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International Symposium on Online Journalism opens registration for its 14th edition in Austin

La Esteliana/lastenia.accioninformativa@yahoo.es  http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/00-12911-international-symposium-online-journalism-opens-registration-its-14th-edition-austin Registration is now open for the 14th International Symposium on Online Journalism, which will be held at the University of Texas at Austin on April 19-20, 2013. Since 1999, ISOJ has attracted journalists, media executives and scholars from around the world to a unique conference that mixes top leaders of the news industry and academics who present cutting-edge research on the field of digital journalism. Seats are limited. Click here to register now and guarantee your spot. “We are preparing a very strong program this year, focusing on a variety of topics,” said professor Rosental Calmon Alves, founder and organizer of ISOJ. “The program will start with sessions dedicated to strategies media companies are, or should be, adopting to face the advanced stage of the digital revolution, but then

Cuban journalist jailed after photographing inspectors, declares hunger strike

La Esteliana/lastenia.accioninformativa@yahoo.es  http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/00-12927-cuban-journalist-jailed-after-photographing-inspectors-declares-hunger-strike Cuban news agency Hablemos Press reported the arrest of independent journalist Héctor Julio Cedeño on Feb. 5, for allegedly attacking a police officer in Havana, the capital. In a phone call to the news agency , the reporter explained that police arrested him for photographing inspectors performing their duties without their uniforms. In a struggle that followed, he tore the shirt of one of the police, resulting in the charge of attacking an officer. The reporter claimed he was hit in the cheek in the scuffle. Blogger Yoani Sánchez tweeted that Cedeño was arrested for taking photos of inspectors harassing self-employed taxi drivers.

Mexican journalists and bloggers must "urgently" improve their digital security skills, says report

La Esteliana/lastenia.accioninformativa@yahoo.es http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/en/node/12929 Mexican journalists and bloggers need to urgently improve their understanding of digital and mobile security , according to a new report by Freedom House Mexico and the International Center for Journalists. The survey, led by ICFJ Knight International Journalism Fellow Jorge Luis Sierra , interviewed 102 journalists and bloggers in 20 Mexican states between October and November 2012. According to the report, almost all those surveyed use social networks, mobile telephones and blogs as part of their job but had "little or no command of digital security tools." Ninety percent of respondents said they use the Internet regularly but only 15 percent say they have a "good com­mand of security tools like data en­cryption, use of VPNs, anonymous Internet navigation and secure file removal." Furthermore, 69 percent responded that they had been attacked or threaten