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The New Voices project has a companion Web site, J-Learning. It is a how-to site for community journalism with training in Web site creation; basic HTML; page design and layout; use of photos, audio, video and animation; using databases and surveys; law and ethics; advertising and marketing; and fundraising and e-commerce.
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 DEADLINE PASSED The deadline to apply for 2009 New Voices funding has passed. Thanks to all who applied! Buy one, get one free! Journalism 2.0: How to Survive and Thrive For every copy you order at the standard rate of $12, we'll double your shipment. So if you want two copies, pay for one. If you want 50 copies, pay for 25. While supplies last. |
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A 2008 New Voices Winner uses an awesome 3D wall for his site's front page. Kudos to two 2006 New Voices grantees who have won prestigious journalism awards! Twitter has finally hit its stride as a leading tool for finding and sharing timely information from all sorts of places and sources. Learn how to sign up, log on and start posting "tweets" to enhance your hyperlocal coverage. Geanne Rosenberg of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism created a Knight Citizen News Network learning module and accompanying Q&A blog focused on helping professional and citizen journalists avoid potential legal pitfalls. |
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New Voices is a pioneering program to seed innovative community news ventures in the United States. Through 2010, New Voices is helping to fund the start-up of 56 micro-local news projects. 2009 and 2010 grantees will receive $17,000 grants and have the opportunity for $8,000 in follow-up funding after one year. New Voices is administered by
J-Lab Executive Director
2009 New Voices Grantees
• GrossePointeToday.com, Detroit, MI
• Maryland School Information Mapping, Towson, MD
• Backyard News, Harrisburg, PA
• New Era Media, Boulder, CO
• Intersections: The South Los Angeles Reporting Project, Los Angeles, CA
• The Villager: News and Notes from Coconut Grove West, Coral Gables, FL
• Oakland Local, Oakland, CA
• The Austin Bulldog, Austin, TX
2008 Projects Launching Sites
Six 2008 New Voices projects are now online!
Grass Roots: storiesthatfly.com
Green Jobs Philly: greenjobsphilly.org
The Appalachian Independent: appindie.org
Voices for Veterans: vetvenue.org
Family Life Behind Bars: livesinfocus.org/prison
Cool State Online: coolstatela.com
| The Rural News Network in Montana created a Flickr group for their CrowNews.net site where citizens can share their pictures. More than 400 photos have been uploaded, including vivid shots from Crow Fair. View photos. |  |
 | Students in Temple University’s MURL Building Blocks program have created an in-depth, multimedia package covering gentrification in South Philadelphia. Check out the articles, video and slide show. |
| NewCastleNow.org has posted a live Webcam so that visitors can view the creation of a new “pocket park” in downtown New Castle in real time. See the description and view the Webcam. |  |
New Voices is an initiative of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. J-LabTM is an incubator for innovative, participatory news experiments and is a center of American University's School of Communication in Washington, D.C. New Voices is
funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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