Jan Schaffer writes in Nieman Lab’s 2014 predictions for journalism series: “Let’s stop the handwringing about losses in legacy journalism and work on creating and growing the next acts in media.”
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In New Orleans, public radio, local startups, and more are teaming up for the news
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Jul. 11, 2013 in Articles
In New Orleans’ topsy-turvy world of journalism — where alliances shift, talent is raided, and a newspaper war is blossoming — WWNO public radio has, for the past year, steered a determined course. Informed by research and bolstered by a sense of opportunity, it is erecting, piece by piece, the components for an all-news format,
In New Jersey, a university teams up with local news organizations to collaborate for impact
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Jul. 10, 2013 in Articles
Montclair State’s Center for Cooperative Media is betting there are returns on getting newspapers, broadcasters, bloggers, and wire services all in the same building. The germ of the idea came at a 2011 meeting in Newark.
In St. Louis, two news organizations are navigating the tricky path to a merger
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Jul. 9, 2013 in Articles
If all goes as hoped, in coming months St. Louis Public Radio (SLPR) and the St. Louis Beacon will formally merge their two newsrooms. It will be the first time a public radio station with a staff of journalists has combined its operations with another daily-news producing outlet.
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With a coming void in Oregon’s news ecosystem, public broadcasting’s trying to build a new kind of state wire
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Jul. 8, 2013 in Articles
Can Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), working with local newspapers, TV and radio stations, and bloggers, make a substantial state news report in the face of cutbacks elsewhere? In March 2013, OPB hired a former Associated Press reporter to undertake this ambitious vision.
A New Kind of Activist Journalism: When Finding Solutions are Part of Journalists’ Job, Too
Four years ago, UrbanMilwaukee.com zeroed in on South 2nd Street, a pocked roadway in the city’s Walker’s Point section that seemed “ripe for improvement,” said site co-founder David Reid.
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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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The Newsonomics of content arbitrage
Posted by J-Lab on Apr. 15, 2010 in In the News
Nieman Lab mentions the J-Lab funded project in Seattle that work with 22 hyperlocal sites
