[Air-L] CFP for the International Symposium on Online Journalism

[Johnson, Thomas J]

Maybe as a UT faculty member I am biased, but I think this is a great conference. Tom Johnson

The International Symposium on Online Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin is now welcoming paper submissions for 2012!

April 20-21, 2012
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas (United States)

This unique international conference mixes academic research and industry oriented panel discussions, with scholars from universities around the world and journalists representing some of the most important media and news organizations from around the globe.

The International Symposium on Online Journalism welcomes all papers that clearly deal with original research into online journalism. Papers and/or abstracts that are submitted by the deadline below will be blind reviewed by a panel of scholars from leading universities from around the world.

Deadlines for papers or three-page abstracts: December 15, 2011.

Submission requirements: Academic papers should present original research into any aspect on online journalism including, but not limited to, changes in news content and presentation, business models for online journalism, shifting roles of journalists and readers, and the legal and ethical implications of globally accessible journalism.

All submissions should be made electronically to: online.journalism at yahoo.com<mailto:online.journalism at yahoo.com>

Notifications will be sent out in early February 2012.

For more instructions on submission, please visit:

http://online.journalism.utexas.edu/callforpapers.php

Cheers,
Amy Schmitz Weiss
Research Chair
International Symposium on Online Journalism