2012

Coloquio | April 25, 2012

Technological challenges for newsrooms debated at 5th Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism

By Mariana Fernandes

About 40 journalists, media executives, and academic researchers from Latin America, Spain, and Portugal met in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, April 22, for the fifth annual Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. The Colloquium followed up the 13th International Symposium on Online Journalism. One of the … Read More

Coloquio | April 25, 2012

5º Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital discute desafíos tecnológicos en las redacciones

By Mariana Fernandes

Por quinto año consecutivo, periodistas, ejecutivos de los medios e investigadores académicos de América Latina, España y Portugal se reunieron en Austin, Texas, el domingo 22 de abril, en el 5º Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital, organizado por el Centro Knight para el Periodismo en las Américas, justo después de finalizar el 13º Simposio Internacional … Read More

Coloquio | April 19, 2012

Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking journalists to discuss digital journalism at 5th Ibero-American Colloquium

By Summer Harlow

Journalists, media executives, and scholars from Spain, Portugal and various countries throughout the Americas will gather Sunday, April 22, for the Fifth Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas. The round-table event follows the 13th International Symposium on Online Journalism, taking place April 20-21 at the University … Read More

Coloquio | April 19, 2012

Periodistas que hablan español y portugués discutirán el periodismo digital en el 5º Coloquio Iberoamericano

By Summer Harlow

Periodistas, ejecutivos de medios, y académicos de España, Portugal y de varios países de las Américas se reunirán el domingo, 22 de abril, por el Quinto Coloquio Iberoamericano sobre Periodismo Digital, organizado por el Centro Knight para el Periodismo en las Américas. El evento de mesa redonda sigue el 13º Simposio Internacional de Periodismo Digital, … Read More

Reading Readers: Research on the News Community

By Cali Bock

Audience preference and editorial judgment: A study of time-lagged influence in online news Angela M. Lee, University of Texas at Austin and Seth C. Lewis, University of Minnesota Through data analysis of three online papers — The New York Times, the New York Post, and the New York Daily News — Lee and Lewis found … Read More

Data Visualization | April 21, 2012

Creating Data-Driven Stories

By Brittany Connors

Aron Pilhofer, interactive news editor, The New York Times “I want to change how we think about data,” Aron Pilhofer said. In an industry that is constantly changing, Pilhofer believes that data-driven journalism is paving the way for more approaches in interactive storytelling. With interactive forums like The Obameter, Politics Verbatim and The New York … Read More

Research Panel, From SEO to SMO: The increasing impact of social media on journalism, 2012

Featured | April 21, 2012

Optimizing News Through Social Media Rather Than Feeding the Search Engine

By Nicole Raney

Friends and followers: Unite and write! Social media is becoming a major player in the field of journalism. Representatives from all around the digital news realm spoke in a panel at ISOJ 2012 that discussed a prevailing wind bringing us from SEO (search engine optimization) to SMO (social media optimization). Reporters and editors have often … Read More

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Advertising | April 21, 2012

Today’s Newsroom Challenge According to Raju Narisetti with The Wall Street Journal

By Nicole Raney

At the second day of ISOJ, keynote speaker Raju Narisetti, managing editor for The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, presented us all with a challenge. But this challenge, according to Narisetti, isn’t about the hubbub over transferring print to an online platform. “If you haven’t done it now, you’re pretty much doomed,” Narisetti said. So … Read More

Metcalfe-Online Journalism Startups Win With The Network Effect-2012

Distribution | April 21, 2012

Bob Metcalfe on Journalism Startups

By Tania Lara & Matthew Stottlemyre

Fitting into a theme that has permeated the symposium, Bob Metcalfe, who was responsible for developing the media rainforest’s irrigation system, the Ethernet, didn’t pretend to have a catchall scheme to monetize news. During Saturday’s opening keynote speech, Metcalfe suggested a model of micro payments in which readers make fractional payments for interesting content. “How … Read More