Sierra Juarez is an assistant editor at Texas Monthly, where she works primarily as a fact-checker. Before that, she worked as a freelance journalist in Mexico, covering politics and social issues. Her audio and written work has appeared in the Texas Tribune, KUT, and the Austin American-Statesman. She is based in Mexico City.
Members of the Center for Media Engagement (CME) at the University of Texas at Austin presented their research about how to better connect with communities and promote trust with news consumers during a Research Breakfast at the 2022 International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ).
Journalists need to collaborate and form alliances to help counter misinformation in Hispanic communities, according to fact-checkers during a panel at the 2022 International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on April 1. The panel explored the need for verified, reliable information amongst Hispanics and announced the launch of Factchequeado, a project created to help fill the gap.
Google tools can help journalists more quickly and adeptly tell important stories in their communities, according to Marco Túlio Pires, a leader at the company’s News Lab. During a Google News Initiative workshop at the 2022 International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), Pires walked through various tools and explained how journalists can use them to advance their reporting.
“For the past year, journalists from around the world have found themselves covering the biggest story of their lifetime. A global immunization effort is now underway, and journalists are now challenged and given the opportunity to cover the multidimensional aspects of the vaccine."
Ignacio Escolar, director and founder of elDiario.es, opened the 13th Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism with a conversation with Rosental Alves, director and founder of the Knight Center.
Public interest media is adapting to economic difficulties and creating innovative projects and business models in order to survive and flourish.
Public interest media is adapting to economic difficulties and creating innovative projects and business models in order to survive and flourish.
News organizations can take steps, like hiring a more diverse staff and being more transparent, to build trust between the newsroom and their audience.
News organizations can take steps, like hiring a more diverse staff and being more transparent, to build trust between the newsroom and their audience.
TikTok is a social media hotbed for communities, culture, creativity, and disinformation, making it an invaluable tool for journalists, said Laura Garcia, the training and support manager at First Draft.