International innovative experiences in online journalism

Opening Session

  • Rosental Calmon Alves, Knight Chair in Journalism and UNESCO Chair in Communication, School of Journalism, UT Austin - Symposium Chair

  • Tracy Dahlby, Director, School of Journalism, Frank A. Bennack, Jr. Chair in Journalism, UT Austin

  • Amy Schmitz Weiss, San Diego State University - Symposium Research Chair

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Keynote Address: The Future of Media = Art + Science

  • Steven Kydd, executive vice-president & head of content, Demand Media

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Mobile News: How journalism is adapting to the new tablet computers, e-readers and smartphones

Chair: Joshua Benton, director, Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University

  • John-Henry Barac, digital designer / consultant to The Guardian (London UK) for iPhone app

  • Tom Bodkin, assistant managing editor, design director, The New York Times

  • Dan Treinish, director of content acquisition and business development, Skiff

  • Kinsey Wilson, senior vice president and general Manager, NPR

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Research Panel: Thinking Differently – What are the innovations in the journalism scholarship/profession today?

Chair: Amy Schmitz Weiss, San Diego State University - Symposium research chair

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Research Panel: Interactivity, Blogs and the UGC – What are the current trends?

Chair: Shayla Thiel Stern, University of Minnesota

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Participatory Journalism: How the old passive audience of mass media is becoming the new active communities of online media

Chair: Dan Gillmor, professor and director, Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University

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Non-Profit Journalism: Models of non-commercial journalism online and their sustainability challenge

Chair: Paula Poindexter, Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin

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Research Panel: What is behind the news? Format, consumption and the business models examined

Chair: Iris Chyi, University of Texas at Austin

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Research Panel: The Public – Are they engaged in the news and the community?

Chair: Tom Johnson, Texas Tech University

  • Chris Anderson, City University of New York (CUNY)

  • Joshua A. Braun, Tarleton Gillespie, Cornell University

  • Monica Chadha, Alex Avila, Homero Gil de Zuñiga, University of Texas at Austin

  • Andrew Lih, University of Southern California

  • Javier Diaz Noci, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Catalonia), David Domingo, Universitat Rovira i Virgilli (Tarragona, Catalonia), Pere Masip, Josep Lluis Mico and Carles Ruiz, Universitat Ramon Llull (Barcelona, Catalonia)

  • Homero Gil de Zuñiga, Sebastián Valenzuela, University of Texas at Austin

  • Nikki Usher and Patricia Riley, University of Southern California

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