Washington, D.C. – J-Lab Partners with CUNY to Create E-Guide: “Law for Media Startups,” a new resource for entrepreneurs launching news ventures and educators teaching students how to do it, was published today by CUNY’s Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism.
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Four Media Startups Win Encore Entrepreneur Funding
Posted by J-Lab on Feb. 5, 2015 in Press Releases
For immediate release Noon, Feb. 5, 2015 Contact: Jan Schaffer jans@j-lab.org Washington, D.C. – Four media startups proposed by entrepreneurs over 50 have been selected to receive $12,000 each in encore media entrepreneur funding, J-Lab announced today. The projects are a single-topic magazine on Medium.com, a Connecticut hyperlocal FM/streamed radio station, daily Internet radio newscasts
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Encore Media Entrepreneurs Invited to Apply for Four $12,000 Startup Grants
Posted by J-Lab on Oct. 29, 2014 in Press Releases
For immediate release Noon, Oct. 29, 2014 Contact: Jan Schaffer jans@j-lab.org Washington, D.C. – Encore media entrepreneurs, age 50+, are invited to apply for seed funding to help them launch news projects in 2015 as part of a new initiative launched today by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. Four $12,000 awards are available to
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Public Broadcasters Beefing up Local News, Taking on New Roles in their Media Ecosystems
Posted by J-Lab on Jul. 8, 2013 in Press Releases
July 8, 2013For immediate release Contact: Jan Schafferjans@j-lab.org Washington, D.C. – Unfettered by competitive pressures and fortified by their trusted brand, public broadcasters in many states and cities are finding new ways to engage in more local news – especially more investigative and enterprise journalism – than ever before, according to a new J-Lab
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Four Women-Led News Ideas Awarded $56,000
Posted by J-Lab on Mar. 13, 2013 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Four innovative news ideas – to cover the cultural narrative of food, build e-platforms for long-form women writers, expand Latino coverage in New England, and spotlight emerging women musicians –won $14,000 awards to develop their projects in the coming year. The award winners were selected from 205 proposals received in the sixth
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News Collaboration Project Yields 146 Partners, Revenue Models Still a Nut to be Cracked
Posted by J-Lab on Nov. 28, 2012 in Press Releases
For immediate releaseMarch 4, 2015 Contact: Jan Schafferjans@j-lab.org Washington, D.C. – A J-Lab pilot project that called for eight newspapers and one public radio station to network with local blogs delivered nine different models of collaboration, five success stories and roadmaps for rethinking local news, according to the project’s findings. In “Networked Journalism: What Works,”
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Online News Startups Need More Data to Convert Users into Supporters
Posted by J-Lab on May. 30, 2012 in Press Releases
For Immediate Release May 30, 2012 Contact: Jan Schaffer, jans@j-lab.org Erin Polgreen, erinpolgreen@gmail.com Washington, D.C. – The rise of social media tools has empowered online news startups to distribute their content, market their sites and monitor users. However, most small news sites say they cannot lasso data to track whether they are turning users into supporters
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$56,000 Awarded to Four Women-Led News Projects
Posted by J-Lab on Mar. 6, 2012 in Press Releases
For Release: March 6, 2012 Contact: Jan Schaffer 202-885-8100 Washington, D.C. – Four public-service news ideas – from a site that compares local health costs and a tablet app for news comics, to a western North Carolina investigative news site, and a fast-growing LGBT site based in Seattle – each won a $14,000 award to
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Enterprise Reporting Awards a “Home Run”
Posted by J-Lab on Dec. 15, 2011 in Press Releases
For immediate releaseDec. 15, 2011 Contact: Jan Schafferjans@j-lab.org Washington, D.C. – Fourteen media partnerships awarded $5,000 apiece a year ago to produce a single enterprise-journalism project ended up producing hundreds of pieces of content and far exceeded expectations in terms of impact. The $70,000 awarded to the winners of the Philadelphia Enterprise Reporting Awards
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New Funding for Women Media Entrepreneurs
Posted by J-Lab on Nov. 15, 2011 in Press Releases
For immediate releaseNov. 15, 2011 Contact: Jan Schafferjans@j-lab.org Washington, D.C. – J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism at American University has been awarded $250,000 from the McCormick Foundation to fund eight innovative women-led news startups over the next two years. Under the grant, eight winners (four in 2012 and four in 2013) will each be
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