International Symposium on Online Journalism
A program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin
Featured | June 13, 2019
*The call for papers has now closed. Selected projects will be announced shortly. The #ISOJ Journal has launched the call for papers for the special 2020 edition, “Power, privilege and patriarchy in journalism: Dynamic of media control, resistance and renewal.” “We are excited to offer this new call for papers for the 2020 ISOJ conference … Read More
Research | May 8, 2019
Papers on growing digital media in Cuba, and news coverage of a highly politicized earthquake in Chile, won top awards as part of the 20th ISOJ conference and the 2019 #ISOJ Journal. Shearon Roberts and Magdalena Saldaña were the authors of the winning papers in this year’s edition of #ISOJ, which is the official research … Read More
Research | April 13, 2019
During the research panel “Digital media and democracy in the Americas” at the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) on April 12, three scholars shared their research and unveiled the limits of journalism in holding the powerful accountable across in Uruguay, Cuba and Chile. “One of the most important roles of journalism is holding the … Read More
Research | May 23, 2018
The time period to submit extended abstracts for the ISOJ 2019 journal has closed. For the second year, the International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), organized by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, is making a call for papers for a special edition of its official academic journal #ISOJ that will be entirely … Read More
Registration | April 24, 2018
The International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) will celebrate 20 years in 2019! Join us in Austin, Texas from April 12 -13, 2019 as we reflect on 20 years of online journalism and look to the future of the industry with editors, producers, executives and academics from around the world. We’ve already started planning and … Read More
Accountability | April 16, 2018
Watch video of the cultural change research panel discussion at ISOJ 2018. Journalism was examined through a critical lens during the ISOJ 2018 research panel “Cultural change: Telling stories, shaping identity and normalizing precarity” on April 14. Academics — American and European — delved into the evolving nature of journalism from individual journalists to major … Read More
Research | April 14, 2018
A study involving the differences between “news makers” and “storytellers” — according to journalists from Belgium and the Netherlands — was named the top academic paper at the 19th International Symposium on Online Journalism on April 13, the first day of the two-day conference in Austin, Texas. “It’s a big surprise,” said Jan Boesman after … Read More
Ethics | April 14, 2018
With journalism currently battling social media, there has been the question and research into how journalists and newsrooms have been engaging with their audience. The panel “Research breakfast: Trends in Online Journalism Research” was held on the second day of the 19th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ). This panel included five professors talking about … Read More
Research | April 13, 2018
Watch video from the research panel discussion on conceptualizing community, seeking solutions and minding metrics, from ISOJ 2018. The future vision of journalism is looking at new ways in which communities are covered, stories are framed and metrics affect different dynamics of the field. This is according to researchers who presented at the 19th International … Read More
Research | January 26, 2018
What is the mindset of journalists in today’s digital newsrooms? How do they approach their work in this complicated era? These questions will be discussed at this year’s ISOJ in April by a group of leading global journalism scholars. “This year’s research program reflects an important moment in the evolution of digital journalism and its … Read More