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Professional journalists are increasingly launching news websites in communities across the country. To be successful, they need a new skill set that encompasses more than just journalism.

Join J-Lab at the Alternative Newsweeklies Convention as we explore how smaller news organizations can have a big impact by collaborating.  We’ll look at some recent J-Lab examples in Philadelphia.

Are you ready to launch a local news startup? Or grown an existing site? Learn from two Latina journalists who are running their own successful sites.

How do we reach diverse segments of our towns, young people, seniors, and re-engage them in local politics and interest them in working with and for us?

Leaders in the nonprofit news world get together to discuss community engagement.

J-Lab’s Editorial Director, Andrew Pergam, serves as a panelist for a seminar presented by the University of Pittsburgh Honors College.

New media women entrepreneurs are in the vanguard of creating hyperlocal community news sites and placeblogs around the country. Hear from several site founders about what they are doing and why.