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Business Models | April 29, 2008
A Look at Emerging Business Models
This video gives viewers a recap of Friday’s Emerging Business Models panel during the International Symposium on Online Journalism. It features lectures from Ken Riddick and Michael Smith. They talk about what it takes to fit in in the ever-changing world of online journalism and business. Any business owner will get great tips from … Read More
Transition to Digital | April 29, 2008
Diverse Audience Looks Forward to Change
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
Database | April 28, 2008
Brazilian Journalist Uncovers Political Activity Through Online Database
Fernando Rodrigues, a Brazilian reporter and columnist, discussed the creation of Politicos do Brasil, a political database that monitors and categorizes the assets of registered politicians in Brazil during the 9th International Symposium on Online Journalism. Read More
Business Models | April 10, 2008
Emerging Business Models Panel
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
Editing | April 9, 2008
Getting to Know Guillermo Franco, Online Editor of Colombia’s El Tiempo
A feature on Guillermo Franco as he discusses his history with the Colombia newspaper, El Tiempo, at the International Symposium on Online Journalism. Specifically, Franco discusses his work as Online Editor and how he arrived at that position. Read More
Business Models | April 7, 2008
Embracing the new: The Daily Telegraph
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
Featured | April 7, 2008
Content is the message
Symposium-goers who stuck around for the final panel of the International Symposium on Online Journalism Saturday, “Issues in Online Journalism Research,” listened to a grab bag of research presentations on current topics related to online journalism from around the world. Ashraf Galal, a professor at Qatar University, led the discussion with his paper that explored … Read More
Featured | April 5, 2008
What social networking sites can teach the news
As the mainstream media accuses social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace of recklessly disclosing their users’ private information and creating a haven for cyber-bullying and risky behavior, researchers are speculating on how news sites can adopt social networking sites’ more positive characteristics. Sebastian Valenzuela and Jacqueline Vickery of the University of Texas at Austin … Read More
Featured | April 5, 2008
Managing the Production of Online Journalism
Scholars focused on fine-tuning the production of news Web sites during the second day of the ninth annual International Symposium on Online Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. The panel, Managing the Production of Online Journalism, was chaired by Mark Tremayne, assistant professor at UT’s School of Journalism. Arne H. Krumsvik of Oslo … Read More
Innovation | April 5, 2008
Suzanne Seggerman of Games for Change
Suzanne Seggerman of Games for Change explains how she first got the idea of supporting games to create social change. Seggerman says she was never interested in games, but was intrigued by the game ‘Hidden Agenda’ and ended up changing her career path. She co-founded Games for Change and is the current president of the … Read More