The 27th International Symposium on Journalism (ISOJ) took place Sept. 17-18, 2026, online and in person at the University of Texas at Austin.
El 27º Simposio Internacional de Periodismo (ISOJ) se llevó a cabo los días 17 y 18 de septiembre de 2026, de forma virtual y presencial en la Universidad de Texas en Austin.
ISOJ is organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas.
SPONSORS
MEDIA AND ORGANIZATION PARTNERS
Elizabeth Green
CEO and Founder, Civic News Company
Becca Aaronson
Chief Product Officer, News Product Alliance
Sarah Adler Hartman
CEO, The Texas Tribune
Laura Aguirre
Co-founder and Strategic Director, Alharaca (El Salvador/Germany)
Ashley Alvarado
President and CEO, Texas Public Radio
Rosental C. Alves
ISOJ Founder and Chair, Professor at the School of Journalism, UT Austin
Madeleine Bair
Founder & Co-Executive Director, El Tímpano
Jay Barchas-Lichtenstein
Senior Research Manager, Center for News, Technology & Innovation
Melissa Bell
CEO, Chicago Public Media
Trei Brundrett
Founder-in-Residence, New_Public
Catarina Carvalho
Editor and Founder, Mensagem de Lisboa (Portugal)
Neil Chase
Chief Executive Officer, CalMatters
Jody Chong
Executive Director, City Bureau
Lynette Clemetson
Director, Wallace House Center for Journalists
Florent Daudens
Co-founder & CEO, Mizal (Canada)
Adam Ganucheau
Executive Editor & Chief Content Officer, Deep South Today
Bhagyashree Garekar
US Bureau Chief, The Straits Times (Singapore)
Upasna Gautam
Head of Product & AI Studio, American Journalism Project; board chairwoman, News Product Alliance
Micah Gelman
CEO, Local News International
Jeremy Gilbert
Professor and Knight Chair in Digital Media Strategy, Medill, Northwestern University
Richard Gingras
Chair, Village Media
Jonathan Greenberger
Global Editor-in-Chief, POLITICO
Lauren Gustus
Executive Editor & CEO, The Salt Lake Tribune
Martina Guzmán
Founder, VERDAD
Summer Harlow
Associate Director, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
Maral Jekta
Managing Director, JX Fund
Anna Johnson
Washington Bureau Chief, The Associated Press
Ryan Y. Kellett
Co-founder, The Independent Journalism Atlas
Marisa Kwiatkowski
Director of Journalism, Knight Foundation
Adriana Lacy
Founder & CEO, Field Nine Group, Influencer Journalism
Carlos Lauria
Executive Director, Inter American Press Association
Nathalie Malinarich
Executive News Editor, Digital Development and AI, BBC (UK)
Patrick Marley
National reporter, The Washington Post
Gina M. Masullo
Associate Professor and Associate Director, Center for Media Engagement and School of Journalism and Media
Allison Murphy
Chief Operating Officer, Axios
Vanan Murugesan
Executive Director, Sahan Journal
Liz Kelly Nelson
Founder, Project C
Jill Nicholson
Chief Marketing Officer, Chartbeat Inc.
Luis Patiño
CEO, Austin PBS
Luisa Ortiz Pérez
Executive Director, The Media Resilience Network
Aaron Parnas
The Parnas Perspective
Dan Petty
Consultant, Independent
Sue Robinson
Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tom Rosenstiel
Eleanor Merrill Scholar on the Future of Journalism, University of Maryland
Cindy Royal
Professor and Regents’ Teacher, Texas State University
David Ryfe
Director and Professor, School of Journalism and Media, UT Austin
Amy Schmitz Weiss
Professor, San Diego State University
Patrick Svitek
Politics Reporter, CNN
Mallary Tenore Tarpley
Assistant Professor of Practice, University of Texas at Austin
Zach Seward
Editorial Director of A.I. Initiatives, The New York Times
Benjamin Toff
Associate Professor and Director, Minnesota Journalism Center, University of Minnesota
Mago Torres
GNI Trainer for North America, Google News Initiative
Eric Ulken
2026 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow, Stanford University
Macarena Vidal
Correspondent, El País
Janine Warner
Executive Director and Co-founder, SembraMedia
Sisi Wei
Chief Impact Officer, CalMatters & The Markup
Nina Weingrill
D.I.G – Democratic Information Governance (Brazil)
Kinsey Wilson
Founder and Head, Newspack @ Automattic
Sarah Zaaimi
Communications Manager, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Jose Zamora
Regional director, Américas, Committee to Protect Journalists
