For immediate release July 27, 2011 Contact: Jan Schaffer jans@j-lab.org Data, Open-Source, Social Media Projects Prevail Washington, D.C. – Storify, the social media publishing platform that lets users create stories by dragging and dropping elements from such social networks as Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube, is this year’s $10,000 Grand Prize winner in the Knight-Batten
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New Ethics for Local News Sites
Posted by J-Lab on Jul. 19, 2011 in Press Releases
For immediate release July 19, 2011 Contact: Jan Schaffer jans@j-lab.org Washington, D.C. – Local news entrepreneurs are confronting daily ethical challenges involving the power of search engines, use of social media, competition over publishing police reports, and the separation of business and editorial functions at their community news sites, according to a new J-Lab report
Four Women-Led News Ideas Win Entrepreneur Awards
Posted by J-Lab on Jul. 11, 2011 in Press Releases
For immediate releaseJune 11, 2011 Contact: Jan Schafferjans@j-lab.org Washington, D.C. — Four diverse news ideas – including a mobile platform for hyperlocal news sites; a tech news site for Austin, Texas; a news magazine covering women’s basketball; and a rollout of a site for visualizing economic data – each won a $12,000 award to launch their
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New J-Lab Web Portal – Enhanced On-Ramp for Rich Resources
Posted by J-Lab on May. 31, 2011 in Press Releases
Oct. 4, 2016 update: This press release reflects a 2011 redesign of J-Lab.org using the ExpressionEngine 2.0 content management system (CMS). In Fall 2016 the site was migrate to the WordPress CMS platform. While the basic design of the site remains the same, some of the content is different. As such the old version of
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Seattle News Network Gets High Marks
Posted by J-Lab on Apr. 6, 2011 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – In a survey to gauge reader perception of The Seattle Times’ collaboration with local news websites, eight in 10 respondents said they valued both the network of partners and The Times itself for making it easier to connect with community news, J-Lab reported today. Although the network has had little promotion, more
« Previous: Creators of Witty, Angel-Backed Health Website Awarded New Media Women Entrepreneurs of the Year
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
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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Engage Users, Tout Content, Tease Out Contributors J-Lab Reports on Community News Projects
Posted by J-Lab on Sep. 30, 2010 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Community news sites should engage, not just inform, their users; ramp up quickly with social media tools; tease out contributors rather than train a corps of citizen journalists in advance; and invest a lot of sweat equity, according to a new J-Lab report culling lessons learned from five years of funding community
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Sunlight Foundation Wins $10,000 Innovations Award; Six Collaboration Pioneers Awarded $1,000 Each
Posted by J-Lab on Sep. 14, 2010 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Sunlight Live, the Sunlight Foundation‘s innovative blending of data, streaming video, liveblogging and social networking today was awarded the $10,000 Grand Prize in the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. Six projects that pioneered unique collaborations to advance digital engagement each received $1,000 Special Distinction Awards. Honored at a morning symposium at