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Entrepreneurship and the Future of News

Thank you for giving me this opportunity to share what J-Lab has been learning in its work.  As many of you know, J-Lab funds community news startups and women-led media entrepreneur projects. We reward innovations in journalism, and we build online learning models for professionals and amateurs who want to be new media makers. I

The State of Citizen Journalism

Speech by Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Executive Director Journalism That Matters Collaborative’s New Pamphleteers Conference June 5, 2008 University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Participatory Journalism: USA

Speech by Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Executive Director November 19, 2007 Speech and PowerPoint presentation shown at the 2007 International Online Journalism Seminar, Barcelona, Spain