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Katie Kingsbury (The New York Times), Sérgio Dávila (Folha de S. Paulo), Peter Erdelyi (444.hu), Anna Gielewska (Reporters Foundation – Poland), and Juan E. Pardinas (Reforma)

Targeted by populist leaders, journalists develop safety protocols, collaborate with competing outlets and take legal measures against those in power

All the president’s attacks: Coping with governments that weaponize social media and campaign against independent media

Gender, race and politics panel on Zoom

The 19th: Stay away from 'commodity news' and create a newsroom culture that is a 'gold standard' 

Zamora and Ramshaw spoke about how the outlet, which will be launched in Summer 2020, will address the disparities and discrepancies women face and how they are disproportionately affected by certain issues

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Journalists and scholars agree to go beyond fact-checking to dismantle the systems behind fake news

The tricky part of the traditional fact-checking model is the speed in which fake news can reach hundreds of thousands of people, said Talia Stroud, director of the Center for Media Engagement of UT at Austin.

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Here's why journalists should be on TikTok

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. 

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Catherine Kim from NBC during ISOJ: Working remotely sparked even more creativity, agility, innovation and transparency

Working from home, said Catherine Kim, has helped her and her team optimize their workflow and process. Their communication has also improved, sharpening the focus at meetings, and adding a new level of transparency.

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Machine learning can help newsrooms find stories, advance their goals

Machine learning can help journalists enhance their workflow and find stories that may have been missed otherwise, said Google News Lab teaching fellow Michael Grant during a brunch workshop at ISOJ.

Mandy Jenkins, general manager, The Compass Experiment (partnership Google-McClatchy); Alison Go, chief strategy officer, Chalkbeat; Sara Lomax-Reese, CEO, WURD Radio; Fraser Nelson, vice president of business innovation, Salt Lake Tribune; Chris Sopher, co-founder and CEO, WhereBy.us; Jennifer Preston, vice-president of journalism, Knight Foundation, and chair of the session.

No single silver bullet for local news: legacy and digital newsrooms experiment with different editorial and business strategies to make sure nothing gets unreported

There’s no single model for local news organizations to survive, so they must spend some of their efforts experimenting editorially and financially to find a balance that is most unique for each organization, according to the panelists of the session “The New Local News: Reinventing sustainable models to make local journalism survive and thrive in the digital ecosystem,” during the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ). 

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Brunch workshop shows how Power BI can help journalists strengthen their data journalism skills

Journalists can create more engaging stories with the help of tools like Power BI, according to journalists at the International Symposium of Online Journalism’s workshop on data journalism. The workshop, titled “No-code data journalism: How to go beyond infographics and engage audiences,” was part of ISOJ’s online-only conference on July 20. Experts showed attendees how […]

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ISOJ launches its first ever online-only conference with more speakers, events than ever before

The International Symposium of Online Journalism officially kickstarted its 21st-year conference on July 20. The 2020 symposium is ISOJ's first online-only conference.

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ISOJ to be held online-only for first time in its 21-year history; Free registration open

the International Symposium on Online Journalism will be online-only for the first time in its 21-year history. Registration is now open.

Salvador Camarena (L) and Daniel Moreno (R) present at the 12th Iberian-American Colloquium on Digital Journalism.

López Obrador creates polarization with attacks on the press and little transparency, say Mexican journalists

With little more than four months in power, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has implemented a strategy of harassment and disqualification against media that is causing a polarization of the press in that country, according to journalists Salvador Camarena and Daniel Moreno.

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Blogging pioneer calls out journalists’ handling of the tech industry at 20th annual ISOJ

After a chorus of The Beatles’ uplifting tune “Yellow Submarine” filled the room, Dave Winer, one of the early leaders of blogging and editor of the Scripting News weblog, proceeded to chastise the news media at 20th annual International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on April 13.