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CEO of The New York Times Company and editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue are first keynote speakers announced for 25th ISOJ

Haga clic aquí para leer este artículo en español. Two leaders of internationally-recognized media companies will be among the keynote speakers at the upcoming 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ). Meredith Kopit Levien, president and CEO of The New York Times Company, will open the global conference on Friday, April 12, 2024. Versha Sharma, …  Read More

Registration now open for the 25th Anniversary of ISOJ: A quarter-century leading online journalism

The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is thrilled to announce the opening of registration for the much-anticipated 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), where industry leaders, journalists and scholars from around the world will gather April 12-13, 2024, online and at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center at the University of Texas at Austin.  Read More

Mark your calendars: ISOJ will celebrate its 25th anniversary in April 2024 with a special global hybrid conference

The International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) will celebrate 25 years of discussions on the present and future of digital journalism on April 12 – 13, 2024. Since 1999, this unique hybrid annual conference has brought together hundreds of journalists, media executives, scholars and students both online and in person at the University of Texas …  Read More

CONNECTASHub cubre ISOJ 2023 en español y amplia alcance de la conferencia en las Américas

Read this article in English below. El Simposio Internacional de Periodismo Online (ISOJ) une a periodistas de todo el mundo, en persona o virtualmente. Un buen ejemplo de ello es la cobertura del ISOJ 2023 realizada por miembros de CONNECTASHub, una redacción regional de más de 136 periodistas que trabajan en 19 países latinoamericanos. Los …  Read More

ISOJ 2023 reaches more than 1,100 participants from around the world to discuss the present and future of online journalism

The International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) celebrated 24 years of conversations and research into online journalism with a truly hybrid conference that attracted more than 1,100 people from around the globe. ISOJ 2023 took place from April 14 to 15 at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center on the University of Texas at Austin …  Read More

International journalists keep up the good fight despite government attacks, appreciative 24th ISOJ audience hears

View video of the panel here. This article has been updated.* Journalists from around the world discussed the precarious state of media in their home countries during a panel chaired by Ann Marie Lipinski, curator of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, at the 24th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on April …  Read More

‘We’re rebuilding journalism and that’s not going to happen overnight,’ attendees of ISOJ research breakfast are told

The April 15 research breakfast panel at ISOJ chaired by Dr. Cindy Royal (Texas State University) explored research on Canadian news startups, Mexican journalism networks and collectives, how journalists can meet the challenges of the current moment, and how journalists can engage the public to rebuild trust. The research was presented by Dr. Celeste González …  Read More

ISOJ panelists discuss the current state of growing news avoidance and what journalists can do about it

View video of panel here. News avoidance is a long-standing and increasing problem facing journalists. In the past several years, much of the public has shown increasing distrust in the media which has directly lent itself to their intentional and unintentional avoidance of news. In fact, research has found about one in 10 individuals consume …  Read More

Content Authenticity Initiative combats photographic mis/disinformation by proving ‘what is real,’ ISOJ workshop hears

Family members love to share pictures and funny posts that they find interesting on Facebook. But when images seem outrageously untrue, like pyramids in Antarctica, how can we tell where the photo really came from? The new Adobe-led Content Authenticity Initiative is working to fight this form of mis/disinformation with a new tool: provenance. According …  Read More