J-Lab director Jan Schaffer is wrapping up 20 years of raising money to give it away to fund news startups, innovations and pilot projects. She is pivoting J-Lab to do discrete projects and custom training and advising that build on her expertise.
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Journalism Education: It’s Time to Craft the Gateway Degree
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Oct. 31, 2014 in Blog
If the journalism industry really wants to engage its audiences and woo new ones, and if the academy wants its journalism schools to flourish – it’s time for journalism schools to embrace a larger mission and to construct a different narrative about the merits of a journalism education.
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Jan Schaffer in Nieman Lab: J-Schools Will Become Startup Catalysts in 2013
Posted by J-Lab on Dec. 19, 2012 in In the News
Nieman Journalism Lab posted today 10 artlcles predicting the top trends in journalism in 2013. Jan Schaffer contributed her thoughts on how journalism schools will become media startup accelerators.
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AU’s New Media Graduate Program Gaining Attention
Posted by J-Lab on Jun. 18, 2012 in In the News
Business News Daily published an article today on American University’s new Masters of Arts in Media Entrepreneurship program.
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