From “mojo” to data viz: Five takeaways from the International Symposium of Online Journalism

May 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Mobile journalists, or "mojos," in training. (Credit: Allissa Richardson/Flickr/Creative Commons License

Mobile journalists, or “mojos,” in training. (Credit: Allissa Richardson/Flickr/Creative Commons License

On April 19 to 20, more than 300 journalists from around the world descended on Austin for a sold-out conference on online journalism. The International Symposium of Online Journalism, hosted by the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin, featured a host of new media gurus discussing everything from “mojos” to data visualization. A selection of takeaways: [Continue reading...]

Networked journalism will move value from “brand” to “contribution”

April 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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The media industry may be hurting, but journalism — and access to information — is flourishing. Journalists may just have to work smarter, and network more, to keep up.

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Paywalls may be starting to pay off

April 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Digital-only and hybrid digital-print subscriptions drove up total newspaper circulation revenue by 5 percent in 2012, according to a report released this week by the Newspaper Assn. of America. It marked the first circulation gains in a decade, and hinted that the industry’s adoption of website paywalls is starting to pay off.

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