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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Five News Organizations Join Networked Journalism Project
Posted by J-Lab on Aug. 17, 2009 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Five news organizations around the country have each agreed to work with at least five hyperlocal news sites or producers in their communities in a Networked Journalism pilot project to gather ideas and lessons for future content collaborations, American University’s J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism announced today. The one-year project is
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New York Times Wins Top Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism
Posted by J-Lab on Jul. 23, 2009 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The New York Times swept top honors 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 in the past year. “This year’s winner shows that even the biggest, most prestigious news organizations can create just the kinds
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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 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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Wired.com’s WikiScanner Wins $10,000 Knight-Batten Innovation Award
Posted by J-Lab on Sep. 10, 2008 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wired.com’s WikiScanner coverage, which helped readers investigate and expose ego-editing and corporate whitewashing of Wikipedia entries, is this year’s $10,000 Grand Prize winner in the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. Wired.com invited readers to use new technology to get all IP addresses assigned to a particular company, organization or government department,
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Interactivity & Empowerment: Eight Innovators Place in 2008 Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations
Posted by J-Lab on Aug. 6, 2008 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Four bold, savvy projects – including Web sites that reveal corporate whitewashing of Wikipedia entries, help people map political violence in Kenya, separate fact from falsehood in the 2008 presidential campaign, and deliver hyperlocal coverage of development in the District of Columbia’s most neglected quadrant – are finalists for the Grand Prize
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J-Lab Announces Winners in First New Media Women Entrepreneurs Competition
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Jul. 15, 2008 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Three entrepreneurial news ideas – for public storytelling installations, a networking site for Puget Sound’s military community and a news site for and by Latinas – each won $10,000 in a competition that forecast the kinds of fresh and intriguing ideas women have for the future of news. The three ideas, proposed
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New Voices Invests in a New Regional News Model, Community and Niche Web Sites
Posted by Jan Schaffer on May. 14, 2008 in Press Releases
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Ten innovative citizen media projects have been selected as this year’s New Voices grant winners and will each receive up to $17,000 in start-up funding. Many of this year’s winners focus on special-interest communities as well as geographic locales. One grantee will create a new model for regional news coverage in
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