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Networked Journalism: What Works
Three years ago, J-Lab funded nine pilot projects that invited eight newspapers and one public radio station to partner with news start-ups in their communities. Results are in! View them here.
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Engaging Audiences
Most online news startups say they cannot lasso data to track whether they are turning users into supporters who will help their sites survive. These are among key findings of a new survey, focusing on how “digital-first” news sites are engaging their audiences and measuring that engagement.
J-Lab Activities
Erin Polgreen: Guerrilla Marketing
Symbolia founder and new NMWE advisory board member Erin Polgreen discusses successful marketing techniques for her comics journalism project.
Community News Directory
Browse our database of 1,000+ community news sites, which includes an interactive Google map.
News site owners may also submit their site to the database.
2013 AEJMC Luncheon
Come hear news innovators discuss the future of journalism collaboration.
NGOs can be media makers too
J-Lab helps to teach American University's AU's MA in Media Entrepreneurship program. Unlike similar programs, it also targets NGOs. James Breiner zeros on the MAME in his News Entrepreneurs series.
2013 New Media Women Entrepreneurs Announced
J-Lab has announced the four winners of $14,000 for the 2013 New Media Women Entrepreneurs awards. The award winners were selected from 205 proposals received for this McCormick Foundation-funded initiative.
Explore Our Projects
New Media Women Entrepreneurs
The McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs project provides micro grants to help women launch entrepreneurial news and information projects
Networked Journalism
The Net-J project encourages collaboration among traditional news outlets and at least five entrepreneurial startups with funding for a year
Enterprise Reporting Fund
The Philadelphia Enterprise Reporting Fund is a pilot project to incentivize collaboration on in-depth reporting.
