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Research | March 31, 2007
Wikipedia’s Content Favors Newer Subjects
“I personally love Wikipedia,” said graduate student Deepina Kapila, “But I take it with a grain of salt.” While the debate over the accuracy of online user-generated encyclopedia Wikipedia’s continues, Cindy Royal, an assistant professor at Texas State University, alongside graduate student Deepina Kapila, analyzed the site from a fresh angle. The pair presented their … Read More
Blogs | March 31, 2007
Students Beginning to Find Possibilities in Online Journalism
If you check the weather at SpartanEdge.com you’ll be greeted by a friendly man who calls himself Ron the Weatherblogger. Ron draws you in, and before you know it, you’re reading the forecasts from several days ago, just to see what he has to say. But Ron’s climate-central blog is just one of many available … Read More
Featured | March 31, 2007
Sink or Swim: Adapting to the New Media Environment
Bob Dylan once sang about adjusting to rapid change with his song, “The Times They are A-Changin.” No doubt today’s media environment can relate. Leading journalist researchers from around the world offered advice on how to take advantage of the changes in online journalism during the third panel titled, “Strategic Positioning in the New Media … Read More
Featured | March 31, 2007
Revolution: Two Meanings and Their Implications
Revolution is a word with two different, yet connected meanings. A revolution can be described as a full circle about an axis; it also means a change from the old. This was the topic of Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon’s Masters thesis as he looked at the Castro Revolution in Cuba, and how Cuban lifestyles have come full-circle … Read More
Digital Divide | March 31, 2007
New Media Faces Intricate Challenges In Route to Fulfilling Global Coverage
The International Symposium on Online Journalism‘s keynote speaker, Guy Berger, Professor and Head of the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University in South Africa discussed why the Internet is not a sufficient global medium; not just yet anyway. “The web serves mostly as a supplement to other news sources rather than being the … Read More
Multimedia | March 31, 2007
Transforming Narrative Storytelling
Brian Storm from MediaStorm, Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon from the Statesman.com and Andrew DiVigal from the NYTimes.com discuss the roll of multimedia narrative storytelling for the Web. Read More
Business Models | March 31, 2007
Reworking the Newspaper Business Model
When the San Antonio Express News, the Star Tribune and the Dallas Morning News combine their media minds, amazing things happen. The third panel of the day at the International Symposium on Online Journalism discussed forming a new business model for newspaper industries. Since the newspaper companies of the world have just recently taken action toward … Read More
Featured | March 31, 2007
International Newsrooms and Their Relationship with New Media
As news companies face continuous losses in readership and advertising revenues, one question remains on the tip of everyone’s tongue: will the rise of the Internet determine the fall of print media? Four journalists from around the globe responded to this question and offered their views on the future of traditional newspapers during the final … Read More
Citizen Journalism | March 31, 2007
Citizen Journalism Applies to All Ages
Executive Editor of Bluffton Today, Kyle Poplin, spoke on a panel discussing citizen’s participation in the news during the 8th International Symposium on Online Journalism. Mojo-mobile journalists are becoming the norm for online multimedia websites because information is immediate. Bluffton Today allows bloggers of all ages to report on issues and interests in the town, … Read More
International | March 31, 2007
International Newspapers and Their Web Sites: Separate Yet Connected Identities
The first day of the 8th International Symposium on Online Journalism came to an end with a tour around the world with journalists from Brazil, France, Spain and Colombia. The journalists didn’t miss a moment to enlighten the audience on their global perspectives on online journalism, which in one way or another was influenced by the … Read More