field of … Read More
Digital Divide | April 5, 2011
Beyond News Routines, Beyond News Consumption, an ISOJ panel chaired by UT-Austin’s Tom Johnson, worked as a smooth transition from Friday’s panels on cutting-edge innovations of news industry. The research panel included Ahmed El Gody of Orebro University, Sweden, Angela Lee from University of Pennsylvania, Jonathan Groves of Drury University and Carrie Brown of University … Read More
Research | April 5, 2011
The first research panel of the 12th International Symposium on Online Journalism conference discussed news innovations and touched on every topic from R&D to education to creativity. Seth Lewis, an Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota discussed the use of open APIs by news organizations, explaining that, “news organizations learn from people outside of the … Read More