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Quietly, and not so quietly, journalism schools around the country are starting to give their students new news opportunities. More than beefing up course catalogues with multimedia and convergence...
View ArticlePew’s Nonprofit Journalism Report: Few Surprises, Many More Questions
There are few surprises in the latest nonprofit journalism study by the Pew Research Center’s Project on Excellence in Journalism. There are still, however, many questions to be asked. And there is...
View ArticlePublic Media Join Non-Profit Startups to Collaborate, Fill Local News Gap
Public broadcasters have always done partnerships, but in the last year these and other public-media outlets have begun piecing together the infrastructure for local-news reports that will offer more...
View ArticleJ-Lab’s Jan Schaffer Reflects Back on 20 Years of Journalism Innovation
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...
View ArticleNavigating Law for Media Startups
When I launched J-Lab in 2002, the best piece of advice I received was to have a lawyer draft a Memorandum of Understanding outlining the relationship between my center and its soon-to-be home, the...
View ArticleTow Report Details Promise of Crowdsourcing
CNN recently announced it was ending its longstanding iReport crowdsourcing efforts, opting instead to source stories directly from social media streams. This was a notable marker signaling how news...
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