International Symposium on Online Journalism – A program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at the University of Texas at Austin

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Thank you to everyone who attended for a great 25th International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ)! We’ll see you again next year!

The 25th ISOJ, April 12 – 13, 2024, was held online and in person at the University of Texas at Austin. The program and speaker lineup are available. Since 1999, journalists, media executives and scholars from around the world have come together at ISOJ to discuss the impact of the digital revolution on journalism.

The International Symposium on Online Journalism is a program of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at UT Austin, a unique conference that bridges the gap between academia and the news industry.

Program

Speakers

Meredith Kopit Levien
CEO and President, The New York Times Company
Versha Sharma
Editor in Chief, Teen Vogue
Galina Timchenko
Co-founder, CEO & Publisher, Meduza (Independent Russian media outlet operating from Latvia)
Wendi C. Thomas
Founder, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism
Becca Aaronson
Chief Product Officer & Co-founder, News Product Alliance
Hannah Ajakaiye
Journalist, FactsMatterNG (Nigeria)
Roberson Alphonse
Head of National News, le Nouvelliste (Haiti)
Rosental Alves
ISOJ Founder and Chair, Professor at the School of Journalism, UT Austin
Dale Anglin
Director, Press Forward
Sebastián Auyanet
Audience Strategist, Impact and Newsroom Experimentation, NowThis (Uruguay)
Manasseh Azure Awuni
Founding Editor in Chief, The Fourth Estate (Ghana)
María Paulina Baena
Journalist and Co-Creator, La Pulla (Colombia)
Courtney Bengtson
Chief Strategy Officer, Wichita Foundation
Jim Brady
VP of Journalism, Knight Foundation
Trei Brundrett
Senior Advisor (Consultant), American Journalism Project
Janet Coats
Managing Director, Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology
Rachel Davis Mersey
Dean, Moody College of Communication, UT Austin
Ashley Edwards
News Partner Manager, Associations and Local Partners, Google
Sam Ellis
Creator and Showrunner, Search Party
Lilian Ferreira
General Manager of Strategy and Metrics, UOL (Brazil)
Richard Fletcher
Director of Research, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (UK)
Dawn Garcia
Director, John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships
Manny García
Executive Editor, Austin American-Statesman
Emilio Garcia-Ruiz
Editor In Chief, San Francisco Chronicle
Upasna Gautam
Senior Product Management Leader, Digital News Platforms, CNN
Richard Gingras
Vice President of News, Google Inc.
Nicolás Grossman
Deputy Project Director, Global Index on Responsible AI and the Global Data Barometer (Argentina)
Andrea L. Guzman
Associate Professor, Dept. of Communication, Northern Illinois University
Mónica Guzmán
Senior Fellow for Public Practice, Braver Angels
Errin Haines
Editor at Large, The 19th*
Sil Hamilton
Researcher-in-residence, Hacks/Hackers (Canada)
Katrice Hardy
Vice President & Executive Editor, The Dallas Morning News
Summer Harlow
Associate Director, Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
Vanessa D Higgins Joyce
Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Texas State University
Pavla Holcová
Investigative journalist and founder, investigace.cz (Czechia)
Adeline Hulin
Head of Unit, Media and Information Literacy and Digital Competencies, UNESCO (France)
Jeff Jarvis
Tow Professor of Journalism Innovation, Newmark Graduate School of Journalism
Faisal Karimi
Founder & Director, Afghanistan Institute for Research and Media Studies (Afghanistan)
Meg Kelly
Senior Reporter, Visual Forensics, The Washington Post
Damon Kiesow
Knight Chair in Journalism Innovation, Missouri School of Journalism
Efrat Lachter
Investigative journalist, Channel 12 News (Israel)
Marc Lavallee
Director, Technology, Product and Strategy/Journalism, Knight Foundation
Salla-Rosa Leinonen
Producer, Yle Kioski (Finland)
Courtney Lewis
Chief of Growth Programs, Institute for Nonprofit News (INN)
Abby Livingston
Senior Congressional Reporter, Puck
Josephine Lukito
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Media, UT Austin
Yana Lyushnevskaya
Senior Journalist and Deputy Editor in Chief, Kyiv Bureau, BBC Monitoring (Ukraine)
Eoghan Macguire
Lead editor, Bellingcat, and JSK Fellow, Stanford
Nicole MacIntyre
Deputy Editor, Toronto Star (Canada)
Gina Masullo
Associate Director, Center for Media Engagement, UT Austin
Kathleen McElroy
Professor, School of Journalism and Media, UT Austin
Romina Mella
Managing Editor, IDL-Reporteros (Peru)
Amy Mitchell
Founding Executive Director, Center for News, Technology & Innovation (CNTI)
Mary Nahorniak
U.S. Teaching Fellow, Google News Initiative
Ángel Nakamura
Multimedia Journalist & Research Fellow, UT Austin (Mexico)
Michael Ouimette
Chief Investment Officer, American Journalism Project
John Palfrey
President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Marc Perkins
Investigations Editor, Europe and Asia, BBC World Service (UK)
Victor Pickard
Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Lucero Ponce
Editor in Chief, The Daily Texan, UT Austin
Emily Ramshaw
President & CEO, The 19th*
Katie Rethman
Product Strategy Lead, Newspack
Aimee Rinehart
Senior Product Manager AI Strategy, The Associated Press
Sue Robinson
Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, UW-Madison
Andrew Rodriguez Calderón
Data Project Lead, The Marshall Project
Tina Rosenberg
Co-founder, Solutions Journalism Network
Amy Ross Arguedas
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (UK)
David Ryfe
Director and Professor, School of Journalism and Media, UT Austin
Anya Schiffrin
Director, Technology and Media, Columbia University
Nicolette Scott
Strategic Partner Manager, YouTube News
Connie Moon Sehat
Senior Research Fellow, Center for News, Technology & Innovation
Zach Seward
Editorial Director for AI initiatives, The New York Times
Sonal Shah
CEO, The Texas Tribune
Evan Smith
Co-founder, The Texas Tribune, and Senior Advisor, Emerson Collective
Charlie Sykes
Editor in Chief, The Bulwark
Shawna Thomas
Executive Producer, CBS News’ CBS Mornings
Hugo Travers
Journalist and Content Creator, HugoDécrypte (France)
Steve Waldman
Founder and President, Rebuild Local News
Haley Willis
Visual Investigations journalist, The New York Times
Amanda Zamora
Founder, Agencia Media, and Co-founder, The 19th*
José Zamora
Chief Communications and Impact Officer, EXILE

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