At the 17th Ibero-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism held on April 14, Micaela Fernández and Chiara Finocchiaro from SembraMedia spoke about the importance of media leaders and journalists managing their numbers, knowing accounting and feeling comfortable talking about finances.
Discussing local news was one of the biggest topics at the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ). This includes the strategies adopted by newspapers covering metropolitan areas to boost their audience and build a stronger relationship with their communities. For one of the panels of the symposium, four editors were invited to talk about […]
Journalists reporting in Slovakia, Haiti, Nigeria and Ukraine shared at the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism about attacks on press freedom due to their coverage of corruption and violence.
In a year when almost half the world's population is expected to go to the polls in national and local elections, the 25th ISOJ featured a workshop offered by YouTube with suggestions on how journalists and media outlets can use the platform in their election coverage.
As part of closing remarks at the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism, Romina Mella and José Zamora shed light on legal cases and jail time facing their colleague in Peru and father in Guatemala, respectively. ISOJ participants were called on to support these two renowned journalists.
From producing more solutions journalism stories, offering audiences spaces to participate in public life or reporting with a different approach from “them vs. us,” ISOJ panelists offered paths out of global polarization.
Wendi C. Thomas, founding editor and publisher of nonprofit newspaper MLK50: Justice through Journalism, created a newsroom that centered “people traditionally pushed to the margins.” During her keynote session at the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), on April 12, Thomas told that story.
At the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), journalists from around the world shared challenges they face: in Afghanistan, restrictions imposed by the Taliban drive journalists into exile; in Mexico, drug trafficking and organized crime create zones of silence; in Israel, journalists deal with the trauma of the Hamas invasion and media outlets provide limited coverage of Gaza; in Ghana, journalists suffer attacks and threats when investigating corruption cases.
The 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) brought examples of the uses of artificial intelligence at UOL, The Marshall Project and The New York Times, while research by the Associated Press reveals the impact of generative AI on journalism around the world.
An ISOJ panel discussed how journalists can leverage influencer strategies to build trust and audience connections, while maintaining journalistic ethics. Panelists mentioned transparency, relatable communication and the use of emotions as some elements journalists can learn from content creators.
Nearly 1,000 people from 74 countries – from Afghanistan to Venezuela – attended the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), hosted and organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication.
If there is one topic that journalists should talk more about, it is money. That is why on the first day of the 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), the lunch hour was used to talk about strategies to optimize revenue for local media.