Thanks to The Patterson Foundation New Media Initiative! The JA project has advanced light years with frugal but focused support from The Patterson Foundation and TPF’s new media initiative manager Janet Coats. Coats brings a tenured understanding of the field of journalism and new media to the JA. TPF has made a strategic and practical…

Program: Lisa Skube Lisa develops the overall program, including partnerships, services, and structure. An engagement strategist and capacity builder, Lisa has provided professional services to serve clients’ communities with unique issues, products or causes over the past couple decades. Her work targets, refines, connects and cultivates deeper relationships among causes and the people they serve….

The Journalism Accelerator connects the news and information industry with outside areas of expertise to enrich the new media news ecology. This site is a forum, a resource hub, and an information-exchange hosted by a crew experienced in civic engagement and grassroots community building.

Understanding the degree of engagement each news or media channel has with its audience provides an important strategy for news producers to better evaluate their impact with unique audiences — as well as their value to advertisers.

WNC describes itself as “an independent, nonprofit, statewide organization whose members share a common belief that fair, accurate and balanced news media are vital to our democracy.” It was founded in 1998. John Hamer, its president and executive director, has been at the helm since its inception. He is a former associate editorial-page editor at…

Puget SoundOff is an online space “created by and for youth” to encourage young people to be involved in their communities.  The site appeals to youth with a call to action: “It starts with one voice speaking out on an issue, then finding others to collaborate with and taking action. You can be that voice….

A “citizen powered” voters guide; a “public square” for discussing ballot measures. Easy to contribute, to see what others think, and to get alerts about new information as the election evolves.

Ten initiatives were either spawned or invigorated at the Journalism That Matters Pacific Northwest gathering in January 2009. Slightly more than a year later, nine of those are moving forward. The initiatives, with links to their current status, are: JTMPNW Collaboratory is an ongoing initiative to encourage experimentation and collaboration to improve the news and…

The 2011 State of the News Media report from Pew Research includes an essay I wrote about the vibrancy of Seattle’s emerging news landscape. I included a list of noteworthy sites that are redefining digital news in the Puget Sound region. My list was intended as just a start, which would grow as other people identify sites to include. What should we add and why? Useful additions will be gathered and republished in the Seattle Journalism Commons.