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Mar Cabra, co-founder, The Self-Investigation, talks during a lunch-workshop in ISOJ 2023.

Pulitzer Prize winner discusses mental health concerns and resources for journalists during ISOJ lunch workshop

Reporter and founder of The Self Investigation, a foundation aimed at improving the mental health of journalists globally, Mar Cabra spoke about the rising rates of anxiety and depression in the media and what newsrooms can do to combat it.

Australian mobile journalist Yusuf Omar speaks at ISOJ conference 2023.

Augmented reality will help people worldwide turn into journalists, Seen.tv co-founder tells ISOJ crowd

During an ISOJ 2023 keynote, Yusuf Omar described how the future of journalism is in the palm of our hands–and in our faces. Explaining how his video publishing company, Seen.tv, became a journalism training ground for a 7 million subscriber news service, Omar said that as more people and brands engage with Augmented Reality interfaces, so, too, will news organizations.

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Journalists discuss future of combating misinformation in hyperpolarized world at ISOJ panel

Glenn Kessler, chief fact checker at the Washington Post, Khaya Himmelman, a political misinformation reporter, Bill Adair, the founder of PolitiFact and Sérgio Dávila, editor-in-chief of Brazillian newspaper Folha de S.Paulo spoke on a panel about fact checking and misinformation in hyperpolarized times moderated by Anya Schiffrin of Columbia University.

Jon Kelly, from Puck, with the moderador, Sewell Chan, at a Keynote Session at ISOJ 2023

Jon Kelly, editor-in-chief and co-founder of Puck, discusses the future of journalism business models in keynote session at 24th annual ISOJ

“Journalism in the Era of Business Model Evolution: Imagining the End State” was the topic of the second keynote speech at ISOJ 2023. What is the next phase in the evolution of business models for news? As technology and habits change, diverse revenue streams and sustainability are common goals among media organizations.

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YouTube hosts lunch workshop at ISOJ on using short videos to drive audience engagement

News creators gathered for a lunch workshop hosted by YouTube called “Shorts for journalists: How to optimize your news experience and tell your stories on YouTube Shorts” on the first day of the 24th ISOJ. YouTube Shorts are “snackable” videos that are 60 seconds or less in length and are meant to draw first-time viewers of a particular channel or full-length YouTube video.

Journalists should be more open to artificial intelligence tools, ISOJ panel says on first day of 24th annual conference

Instead of worrying of being replaced by AI generative tools such as ChatGPT, journalists should be experimenting and exploring what that technology enables them to do better in their jobs, said AI experts during the panel “How can journalism incorporate AI, including generative tools like ChatGPT and Bard, to improve production and distribution of news?”, on the first day of ISOJ 2023.

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NBC News executive opens ISOJ with discussion of challenges and opportunities facing network TV in the age of streaming and artificial intelligence

Janelle Rodriguez, executive vice president of programming at NBC News, and David Ryfe, director of the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin, discussed challenges and opportunities facing network TV in the age of streaming and artificial intelligence.

Learn how to elevate your reporting with solutions journalism; Sign up for new free online course

In the course, instructor Hugo Balta will dispel common misconceptions about solutions journalism and will give students insights into how solutions journalism can apply to a variety of beats in a variety of mediums, including print, online, and broadcast. He’ll also talk about the impact of solutions journalism, drawing upon related research.

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Research on the impact of climate change in Uruguay achieves media and social impact

For the first time in Uruguay, a team of scientists and journalists analyzed different databases on the flood line and its impact on the population and relevant infrastructure along the coast of Montevideo. The result was "The submerged city," winner of the 2023 Sigma Awards that celebrate the best data journalism in the world.

Natália Viana, the president of Ajor

'There should be government funding to pay for journalism': The Digital Journalism Association's proposal for social media platform regulation in Brazil

In an interview with LJR, AJOR’s president, Natalia Viana, explains a new proposal to promote journalism sustainability. The proposal would change the Fake News Bill, which is currently being discussed in Brazil's Congress. The association's stance on the proposal differs from that of large media groups in the country.

A man in a suit and a woman in a blue dress wave to the crowds when being inaugurated as president and vice-president of Uruguay. A horse and soldier to the right and a man follows along on foot to the left.

The Astesiano case: How the press covered one of the most talked-about criminal cases of recent times in Uruguayan politics

Alejandro Astesiano was chief of security of the current President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, until he was arrested by the Police for leading an organization that falsified documents to obtain passports for Russian citizens. Very quickly, the Uruguayan press obtained the investigative folder of the case which contained more than a thousand Whatsapp chats by the accused.

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Moving forward with no fear and no glass ceiling: What drives Latin America's women media leaders

Women CEOs and media founders in several countries in Latin America reflect on the road they have traveled. They examine how lessons learned and challenges faced can help pave the way for others coming behind them, who will soon be in charge.