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Video | April 24, 2010
David Cohn: from Philosophy to Journalism
Meera Rajagopalan sat down with David Cohn to discuss his analogy about journalism and restaurants, and his switch from Philosophy to Journalism. Read More
Video | April 24, 2010
Dan Gillmor on journalism education
Jennifer Whitcomb’s discussion with Dan Gillmore after his panel at the ISOJ symposium. Read More
Engagement | April 24, 2010
Participatory Journalism: How the old passive audience of mass media is becoming the new active communities of online media
Dan Gillmor turned the audience at ISOJ on to what has be one of the greatest Twitter accounts in existence, @TheMime.- Wikipedia is the best place to start. It’s the worst place to stop. Jan Schaffer, J-Lab, American University – There are new players in the news ecosystem: fact entrepreneurs, creative technologists, citizen media makers, … Read More
Innovation | April 24, 2010
International innovative experiences in online journalism
Once again, Alfred Hermida has written a knowledgeable and enlightening blog post about the International Symposium on Online Journalism‘s first panel today, and once again, I’ll refer to his brilliant writing. Check out the post here. Read More
Innovation | April 24, 2010
International innovative experiences in online journalism
Welcome back to the 11th International Symposium on Online Journalism, ladies and gents. Let’s do it again! Harry Dugmore, MTN Chair of Media and Mobile Communications, Rhodes University (South Africa) – We are currently operating in a techno-social flux. – In South Africa, there is low but rapidly improving access to broadband, as well as a … Read More
Keynote | April 24, 2010
Reflecting on the keynote speech
ISOJ 2010:y Steven Kydd Keynote, from Knight Center on Vimeo. The International Online Journalism Symposium kicked off Friday with a dynamic and unperturbed presentation from Demand Media’s Steven Kydd about journalism’s role with art and science. Kydd began by highlighting how members of the media and professional journalists don’t typically harmonize with the ideals of Demand … Read More
Blogs | April 23, 2010
Day 1 Notes
The first day of the 11th International Symposium on Online Journalism was a doozy, with many great panels, discussions and enlightening facts. With that in mind, here are my own personal notes and observations from the activities of the conference’s first day. It didn’t rain. Lately, the Friday session of the symposium has always been associated … Read More
Video | April 23, 2010
The Dallas Morning News CEO talks innovation strategy at ISOJ 2010
James Moroney III, publisher and CEO of The Dallas Morning News, gave a short interview on innovation in the news industry while at the 2010 International Symposium on Online Journalism. In a moment of humility, when asked how his paper measures up, he said the DMN and other legacy newspaper outlets could stand to lend … Read More
Innovation | April 23, 2010
Thinking Differently – What are the innovations in the journalism scholarship/profession today?
Dean Graber, The University of Texas at Austin– Community radio: locally owned and operated radio stations, ran entirely by citizens. – Community radio lacks the filters and gateway keepers of larger radio stations. – The funding from community radio comes from listeners and small business “underwriters.” – Stations commit to involving groups missing from the … Read More
April 23, 2010
Where do newspaper companies go from here?
The third panel at International Online Journalism Symposium tackled the big one: how can newspaper companies survive in the digital era. Session chair Earl Wilkinson, executive director and CEO, International Newsmedia Marketing Association (INMA), set the tone by talking about headlines predicting the death of newspapers. But in his view, newspapers are facing an economic … Read More