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Participatory

JournalismThe Role of New Media Makersin 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 journosSharing information

Facilitating conversationsCrowdsourcing storiesSmart curation & aggregationData mining & visualizationsNews gamesLists & resourcesSocial shout outs

Community News Start-upsSince 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.

Findings over five years

Of 46 projects funded, 76% launched and found success

Findings over five years

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

Politico.com

Global Post

Fact Entrepreneurs

Advocacy Journalism: Sunlight Foundation - transparency

Council on Foreign Relations – global hot spots

Public School News

Creative Technologists: NYTimes | Document Reader

SeeClickFix.com

University – Community News

Networked Journalism

New Media Makers Toolkit

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