Washington, D.C. – Journalists in the Greater Philadelphia region may soon be able to ramp up the level of in-depth, professional reporting with the help of a new experimental journalism fund to nurture public affairs stories and demonstrate the possibilities for collaborative newsgathering and distribution. The Philadelphia Enterprise Reporting Fund will award ten $5,000 reporting
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Sunlight Live’s Real-Time Participation Wins $10,000 Knight-Batten Innovation Award
Posted by J-Lab on Jul. 19, 2010 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Sunlight Live, the Sunlight Foundation‘s innovative blending of data, streaming video, liveblogging and social networking – first used at February’s bipartisan health-care summit – is this year’s $10,000 Grand Prize winner in the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. Sunlight Live attracted nearly 43,000 viewers, 9,800 livebloggers, and more than 1,300 tweets.
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J-Lab Announces Four Awards For New Media Women Entrepreneurs
Posted by J-Lab on Jun. 29, 2010 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Four diverse news ideas – including an augmented reality mobile application, a New Orleans cultural affairs reporting partnership, an investigative blogging initiative, and a resource site for parents dealing with drug-addicted children – each won a $12,000 award to launch their projects in the coming year. The award winners were selected from
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New Voices Invests In Nine Community News Projects
Posted by J-Lab on May. 18, 2010 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Nine promising community news projects from across the U.S. have been selected as this year’s New Voices grant winners. Each can receive up to $25,000 to launch a news initiative and work to sustain it over the next two years, J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism announced today. The projects plan to engage their
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J-Lab Names New Editorial Director
Posted by J-Lab on Jan. 6, 2010 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Andrew Pergam, an award-winning journalist and Managing Editor of NBCConnecticut.com, has been named the new Editorial Director for American University’s J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. Pergam, a former television reporter and digital newsroom leader, has taken a keen interest in local online news and the future of journalism as a whole.
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Apply Now: Grants For Community News Startups
Posted by J-Lab on Dec. 10, 2009 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – American University’s J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism is calling for a new round of grant proposals to fund community news start-ups around the country. Nine projects will each receive up to $25,000 in grants over two years.
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Apply Now: Grants for Community News Startups
Posted by J-Lab on Dec. 10, 2009 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – American University’s J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism is calling for a new round of grant proposals to fund community news start-ups around the country. Nine projects will each receive up to $25,000 in grants over two years. The call for proposals comes on the heels of a new report issued by
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New Forms of Journalism Emerge in New Media Ecosystem
Posted by J-Lab on Nov. 6, 2009 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – New forms of journalism are being created around the country where online local news sites have launched to report on their communities, according to new research released today by American University’s J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism.
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New Grants for Women Media Entrepreneurs
Posted by J-Lab on Oct. 22, 2009 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism at American University has received a $200,000 grant from the McCormick Foundation to fund eight women-led start-ups over the next two years that will generate new ideas in the world of news and information and model a spirit of journalistic entrepreneurship. The grant also supports annual
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New York Times Wins $10,000 Knight-Batten Innovation Award
Posted by J-Lab on Sep. 17, 2009 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. The New York Times received top honors today in the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism with six striking entries that netted the $10,000 Grand Prize for a dynamic body of work. Six other winners were awarded $1,000 prizes for diverse ideas that used digital tools to supply data, embed links, track Web
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