J-Lab’s executive director Jan Schaffer and editorial director Andrew Pergam discussed a few of their many projects at this Brown Bag Lunch at American University.
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AU SOC Brown Bag Lunch
Posted by J-Lab on Nov. 10, 2010 in Speeches
J-Lab’s executive director Jan Schaffer and editorial director Andrew Pergam discussed a few of their many projects at a recent Brown Bag Lunch at American University.
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2010 New Media Women Entrepreneurs Summit
Posted by J-Lab on Nov. 8, 2010 in Summits
A day-long gathering of women news creators and wannabe news creators, with keynote speech by Laurel Touby.
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Creators of Witty, Angel-Backed Health Website Awarded New Media Women Entrepreneurs of the Year
Posted by J-Lab on Nov. 8, 2010 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Stacey Borden and Meghan Muntean, who earlier this year launched ChickRx, a witty health website for 20-something women, today were honored with J-Lab’s New Media Women Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The idea for ChickRx.com was funded last year by a grant from the McCormick Foundation New Media Women Entrepreneurs program. In addition
Fund My Media 2.0
Posted by J-Lab on Oct. 28, 2010 in Summits
J-lab’s 2010 ONA Pre-Conference Workshop covers how to fund entrepreneurial journalism, including a legal heads-up, how to build a news site from scratch and how to generate revenue for upkeep.
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Plugging in to Networked Journalism
Posted by J-Lab on Oct. 28, 2010 in Summits
J-Lab reports on our successful Net-J initiative and teaches you how to build and participate in your own community journalism project.
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Awards Go to 14 Philadelphia Enterprise Reporting Projects
Posted by J-Lab on Oct. 26, 2010 in Press Releases
Philadelphia – Fourteen in-depth reporting ideas will get underway soon in Philadelphia with $5,000 awards from an innovative program to help news organizations collaborate on discrete enterprise reporting projects, J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism announced today. The Philadelphia Enterprise Reporting Awards are funded by the William Penn Foundation to help develop and amplify public
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Networked Journalism Project Expands to Partnerships in Four New Cities
Posted by J-Lab on Oct. 10, 2010 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – J-Lab’s Networked Journalism project will fund a new round of collaborations in the coming year between traditional newsrooms and community news sites in four cities around the country. The Networked Journalism project, supported with a grant to J-Lab from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, will contribute $50,000 per city
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Community news sites are not a business yet
Posted by J-Lab on Oct. 6, 2010 in In the News
Media commentator Alan Mutter calls J-Lab’s New Voices: What Works report a “masterful analysis” and a “must-read assessment” of efforts to fund hyperlocal news startups.
SPJ 2010: Networked Journalism
Posted by J-Lab on Oct. 5, 2010 in Panels
This session examines lessons learned from five Networked Journalism pilot projects funded by J-Lab. These projects partnered mainstream news organizations with five hyperlocal sites each.
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