International Symposium on Online Journalism
A program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin
Transition to Digital | April 29, 2008
By People came from all over the world, in both the media industries and academia to talk about how to adapt to change in the new media landscape during the 9th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism. Audience members discuss why they attended the symposium and what they learned from the event. Read More
Business Models | April 10, 2008
The University of Texas hosted the ninth annual International Symposium on Online Journalism during April 4 and 5. The two day lecture series hosted speakers from Argentina to Zimbabwe to discuss changes occurring in journalism due to the rise of multimedia and online content. Traditional media are struggling to adapt their old business models to respond … Read More
Business Models | April 7, 2008
For the UK’s highest-selling daily newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, the key to a successful move from a traditional to modern media landscape lay in bringing about a complete synergy between print and online publishing. Chris Lloyd, the 36-year-old assistant managing editor at the Telegraph, said the transition was not in response to the threat of … Read More
Transition to Digital | April 5, 2008
The Three Musketeers’ motto “All for one and one for all” does not work for the news media in the digital age, keynote speaker Ramón Salaverria said Saturday during the 9th International Symposium on Online Journalism. “All media has converged into the computer, and even these computers are getting smaller, so we’re getting more portable,” … Read More
Engagement | April 5, 2008
When Richard Anderson moved to Camden, Maine in the late 1990s, the former mathematics teacher and ex-textbook developer decided to pursue a new business via the Internet. “I got intrigued with the Internet,” he said during the International Symposium on Online Journalism, “I felt the opportunity to define a new category of business, like Ted … Read More
Transition to Digital | April 5, 2008
Chris Lloyd had a few dozen grumpy journalists on his hands when The Daily Telegraph decided to makeover its approach to news and publishing on the web. Lloyd, assistant managing editor for the major London daily, spoke at UT’s International Symposium on Online Journalism about retraining staff and revamping attitudes to meet the needs of … Read More
Business Models | April 4, 2008
Traditional news companies need to find creative and innovative business models for online media that foster readership and generate money through relevant news, said Neal Burns, an advertising professor at the University of Texas. Burns led a panel of four speakers that discussed business models for media companies at the ninth annual International Symposium on … Read More
Transition to Digital | April 3, 2007
Some readers fear the newspaper is on its last leg—being knocked down by the rise of online news. But that’s not the attitude portrayed by online editors of some of the country’s top newspapers. The 8th Annual International Symposium on Online Journalism kicked off at the University of Texas at Austin Friday. The event lasted … Read More
Featured | March 31, 2007
Bob Dylan once sang about adjusting to rapid change with his song, “The Times They are A-Changin.” No doubt today’s media environment can relate. Leading journalist researchers from around the world offered advice on how to take advantage of the changes in online journalism during the third panel titled, “Strategic Positioning in the New Media … Read More
Featured | March 31, 2007
Revolution is a word with two different, yet connected meanings. A revolution can be described as a full circle about an axis; it also means a change from the old. This was the topic of Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon’s Masters thesis as he looked at the Castro Revolution in Cuba, and how Cuban lifestyles have come full-circle … Read More