After a morning of discussions about hyper-local at the Online Journalism Symposium, on comes Georgia Popplewell, the managing director of GlobalVoicesOnline.org to talk about the role of this non-profit in the media environment. She talks about Global Voices as the leading newsroom for citizen media content and its relationship with mainstream media, particularly one of its funders, Reuters. But she admits that it has not been as aggressive as it

The afternoon session at the Online Journalism Symposium focuses on the shift from passive audiences to online communities. Jim Brady, executive editor of the WashingtonPost.com makes a compelling argument for engaging with audiences online. The Post’s strategy is smart – it tries out a lot of different things, from blogs to live discussions to comments on articles, to see what works and what doesn’t. “Out of all the things we’ve

It’s time for the “show me the money” part of the Online Journalism Symposium at Austin, Texas, with speakers focusing on how the media is struggling to find sustainable business models. First up, is Ken Riddick, vice president of digital media at Hearst Newspapers with a sombre message for newspapers – marketers have options far beyond paid media

Second panel at the Online Journaism Symposium focuses on the hybrid newsroom, bringing together Chris Lloyd, Assistant Managing Editor, of The Daily Telegrah, Rich Meislin, Associate Managing Editor/Internet Publishing of The New York Times, Almar Latour, Managing Editor of the WallStreetJournal.com, Guillermo Franco, Editor of ElTiempo.com in Colombia and Liza Gross, Managing Editor/Presentation and Operations at The Miami Herald. Lloyd touches on the theme of change, talking about how The

James Moroney, publisher and CEO of Dallas Morning News, and executive vice president of the Belo Corporation kicks off the 9th International Online Journalism Symposium. Moroney says the challenge for the industry is “making this business of the hard copy newspaper last long enough” to make the transition into the digital world. But, he adds, we need to figure out how to make this transformation in a way that can