The 26th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) took place March 27 – 28, 2025, online and in person at the University of Texas at Austin.

El 26º Simposio Internacional de Periodismo en Online (ISOJ) se llevó a cabo del 27 al 28 de marzo de 2025, virtual y en persona en la Universidad de Texas en Austin. 

ISOJ is organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas

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SPONSORS

Knight Foundation, Google News Initiative, IFPIM, Texas Global, American Press Institute, JSK Fellows, Texas Moody, Council on Foreign Relations, Uber/Waymo, Yahoo News

MEDIA AND ORGANIZATION PARTNERS

ISOJ 2025 Media and Organization Partners

ISOJ 2025 Archive

Keynote panel: Creating Funds to Finance Journalism

Chair: Jim Brady, vice president of Journalism, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

  • Dale R. Anglin, director, Press Forward

  • Vanina Berghella, regional director for Latin America & the Caribbean, International Fund for Public Interest Media (Argentina)

  • Sarabeth Berman, CEO, American Journalism Project

  • Carolina Oms, director of Partnerships and Fundraising, Brazilian Journalism Support Fund (Brazil)

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Panel: Fact-checking in journalism during times of platform-enabled mis/disinformation

Chair and presenter: Lucas Graves, professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Research breakfast: Agenda-setting and online journalism: A Tribute to Max McCombs

Chair and presenter: Sebastián Valenzuela, associate professor, Pontifical Catholic University (Chile)

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Special session: A Conversation with Julie Pace

Chair: Evan Smith, senior advisor, Emerson Collective

  • Special guest: Julie Pace, senior vice president and executive editor, The Associated Press

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Panel: How to avoid news avoidance and burnout of journalists and audiences

Chair: Kate West, assistant professor of instruction, School of Journalism and Media, UT Austin

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Panel: Synthetic media and journalism: Avatars, image creation and manipulation

Chair: Robert J. Quigley, professor of practice and director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, School of Journalism and Media, UT Austin

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