WASHINGTON, D.C. – Five news organizations around the country have each agreed to work with at least five hyperlocal news sites or producers in their communities in a Networked Journalism pilot project to gather ideas and lessons for future content collaborations, American University’s J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism announced today. The one-year project is
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New York Times Wins Top Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism
Posted by J-Lab on Jul. 23, 2009 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The New York Times swept top honors in the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism with six striking entries that netted the $10,000 Grand Prize for a dynamic body of work in the past year. “This year’s winner shows that even the biggest, most prestigious news organizations can create just the kinds
J-Lab Announces Three Awards for New Media Women Entrepreneurs
Posted by J-Lab on Jul. 15, 2009 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Three entrepreneurial news ideas – including franchises for community news sites, a food policy and strategies start-up, and a health Web site for women ages 18 to 27 – each won a $10,000 award to launch their projects in a robust competition that showcased keen energy and ideas for the future of
New Media Makers Increasingly Getting Grants for News
Posted by J-Lab on Jun. 2, 2009 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At least 180 community, family and other foundations have contributed nearly $128 million in grants to news and information initiatives in the United States since 2005, according to a report released today by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. This funding went to support at least 115 news projects in 17 states
New Voices Invests in Eight Hyperlocal News Sites
Posted by J-Lab on Apr. 21, 2009 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eight hyperlocal community media projects from across the United States have been selected as this year’s New Voices grant winners. Each will receive up to $25,000 in start-up funding over the next two years. The winners were selected from 304 applicants, J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism announced today. With this year’s
Citizen Journalists: Get the Government Records You Need
Posted by J-Lab on Jan. 1, 2009 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – “The Citizen Journalist’s Guide to Open Government,” an extensive multimedia e-learning module to help new media makers understand how to obtain public records and get into public meetings, launched today on the Knight Citizen News Network (www.kcnn.org). The guide features a unique interactive map that tells citizens how they can locate open-government
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Funding for Community News Sites
Posted by J-Lab on Dec. 3, 2008 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism is calling for a new round of grant proposals to fund “New Voices” community news start-ups around the country. Eight projects will each receive up to $25,000 in grants during the course of two years. The deadline for this year’s proposals is Feb. 12, 2009. Eligibility
Wired.com’s WikiScanner Wins $10,000 Knight-Batten Innovation Award
Posted by J-Lab on Sep. 10, 2008 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wired.com’s WikiScanner coverage, which helped readers investigate and expose ego-editing and corporate whitewashing of Wikipedia entries, is this year’s $10,000 Grand Prize winner in the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. Wired.com invited readers to use new technology to get all IP addresses assigned to a particular company, organization or government department,
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Interactivity & Empowerment: Eight Innovators Place in 2008 Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations
Posted by J-Lab on Aug. 6, 2008 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Four bold, savvy projects – including Web sites that reveal corporate whitewashing of Wikipedia entries, help people map political violence in Kenya, separate fact from falsehood in the 2008 presidential campaign, and deliver hyperlocal coverage of development in the District of Columbia’s most neglected quadrant – are finalists for the Grand Prize
J-Lab Moves to American University; Draws $2.4M Knight Foundation Grant
Posted by J-Lab on Aug. 6, 2008 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism has moved to American University’s School of Communication, where it will expand its operations with the help of a $2.4 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to American University. J-Lab helps journalists and citizens use digital technologies to develop new ways of