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Observations and learnings from J-Lab's Jan Schaffer
Posted on April 6, 2011 | Blogically Thinking
With nine Networked Journalism projects started around the county, we wondered if anyone in those communities had even noticed that independent news websites were partnering with a mainstream media organization in town.
Posted on March 31, 2011 | Blogically Thinking
The best way to drive innovation is to expand the definition of innovation. It needs to be more than new tools. To be sure, developing new apps or platforms is very cool. And these things often make journalism more efficient to produce and less expensive to distribute.
Posted on February 25, 2011 | Blogically Thinking
Seattle Times this week announced it has added five more local news partners to the network it launched in 2009 with J-Lab support. That brings its network of local news and blogger sites to 39.
Posted on February 17, 2011 | Blogically Thinking
What happens when journalists fall into the habit of relying on their reliable sources? To be sure, they can turn stories quickly because they can ensure access to information. They can help their news organization keep up with breaking news that will be competitively distributed on other publications and platforms.
Posted on February 2, 2011 | Blogically Thinking
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I have long said that more than the business model of journalism was broken. I believe the craft of journalism is broken, too. It's all-too-often done on autopilot and overly reliant on some conventions that have turned into bad habits.
Posted on December 21, 2010 | Blogically Thinking
It's official: The William Penn Foundation has approved a $2.4 million grant for a Networked Journalism Collaborative project in Philadelphia.
Posted on November 12, 2010 | Blogically Thinking
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I got a sneak peek at News Works.org this week. This is WHYY's new online networked news portal for the Philadelphia region set to launch on Monday, Nov. 15.
Posted on November 4, 2010 | Blogically Thinking
You can be creative, dogged, well meaning and very hard working. You can produce excellent journalism. You can be willing to take risks. You can even mortgage your home to fund your startup. But that does not mean you can make a go of a good news site.
Posted on October 20, 2010 | Blogically Thinking
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J-Lab launched its Networked Journalism pilot project a little over a year ago. The goal was not to create an opportunity for newspapers to take content from others. Rather the project sought to explore ways to amplify news and information already being produced by many community websites and bloggers - and determine if there were some revenue opportunities to support these activities.
Posted on September 30, 2010 | Blogically Thinking
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J-Lab has funded community news startups since 2005, when the movement to launch independent hyperlocal news websites began in earnest. To date, we've seeded the launch of 55 "New Voices" experiments - with encouraging support from the Knight Foundation.
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