For immediate release Dec. 15, 2011 Contact: Jan Schaffer jans@j-lab.org Washington, D.C. – Fourteen media partnerships awarded $5,000 apiece a year ago to produce a single enterprise-journalism project ended up producing hundreds of pieces of content and far exceeded expectations in terms of impact. The $70,000 awarded to the winners of the Philadelphia Enterprise
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New Funding for Women Media Entrepreneurs
Posted by J-Lab on Nov. 15, 2011 in Press Releases
For immediate releaseNov. 15, 2011 Contact: Jan Schafferjans@j-lab.org Washington, D.C. – J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism at American University has been awarded $250,000 from the McCormick Foundation to fund eight innovative women-led news startups over the next two years. Under the grant, eight winners (four in 2012 and four in 2013) will each be
J-Lab Featured in Knight Commission Blog: Assessing Community Information Needs
Posted by J-Lab on Nov. 3, 2011 in In the News
J-Lab contributed field notes to the Knight Commission mapping Philadelphia’s media ecosystem.
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J-Lab in “Media Matters”
Posted by J-Lab on Nov. 1, 2011 in In the News
J-Lab was featured in the Robert R. McCormick Foundation’s journalism blog “Media Matters.”
The Courage to Innovate for the Future of Journalism
Posted by J-Lab on Oct. 26, 2011 in Speeches
Jan Schaffer speaks a lecture on how to re-imagine journalism for our future.
University of Idaho Oppenheimer Media Ethics Symposium
Posted by J-Lab on Oct. 20, 2011 in Speeches
Jan Schaffer was the keynote speaker at the University of Idaho, Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium, Statehouse Auditorium in Boise.
News Entrepreneuring 3.0
Posted by J-Lab on Sep. 22, 2011 in Summits
A daylong workshop for second-stage news entrepreneurs
2011 Knight-Batten Awards and Symposium for Innovations in Journalism
Posted by J-Lab on Sep. 7, 2011 in Summits
Join us for New Gateways to News and hear from the 2011 Knight-Batten award winners.
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Remarks by Jan Schaffer at the Knight-Batten Awards and Symposium
Posted by J-Lab on Sep. 7, 2011 in Speeches
Remarks by J-Lab executive director Jan Schaffer at the Sept. 7, 2011 Knight-Batten Awards and Symposium for Innovations in Journalism, held at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
2011 AEJMC Luncheon: Community News Sites: What Works
Posted by J-Lab on Aug. 12, 2011 in Summits
Join Jan Schaffer, Nicole Hollway, David Boraks and Lisa Williams as they discuss what works, and what doesn’t, for community news sites.
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