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Public and Other Noncommercial Media in the Digital Era

Posted by J-Lab on Apr. 30, 2010 in Speeches

Remarks by Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Executive Director at the FCC on emerging news sites.

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Entrepreneurship and the Future of News

Posted by Jan Schaffer on Feb. 24, 2010 in Speeches

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

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Entrepreneurship and the Future of News

Posted by J-Lab on Feb. 24, 2010 in Speeches

Speech by Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Executive Director Hosted by USC Annenberg February 24, 2010 Los Angeles, Calif.

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First Read: Follow the Breadcrumbs

Posted by Jan Schaffer on Nov. 1, 2009 in Blog

A Laurel to Len Downie Jr. and Michael Schudson for a comprehensive review of developments in the journalistic ecosystem.

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Old Freedoms Ring True for New Media

Posted by Jan Schaffer on Sep. 30, 2009 in Blog

Never before has the idea of a free press meant so much to everyday Americans. It’s not that the country is under siege by a runaway tyrant or that we have rampant corruption or government by secrecy. Rather, the idea of a free press is taking on new meaning in a nation where, increasingly, small

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Nerds, News and Neat Stuff

Posted by Jan Schaffer on Sep. 18, 2009 in Blog

What imaginative stuff the winners showcased yesterday at this year’s Knight-Batten Symposium and Awards for Innovations in Journalism.

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New Media Transparency Challenges

Posted by Jan Schaffer on Sep. 2, 2009 in Blog

Since June, when J-Lab released “New Media Makers,” its new study of grant-funded media projects, we’ve tracked another $7.5 million awarded by foundations to support or jumpstart news and information initiatives around the country.

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