Articles

Construct Your Community’s Info-Structure

By Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Executive Director
Newspaper Association of America's Imagining the Future of Newspapers blog
Posted Nov. 13, 2007

When Community Residents Commit ‘Random Acts of Journalism’

By Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Executive Director
Harvard University's Nieman Reports
Winter 2007

Interactive Journalism Comes of Age

Article by David Ottalini, University of Maryland
Released August 28, 2006 on UM Newsdesk
Article on J-Lab and Interview with Jan Schaffer

Citizens Media: Has It Reached a Tipping Point?

Article by Jan Schaffer, J-Lab Director
Winter 2005 issue of Nieman Reports
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University

Interactive Features Succeed as Storytelling Tools

Article by Mariel Betancourt
Panel moderated by Jan Schaffer
November 14, 2003
Online News Assocation Conference and Awards Banquet, Evanston, IL

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