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Title: JLab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism


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J-Lab The Institute for Interactive Journalism
  • Transforming journalism for today. Reinventing
    it for tomorrow.

2
J-Labs Origins
  • Launched 2002, U-Maryland
  • Spin off from Pew Center for Civic Journalism, a
    14 milllion project that funded 120 newsroom
    experiments.

3
Organizing Principles Rethink journalism so
that it
  • Has civic impact.
  • Builds community, not fractures it.
  • Adds value
  • Holds public officials AND citizens accountable
  • Provides new entry points for news -- games,
    databases, visualizations.

4
J-Lab helps journalists and citizens use digital
technologies to develop new ways for people to
participate in public life with projects on
  • Innovations
  • Citizen media
  • Interactive news stories
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Training and E-Learning
  • Publications

5
Six Scopes of Work
  • Award Innovations - Knight-Batten Awards for
    Innovations
  • Fund citizen media startups
  • Spotlight news games, exercises
  • Fund women-led entrepreneurial news startups
  • Build e-learning portals, training
  • Research

6
Five Web Sites
  • J-Lab.org - Knight-Batten Awards, news games
  • J-NewVoices.org - fund 40 citmedia startups.
  • KCNN.org - Knight Citizen News Network
  • Learning modules
  • Citmedia site directory
  • J-Learning.org - How-to community publishing
  • NewMediaWomen.org - women media startups

7
www.J-Lab.org
8
Knight-Batten Winners
Choices game
WikiScanner
ChicagoCrime.org/Everyblock
Global Blogging
9
News Games
Moral Compass
PBS Engage
MPR budget balancer
Garbage Game
10
www.J-Learning.org
11
www.J-NewVoices.org
12
40 New Voices Start-ups 17,000 over 2
years
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www.J-NewVoices.org
13
All-Star New Voices Projects
  • The Forum (forumhome.org),Deerfield, NH
  • NewCastleNOW.org, Chappaqua,NY

14
Recent New Voices startups
VermontClimateWitness.org
CCTVs NeighborMedia
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GreaterFultonNews.org
StoriesThatFly.org
15
J-Lab Observations
  • Citizen seek to BUILD community, not COVER it.
    Stories have
  • Less conflict
  • Fewer stereotypes
  • No parroting of experts/quotes
  • No false equilibrium
  • No scorecard journalism

16
Knight Citizen News Networkwww.KCNN.org
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KCNN.org Learning modules
18
Inside KCNN.org
  • 10 tips for Limiting Legal Risks
  • Blog that answers legal questions

19
Inside KCNN.org
  • Citizen Media Site Directory
  • Tools for Citizen Journalists

20
Research
  • Citizen Media Fad or the Future pf News?
  • Journalism 2.0 How to Survive and Thrive
  • A Digital Literacy Guide for the Information
    Age

21
www.newmediawomen.org
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New Scopes of Work
  • Networked Journalism Project -partnering 5 MSM
    orgs with 5 local citmedia sites.
  • Community Media Toolkit - entice local
    foundations to support local media.
  • Big Think project - Revisiting journalism on
    auto-pilot.

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  • 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
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