New York Times’ editor Jill Abramson, Texas Tribune’s Evan Smith to discuss multimedia journalism at ISOJ

The executive editor of The New York Times, Jill Abramson, will kick off day two of the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) with a keynote speech on the use of multimedia narratives by online news sites. Abramson’s discussion, to be chaired by Evan Smith, CEO and editor-in-chief at The Texas Tribune, will mark the …  Read More

NPR’s social media strategist Andy Carvin to address 14th International Symposium on Online Journalism

The 2013 International Symposium on Online Journalism(ISOJ) will feature a man with an online presence that any journalist would envy. Andy Carvin, a senior strategist and social media front-man for NPR will be a keynote speaker at the 14th ISOJ conference to be held April 19-20 at the University of Texas at Austin. Carvin’s fast …  Read More

ISOJ conference to cover main issues of digital journalism, from industry’s disruption to mobile revolution

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

Hotel Information 2013

April 19 – 20, 2013 The International Symposium on Online Journalism will be hosted at: The Blanton Museum of Art Edgar A. Smith Building 1 University Station D1303 Austin, Texas 78712-0338 For more details and driving instructions please click here. Parking is available close to the venue at the locations listed below: Brazos Garage (BRG) …  Read More

International Symposium on Online Journalism opens registration for its 14th edition in Austin

Registration is now open for the 14th International Symposium on Online Journalism, which will be held at the University of Texas at Austin on April 19-20, 2013. Since 1999, ISOJ has attracted journalists, media executives and scholars from around the world to a unique conference that mixes top leaders of the news industry and academics …  Read More

Reading Readers: Research on the News Community

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

Creating Data-Driven Stories

Aron Pilhofer, interactive news editor, The New York Times “I want to change how we think about data,” Aron Pilhofer said. In an industry that is constantly changing, Pilhofer believes that data-driven journalism is paving the way for more approaches in interactive storytelling. With interactive forums like The Obameter, Politics Verbatim and The New York …  Read More

Optimizing News Through Social Media Rather Than Feeding the Search Engine

Friends and followers: Unite and write! Social media is becoming a major player in the field of journalism. Representatives from all around the digital news realm spoke in a panel at ISOJ 2012 that discussed a prevailing wind bringing us from SEO (search engine optimization) to SMO (social media optimization). Reporters and editors have often …  Read More

Today’s Newsroom Challenge According to Raju Narisetti with The Wall Street Journal

At the second day of ISOJ, keynote speaker Raju Narisetti, managing editor for The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, presented us all with a challenge. But this challenge, according to Narisetti, isn’t about the hubbub over transferring print to an online platform. “If you haven’t done it now, you’re pretty much doomed,” Narisetti said. So …  Read More