news year: 2008

Ramón Salaverria, Media Convergence

  Saturday’s keynote speaker Ramón Salaverria, Professor and Vice Chair, School of Communication, Navarra University, Spain, discusses the true definition of Media Convergence during the 9th International Symposium on Online Journalism.    Read More

Site emphasizes cultural dialogue on international level

Georgia Popplewell, managing director of GlobalVoicesOnline.org, pointed to her laptop inside of an orange messenger bag, calling it her office. Trinidad native Popplewell is the only full-time staff member for the Global Voices Online, an international project that sorts through blogs around the world, giving them context and linking to the original blog posts. The …  Read More

Salaverria discusses significance of media convergence

The Three Musketeers’ motto “All for one and one for all” does not work for the news media in the digital age, keynote speaker Ramón Salaverria said Saturday during the 9th International Symposium on Online Journalism. “All media has converged into the computer, and even these computers are getting smaller, so we’re getting more portable,” …  Read More

Journalism symposium to address changing media landscape

The University of Texas at Austin will host the ninth annual International Symposium on Online Journalism to discuss trends in the relatively new realm of Internet media. The two-day symposium will take place April 4-5. UT journalism professor Rosental Alves is the symposium chair. He said that 200 people have already registered for the event. …  Read More