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Featured | April 19, 2012
Q&A with Blake Eskin, Former Web Editor for The New Yorker
Blake Eskin spent the mid-90s as a fact checker for The New Yorker, so he knew the organization well when he became the magazine’s first web editor in 2006. In his six years in that role, he helped make newyorker.com a platform for interactive coverage and blogging and brought the magazine to the digital world … Read More
International | March 8, 2012
Program announced for 13th International Symposium on Online Journalism
The program for the 13th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) has been announced, and the stellar line-up includes journalists from publications like The New York Times, the Dallas Morning News, the Washington Post, Spain’s El País, and Argentina’s La Nación, and panels on such topics as smart phones, social media, entrepreneurship, and database reporting. … Read More
Research | February 22, 2012
Research on Online Journalism Reflects the Dynamics of the Digital Platform from Mobile Media to Entrepreneurial Ventures
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
International | February 17, 2012
Registration is now open for the 2012 International Symposium on Online Journalism
The 13th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), the annual global conference that brings more than 200 media executives, journalists and scholars from the United States and around the world to the University of Texas at Austin on April 20-21, is now open for registration. ISOJ is unlike any other conference because it offers a … Read More
Featured | April 15, 2011
Reflections: Social Media and The New Face of Journalism
The use of social media in the realm of journalism was a topic at the 12th Annual ISOJ. One research panel, All About the Tweet and More, got right to that point. The panel included Cindy Royal and Dale Blasingame of Texas State University, Carrie Brown of the University of Memphis, Marcus Messner of VCU, … Read More
Digital Divide | April 5, 2011
Reflections: Beyond News Routines, Beyond News Consumption
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
Engagement | April 5, 2011
Reflections:Ex-NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Delivers Keynote Address
Former online editor of the New York Times and ex-CEO and President of National Public Radio Vivian Schiller delivered they keynote address that kicked off the 12th International Symposium on Online Journalism. The symposium, which ran from April 1-2, hosted an array of journalists from all over the world at the AT&T Executive Education and … Read More
Engagement | April 5, 2011
Reflections: Engaging the Community
ISOJ speakers addressed innovative and effective ways to work with the community and have them happily work with the news. VG Multimedia editor-in-chief Espen Hansen presented ways the in which his site excels with community needs right when they need it. When the Icelandic volcano sent massive clouds of dust disrupting air travel, the site … Read More
Research | April 5, 2011
Reflection: Research Panel Discusses News Innovation
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