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6th International Symposium on Online Journalism

Len Apcar, editor-in-chief of The New York Times on the Web presents a question to one of the academic research panels during the Saturday session of the symposium.

The state of online journalism and more importantly, the impact it is having on the journalism industry was the top issue discussed at the sixth International Symposium on Online Journalism that was held at the University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism in April. This year's symposium had the largest attendance yet with 70 attendees and hundreds logging in to view the webcast.

This two-day event featured participants from the industry such as Len Apcar, editor-in-chief, The New York Times on the Web; Jim Brady, executive editor, WashingtonPost.com; Jonathan Dube, managing producer, MSNBC.com; Elaine Zinngrabe, director, Los Angeles Times Interactive; Dan Gillmor, Grassroots Media Inc., author of "We The Media"; and J.D. Lasica, journalist and blogger.

Panelists from abroad included professor Manuel Gago, from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain; Alberto Cairo, multimedia editor, elmundo.es, Spain; Jean Min, deputy chief, international division of Ohmynews.com; and Gabriela Warkentin de la Mora, director of the Department of Communication and UNESCO Chair in Communication, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico.

For the second year in a row, the symposium featured an additional day dedicated to academic research and scholarly panels. This panel was created via the process of a call for papers and a blind review process that was coordinated by UT Austin assistant professor of journalism Mark Tremayne. Ten papers were selected. Topics presented at the symposium included "Prospects for profit: The (un)evolving business model for online news," "British news websites and the overseas reader," "Bloggergate: How the CBS National Guard Story Affected Coverage of Webloggers," and "Diffusion Theory in an Internet Environment: Testing Four Key Components."

Program

Friday, April 8, 2005

Opening session
|| Rosental Calmon Alves, professor, Knight Chair in Journalism and UNESCO Chair in Communication, UT Austin
|| Lorraine Branham, director, School of Journalism, UT Austin
|| Mark Tremayne, assistant professor, School of Journalism, UT Austin

Keynote Speaker: Dan Gillmor, Grassroots Media Inc., author of "We The Media."
Speech: "We the Media: The Rise of Grassroots, Open-Source News"

First Panel: Participatory Journalism in Action: The Cases of ohmynews.com, wikinews.org, and the blogs
Chair and discussant: Lorraine Branham, director, School of Journalism, UT Austin
|| Jean Min, deputy chief, international division of Ohmynews.com
|| J.D. Lasica, journalist and blogger
|| Chuck Olsen, blogger and director of Blogumentary
|| Wayne Saewyc, editor and admin, WikiNews.org

Second Panel: Real Time: How Online Journalism Is Responding to the Increasing Demand of Hard News During the Work Day
Chair and presenter: Rosental Calmon Alves, professor, Knight Chair in Journalism and UNESCO Chair in Communication, UT Austin
|| Len Apcar, editor-in-chief, The New York Times on the Web
|| Jim Brady, executive editor, WashingtonPost.com
|| Mary Zerafa, director, LaOpinion.com, Los Angeles

Third Panel: Multimedia Journalism: How Video, Audio, Animation and Other Features Are Creating a New Journalistic Storytelling Style
Chair and presenter: Nora Paul, director, Institute for New Media Studies, University of Minnesota
|| Alberto Cairo, multimedia editor, elmundo.es, Spain
|| Jonathan Dube, managing producer, MSNBC.com
|| Jane E. Stevens, Hearst Foundation Teaching Fellow, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and freelance multimedia journalist

Fourth Panel: Business Model:Online Advertising Is Breaking Records, But Is It Enough to Finance Journalism?
Chair and discussant: Max McCombs, professor, School of Journalism, UT Austin
|| Steve Yelvington, digital strategist, Morris
Communications
|| Jim Debth, Internet general manager, Statesman.com, Austin American Statesman
|| Elaine Zinngrabe, director, Los Angeles Times Interactive
|| Rusty Coats, general manager at TBO.com in Tampa, Florida (former director for new media, MORI Research)

Reception at Austin City Limits studio at KLRU (adjacent to the College of Communication building)
|| Student Multimedia Showcase
|| Video presentation on Austin City Limits TV show that has been on the air since 1976

Saturday, April 9, 2005