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Participatory Journalism
The Role of New Media Makers in Informing the Public
McLean, VA: Library Closing
McLean Ear: New VenueFound
J-Learning.org: Site in a Box
News Ecosystem > New Players
Fact entrepreneurs
Creative technologists
Citizen media makers
Philanthropic foundations
Universities
Advocacy Groups
Government
Venues for Participation: Journalism vs. “News Work”
Journalism:
Collecting, validating,
producing, publishing news
“News Work” – not just for journos Sharing information
Facilitating conversations
Crowdsourcing stories
Smart curation & aggregation
Data mining & visualizations
News games
Lists & resources
Social shout outs
Community News Start-ups
Since 2005, J-Lab has:
Funded more than 45 “New Voices” community news projects
$25K grants: $17K + $8K, if matched
1,534 applications
Success through the years
…we’ve seen some great projects.
Newest trend: Pro-jo’s launching news sites
Hyperlocal Startups
State-based Investigative News Sites
Niche Sites
West Seattle Blog
Davidson News
Metropolis
CaliforniaWatch
WisconsinWatch
Investigate West
Metro News Sites
Fact Entrepreneurs
Advocacy Journalism: Sunlight Foundation - transparency
Council on Foreign Relations – global hot spots
Public School News
University – Community News
Networked Journalism
Citizen Media Resources KCNN.org - Knight Citizen News Network J-Learning.org - How-to publish J-NewVoices.org - Folo startups J-Lab.org - Cool ideas NewMediaWomen.org – Grants
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