Category: Innovation

Engagement | April 16, 2023

The power of Newspack: ISOJ luncheon hears how open-source technology can support independent newsrooms

By Thalía Menchaca

The role of traditional media has drastically changed in the age of digital journalism, and smaller and medium-sized news organizations have struggled to shift to new systems, such as CMS, the content management system used to publish work. To address this issue, journalists and technologists have worked to develop open-source platforms and other digital tools … Read More

Augmented Reality | April 16, 2023

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

By Gaige Davila

View video of session here. The future of the news is on our faces, with augmented reality (AR) poised to be how we all engage with journalism within the decade. This is according to Yusuf Omar, co-founder of Seen.tv, a video publishing app with around 7 million subscribers. “I believe [augmented reality filters] have incredibly … Read More

Innovation | April 15, 2023

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

By Leena Alali

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 annual International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), held April 14 in Austin, Texas. Led by YouTube global news partnerships lead Kourtney … Read More

Advertising | April 15, 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

By André Duchiade

View video of session here. “When we started it was an era of anti-innovation”, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Puck, Jon Kelly, told moderator Sewell Chan, editor-in-chief of The Texas Tribune, at the beginning of Friday’s (April 14) second keynote session of the 24th ISOJ at UT Austin. “The business models were set in our … Read More

Artificial Intelligence | April 15, 2023

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

By César López Linares

View video of the panel here. Instead of being concerned about the journalism jobs that may be lost with the emergence of the latest artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as the Generative Pre-trained Transformer language models (GPT) in newsrooms, journalists should be more open to experimentation and to find new ways to apply those technologies … Read More

Innovation | April 14, 2023

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

By Katherine Pennacchio

View video of the session here. The 24th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ) officially kicked off with a conversation about the challenges and opportunities facing network TV industries 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 … Read More

Innovation | March 22, 2023

What do you want to know about The New York Times’ success? Don’t miss executive editor Joe Kahn’s keynote at ISOJ 2023

By Teresa Mioli

It can easily be argued that The New York Times is the newspaper that has made the most successful transition to the digital age to date. With almost 10 million paid subscribers – and the ambitious goal of reaching 15 million by 2027 – and a record number of journalists (1,700), The Times has become … Read More

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Innovation | April 20, 2022

Journalism must rethink its processes to take advantage of the web3 and the metaverse, say experts in innovation and emerging media technologies at ISOJ

By César López Linares

What is the future of journalism? That is the question that was asked by the panel speakers of “Hype or not, how and when will web3 (blockchain/NFTs) and metaverse (AR/VR/XR) impact journalism?” during the first day of the 23rd International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ), held on April 1 and 2 in Austin, Texas. Moderated … Read More

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Artificial Intelligence | April 15, 2022

Casos exitosos que exploran la transformación digital para habilitar nuevos productos periodísticos

By Júlio Lubianco

Periodistas, directores y editores de diversos medios de América Latina se dieron cita en el panel “Lecciones y casos innovadores”, del 15º Coloquio Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital, para presentar casos de éxito que vinculan herramientas tecnológicas con buenas prácticas en la profesión. Entre las estrategias están el deseo de recuperar una audiencia que es cada … Read More