Last week we announced an awards project to help Baby Boomers launch news startups. This week, we chuckle at our new nickname and shine a spotlight on the history that gave the project momentum. “Geezer grants” is the term some wags have applied to the $12,000 startup funding open to people age 50-plus who want
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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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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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J-Lab Announces Three Awards for New Media Women Entrepreneurs
Posted by J-Lab on Jul. 15, 2009 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Three entrepreneurial news ideas – including franchises for community news sites, a food policy and strategies start-up, and a health Web site for women ages 18 to 27 – each won a $10,000 award to launch their projects in a robust competition that showcased keen energy and ideas for the future of
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New Media Makers Increasingly Getting Grants for News
Posted by J-Lab on Jun. 2, 2009 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At least 180 community, family and other foundations have contributed nearly $128 million in grants to news and information initiatives in the United States since 2005, according to a report released today by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. This funding went to support at least 115 news projects in 17 states
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New Voices Invests in Eight Hyperlocal News Sites
Posted by J-Lab on Apr. 21, 2009 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eight hyperlocal community media projects from across the United States have been selected as this year’s New Voices grant winners. Each will receive up to $25,000 in start-up funding over the next two years. The winners were selected from 304 applicants, J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism announced today. With this year’s
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Funding for Community News Sites
Posted by J-Lab on Dec. 3, 2008 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism is calling for a new round of grant proposals to fund “New Voices” community news start-ups around the country. Eight projects will each receive up to $25,000 in grants during the course of two years. The deadline for this year’s proposals is Feb. 12, 2009. Eligibility
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New Voices: 10 New Citizen Media Ideas Are Funded
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Apr. 4, 2007 in Press Releases
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Ten new ideas for amplifying community news will receive $12,000 New Voices grants to launch news sites for under-covered communities, embed TV reporters in neighborhoods, network regional radio programs, and map the local impact of climate change, J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism announced today. “These award winners are embarking on
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