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 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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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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J-Lab Moves to American University; Draws $2.4M Knight Foundation Grant
Posted by J-Lab on Aug. 6, 2008 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism has moved to American University’s School of Communication, where it will expand its operations with the help of a $2.4 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to American University. J-Lab helps journalists and citizens use digital technologies to develop new ways of
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J-Lab: $1.4 Million Knight Grant Supports Citizens Media
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Sep. 19, 2006 in Press Releases
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism will create a new self-help training site for citizens media projects and continue a pioneering program to seed community news ventures with a new $1.4 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The grant will support the building of the Knight
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New Journalism Building at Maryland to be Named for Knight Newspaper Brothers
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Sep. 18, 2006 in Press Releases
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has made a $4.4 million, multi-part grant to the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, University President C.D. Mote Jr. announced today. In recognition of this latest gift, and the university’s strong historical support from the foundation, the planned
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New Knight-Batten Awards to Honor Journalism Innovations
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Feb. 14, 2006 in Press Releases
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Innovations that help people use media to get quality news and information in new ways will be honored this year by the renamed Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. The awards program at the University of Maryland recognizes the creative use of new ideas that help people use news and information
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Call for Proposals: Citizens Media Ventures
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Jan. 10, 2005 in Press Releases
College Park, MD – New Voices, a pioneering program to seed innovative citizen media ventures around the country, today issued a call for its first round of grant proposals. Eligibility guidelines and application forms can be found at the New Voices Web site, www.J-NewVoices.org, also launched today. Project proposals are due March 17, 2005. New
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Knight Foundation: $1 Million to J-Lab to Launch Community News Ventures
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Oct. 25, 2004 in Press Releases
College Park, Md – J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism will launch a pioneering program to seed community news ventures around the country with a new $1 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Over the next two years, the “New Voices” project will help fund the start-up of 20 micro-local,
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