news year: 2007

Jarvis Stresses Cooperation Among Media

Jeff Jarvis started the first day of the International Symposium on Online Journalism with a keynote speech emphasizing cooperation among competitors in the media, suggesting such radical ideas as sending readers to other papers and nixing bylines, newsrooms and journalists’ egos. It’s understandable that Jarvis is a self-proclaimed “cock-eyed optimist” when it comes to the future …  Read More

It’s All About Interacting: Perspectives from Abroad on Online Journalism

Readers want interaction, no matter where they live.  Ismael Nafria, the Content Deputy Director of Prisacom/El.Pais.com from Spain knows his readers. So did the other international panel of speakers from France, Brazil, and Colombia, who spoke at the 8th International Symposium on Online Journalism held at The University of Texas at Austin. As a journalist …  Read More

Blogging Begins with the Users and the Community

The latest phenomenon in citizen journalism, the blog, took full center in the panel that included the Online News Editor of The Houston Chronicle, Dean Betz. Betz is best known for his work with online participation in the blog section of the Houston Chronicle website.  Working previously for another online blog pool, he edited and …  Read More