After two decades of work at the forefront of journalism innovations, interactive journalism and news startups, J-Lab executive director Jan Schaffer weighs in with some observations and lessons learned. This post addresses journalism innovations.
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Lost in the gloom, an entrepreneurial boom
Jan Schaffer writes in Nieman Lab’s 2014 predictions for journalism series: “Let’s stop the handwringing about losses in legacy journalism and work on creating and growing the next acts in media.”
American’s Media Entrepreneurship Program and J-Lab Profiled
James Breiner, director of the Global Business Journalism Program at Tsinghua University in Beijing, starts off his series on entrepreneurial journalism programs with American University.
Mainstream Media and Entrepreneurial News Startups: Bridging the Silos
Speaker: Jan Schaffer | BBC Connecting Communities Conference, Salford, U.K.
A keynote presentation by Jan Schaffer at the BBC Connecting Communities Conference, Salford, U.K.
The Courage to Innovate for the Future of Journalism
Speaker: Jan Schaffer | Miller Learning Center, U-Georgia, Athens, GA,
Jan Schaffer speaks a lecture on how to re-imagine journalism for our future.
News Entrepreneuring 3.0
A daylong workshop for second-stage news entrepreneurs
UNITY ‘08: Citizen Media: Entrepreneurial Ventures Plug Gaps in Local News
From placeblogs to hyperlocal Web sites, these citizen journalism projects are supplementing breaking-news stories, filling voids in local news, and delivering a new competition to mainstream media.