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Research | April 2, 2011
ISOJ 2011 closes with discussions of engagement
The 12th International Symposium on Online Journalism ended with the research panel, Beyond the Conversation, Beyond Engagement. Chris Kabwato, from the School of Journalism and Media Studies of the Rhodes University at South Africa chaired the panel that included C.W. Anderson, from the College of Staten Island (CUNY), Alfred Hermida, from the UBC Grad School … Read More
Video | April 2, 2011
Egypt and the role of social media
Ahmed El Gody, the senior lecturer and director of New Media Lab Modern Sciences and Arts University, Egypt, discussed the state of Egyptian news media Saturday. (Paper, PDF). Here he explains the role of social media in Egypt’s overall media environment and its impact on the revolution. Read More
Engagement | April 2, 2011
REPORTR.NET: Lessons on how to engage with audiences
Jim Brady, former editor of TBD.com and WashingtonPost.com, set the tone for a professional panel on engaging the audience at #ISOJ by saying they were going to stick to time and leave plenty of time for questions. First up was Espen Egil Hansen, editor-in-chief of VG Multimedia, Norway. He started by stating that he tells … Read More
Keynote | April 2, 2011
REPORTR.NET: Patch president outlines community strategy
The afternoon keynote at the ISOJ was by Warren Webster, president of Patch Media. Depending on who you listen to, Patch is or isn’t journalism. But it is hiring journalists and has a presence in 800 US towns. It has 50% penetration in these markets and is growing in monthly visits by more than 40%. … Read More
Research | April 2, 2011
REPORTR.NET: Research into the sharing of links on Facebook
With social recommendation becoming an increasingly important way that people get the news, the final research paper at ISOJ looked at how news travels on social networks. The research paper by Brian Baresch, Dustin Harp, Lewis Knight and Carolyn Yaschur from the University of Texas at Austin surveyed 78 US Facebook users and the links … Read More
Business Models | April 2, 2011
Audience has many questions for nonprofit online journalism panel
Today’s ISOJ panel on the sustainability of the nonprofit online journalism model sparked a lively discussion that included journalism education, news business models, credibility, and collaboration. Lisa Frazier of The Bay Citizen, the Texas Tribune’s John Thornton, and Gustavo Gorriti of Peru’s IDL-Reporteros each spoke on the solvency of their publications and their outlooks on … Read More
Innovation | April 2, 2011
REPORTR.NET: Christian Science Monitor grapples with tensions as web-only
The research presented at ISOJ by Jonathan Groves, Drury University and Carrie Brown, University of Memphis, looked at the Christian Science Monitor’s transition from print to web. For the paper, the researchers spent three weeks in the newsroom, watching how journalists worked and talking to them about journalism. The Monitor started in 1908 as a … Read More
Engagement | April 2, 2011
Latin American newspapers sticking to traditional formats
Based on an extensive analysis of 19 newspaper websites in Latin America (some 2,300 articles), UT Austin doctoral students Summer Harlow and Ingrid Bachmann honed in on the multimedia features of each site, the interactivity options and engagements, and the promotion of participatory journalism. They found that less than a fifth of the stories … Read More
Engagement | April 2, 2011
Can multiplatform devices expand ‘newsfulness?’
Should new outlets continue to press toward digital innovations? Yes, but perhaps not without more though, according to Dr. Iris Chyi of the University of Texas at Austin and Monica Chada, a doctoral student at UT. “The web is not a primary revenue driver,” Chyi said, speaking during the second Saturday panel of ISOJ. “Instead, … Read More
Keynote | April 2, 2011
Madanmohan Rao discusses media trends in Asia, Africa
Madanmohan Rao, an influential Indian writer and media consultant, spoke Saturday, day two of ISOJ, on the effects of mobile media and nine other trends in the emerging markets of Asia and Africa. According to Rao mobile media in the political arena is making headway. From Egypt to India, citizens are advocating for more freedom … Read More