ISOJ 2008 – International Symposium on Online Journalism

Coloquio | April 11, 2008

Knight Center holds first Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism

By Knight Center

The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas conducted the First Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism, on April 5 and 6, 2008 in Austin, Texas. Participants included 26 journalists, academics, and media executives from eight Latin American countries, Spain, and Portugal. Members of the colloquium analyzed digital journalism trends affecting … Read More

Coloquio | April 11, 2008

Centro Knight realiza Primer Coloquio Iberoamericano sobre Periodismo Digital

By Knight Center

Periodistas, académicos y ejecutivos de medios se reunieron en el Primer Coloquio Iberoamericano sobre Periodismo Digital en Austin, Texas, el 5 y 6 de abril, 2008. (Foto por Caroline Ventezou) El Centro Knight para el Periodismo en las Américas realizó el Primer Coloquio Iberoamericano sobre Periodismo Digital en la ciudad de Austin, … Read More

Opening session

Newspapers in the Time of Cholera: A Healthy Prescription for an Ailing Industry

Hybrid Newsroom for the Digital Age: Journalists are reorganizing their routines, learning new skills and doing their best to work for multiplatform, multimedia operations. How are integrated newsrooms (i.e., print + digital) working so far?

Emerging Business Models: Traditional media are struggling to adapt their old business models to respond to the devastating effects of disruptive, digital technologies, while a new generation of media companies is creating fresh, innovative new models. Will those efforts result in profitable businesses that would finance journalism as it happened during the last century?

Engaging Communities: The old, passive audiences are increasingly becoming clusters of new, active communities that still read, listen and watch the media, but demand to be read, listened and watched. Engaging those communities has become high priority for the media, but are their efforts succeeding?

Multimedia and Interactivity: Faster Internet connections and cheaper network and storage space have paved the way to more video and audio and more database journalism projects on the Web. Are online journalists finally taking advantage of the multimedia and interactive capabilities of the Internet?

News Games: Video games have become serious games and started playing an increasingly important role in education and professional training. Can video games now become a more common tool to help journalists to tell the story?

All for One and One for All? A Spanish Experience of Research About Media Convergence