J-Lab's analysis for The William Penn Foundation released in 2010 identifies gaps in reporting, maps assets and explores opportunities for future investment in a new model.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on October 24, 2011
Topics: Community, Distribution, Resources Tags: Collaboration, Information Ecology, J-Lab, Networks, Philadelphia, Public Interest, William Penn Foundation
Offering loads of resources and legal perspective, “the Committee has played a role in virtually every significant press freedom case that has come before the Supreme Court.”
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on October 18, 2011
Topics: Policy, Resources Tags: Access To Information, Collaboration, First Amendment, FOIA, Freedom of the Press, Legal, Legislation, Public Right to Know, Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press, Transparency
A network of leading independent journalists across the US, The Media Consortium provides rich research, analysis and recommendations for a sustainable future for independent media.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on October 6, 2011
Topics: Community, Craft, Resources Tags: Audience Development, Business Models, Co-op, Collaboration, Infrastructure, Media Consortium, Sustainability
Stanford University’s collection of videos and podcasts featuring lectures by entrepreneurial thought leaders.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on October 4, 2011
Topics: Craft, Education, Resources, Revenue, Technology Tags: Collaboration, Entrepreneurship, Research, Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Stanford University, STVP, Thought Leaders
Big fans of the First Amendment, Free Press supports our nation’s right to be informed. Advocates of the public good, their campaigns preserve and expand the possibilities for journalism.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on September 21, 2011
Topics: Craft, Education, Policy, Resources Tags: Access To Information, Broadcast Partnerships, Change the Channels, Collaboration, Covert Consolidation, Independent Media, Josh Stearns, Journalism Policy, Media Advocacy, Media Justice, Media Ownership, Net Neutrality, Policy, Save the News
Creating a way for citizens to participate in news and reporting, PIN counts over 120,000 people in their network, with new funding to add 100,000 more while working with 45 newsrooms nationwide.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on September 16, 2011
Topics: Community, Craft, Experiments, Resources Tags: American Public Media, Audience Engagement, Center for Public Broadcasting, Citizen Journalism, Citizen Sources, Collaboration, Crowdsourcing, Minneapolis, Public Insight Network, Public Radio
Across the field of journalism we’ve had an “information infusion” from a broad range of sources over the summer. Analysis, review and reporting from the likes of PEW, Knight, the Economist, Clay Shirky, the FCC’s recent 450+ page report furthering the analysis Knight Foundation started two years ago, and CJR’s recent write up “What We...
Posted by Lisa Skube on September 13, 2011
Topics: Blog, Craft, Policy, Revenue Tags: Analysis, Citizen Journalism, Collaboration, Community Engagement, Experimentation, For-profit, Journalism Integrity, Local, Marketing, Nonprofit, Seattle Journalism Commons, SJC, White Papers
The Seattle Times forges partnerships with community sites to provide readers comprehensive coverage enriched with local flavor.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on September 9, 2011
Topics: Community, Craft, Resources, Technology Tags: Audience Engagement, Capacity, Collaboration, Hyperlocal, Legacy, New Media, Seattle
Northwestern University and the Knight Foundation team up to accelerate local news innovation with the Knight News Innovation Lab in Chicago.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on September 5, 2011
Topics: Community, Experiments, Resources, Technology Tags: Chicago, Collaboration, Digital Journalism, Innovation, Knight Foundation, Medill Knight News Innovation Lab, Northwestern University, Rich Gordon
The Carnival of Journalism makes a comeback in 2011 with insight and commentary on present, and future, forms of news.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on September 3, 2011
Topics: Community, Education, Experiments, Resources Tags: Carnival of Journalism, Collaboration, Crowdsourcing, Dave Cohn, DigiDave, Journalism Critique, Knight Foundation, Reynolds Journalism Institute, RJI, Social Media, Technology