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Welcome to the 13th International Symposium on Online Journalism!



The 13th International Symposium on Online Journalism was held on April 20-21, 2012 in the auditorium at the Blanton Museum of Art on The University of Texas at Austin campus.

The full program of the conference is available here. Please see news coverage of the ISOJ 2012 below.

In the coming weeks ahead, videos and presentations from the event will be posted on the site. Stay tuned for news about the 2013 symposium!

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2012 Symposium News Coverage

Attracting the Scanning Eyes of Younger Readers

By: Brittany Connors

Recap from the ISOJ 2012 panel, "Measuring today′s news consumption."


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Posted Apr 21, 2012 21:25

Reading Readers: Research on the News Community

By: Cali Bock

Recap of the ISOJ 2012 panel "New approaches in engaging with the news community."


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Posted Apr 21, 2012 19:16

Optimizing News Through Social Media Rather Than Feeding the Search Engine

By: Nicole Raney
Recap from the ISOJ 2012 panel "From SEO to SMO: The increasing impact of social media on journalism."
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Posted Apr 21, 2012 17:08

Today's Newsroom Challenge According to Raju Narisetti with The Wall Street Journal

By: Nicole Raney

Recap of the ISOJ 2012 panel "Rethinking Newsrooms-Why the Intersection of Technology and Content is our next challenge."


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Posted Apr 21, 2012 15:42

Creating Data-Driven Stories

By: Brittany Connors

Recap from ISOJ 2012 Panel “The New Narrative: How data is changing the way we tell stories online.”


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Posted Apr 21, 2012 14:15

Bob Metcalfe on Journalism Startups

By: Tania Lara & Matthew Stottlemyre

Recap from the ISOJ 2012 panel "Online Journalism Startups Win With The Network Effect."
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Posted Apr 21, 2012 12:16

Data Journalism: Links to ISOJ's Best

By: Audrey White

Want to learn more about the speakers on the panel “The new narrative: How data is changing the way we tell stories online?” Here are links to their social media, websites and projects.


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Posted Apr 21, 2012 10:44

International News Innovation

By: Audrey White

Recap of the ISOJ 2012 panel "Cases of news innovation and entrepreneurship."


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Posted Apr 20, 2012 18:37

Innovating with a Press Cafe

By: Liz Farmer

Recap from ISOJ 2012 panel "Innovation and entrepreneurialism: Are journalists and news organizations learning from tech startups?"


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Posted Apr 20, 2012 18:06

The Journalist's Toolbox

By: Daniel Guerra

Recap from ISOJ 2012 panel "Examining the journalist′s toolbox: Practices, routines and more."


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Posted Apr 20, 2012 17:06

Creating for the 'Mass Intelligence'

By: Liz Farmer

Recap from ISOJ 2012 panel "Becoming The Economist of Metro Newspapers and the Pursuit of the Tablet Audience."


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Posted Apr 20, 2012 15:18

Journalists and the Mobile Revolution

By: Liz Farmer

Recap from ISOJ 2012 panel "From desk(lap)top computers to tablets and smartphones: How are journalists responding to the mobile revolution?"


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Posted Apr 20, 2012 12:29

Richard Gingras and Creating the Future of News

By: Nicole Raney

The way that we interact with media has gone through several revolutions. Today, the conventional barriers between news production and consumption are undoubtedly gone.


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Posted Apr 20, 2012 10:32

Q&A with Blake Eskin, Former Web Editor for The New Yorker

By: Audrey White

Blake Eskin spent the mid-90s as a fact checker for The New Yorker, so he knew the organization well when he became the magazine’s first web editor in 2006. In his six years in that role, he helped make newyorker.com a platform for interactive coverage and blogging and brought the magazine to the digital world of e-readers and tablets.


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Posted Apr 19, 2012 13:02

Program announced for 13th International Symposium on Online Journalism

By: Summer Harlow

The program for the 13th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) has been announced, and the stellar line-up includes journalists from publications like The New York Times, the Dallas Morning News, the Washington Post, Spain's El País, and Argentina's La Nación, and panels on such topics as smart phones, social media, entrepreneurship, and database reporting.


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Posted Mar 08, 2012 13:04

Research on Online Journalism Reflects the Dynamics of the Digital Platform from Mobile Media to Entrepreneurial Ventures

By: Amy Schmitz Weiss

The 13th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) generated a record 71 submissions, confirming the continuing growth of ISOJ’s reputation as a world-class conference. Twenty-two papers were accepted for presentation on April 20-21, 2012 at the University of Texas at Austin.


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Posted Feb 22, 2012 22:11

Registration is now open for the 2012 International Symposium on Online Journalism

By: Ian Tennant

The 13th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), the annual global conference that brings more than 200 media executives, journalists and scholars from the United States and around the world to the University of Texas at Austin on April 20-21, is now open for registration.

ISOJ is unlike any other conference because it offers a unique blend of academic research and perspectives from online journalism industry leaders.


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Posted Feb 17, 2012 15:54

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Volume 2, Number 1
Issue of #ISOJ Journal

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About Us

Thank you for visiting the Web site of the International Symposium on Online Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. You will find here a unique and rich repository of information on the progress of Online Journalism, with comments and insights from professionals and scholars who have been working on the frontlines.

Since 1999, editors, producers, executives, and academics from around the country (and lately from around the world) have gathered in Austin every year (except 2000) to discuss the evolution of this new genre of journalism. The Symposium has been a small, but very intense conference that serves as a barometer for the state of Online Journalism.

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