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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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www.J-NewVoices.org
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.
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New Voices is a pioneering program to seed innovative community news ventures in the United States. Through 2010, New Voices has helped to fund the start-up of 55 micro-local news projects. The 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 at American University and supported by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
- Oregon Arts Watch, Portland, OR
- Mosaic: Lincoln’s New Voices, Lincoln, NE
- Tipster at VTDigger.org, East Hardwick, VT
- Catawba River Views, Charlotte, NC
- Essex County Community Media, Newark, NJ
- NeighborWebSJ, San Jose, CA
- AllPrinceton, Princeton, NJ
- Morgan MoJo Lab, Baltimore, MD
- Landings, Rockland, ME
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Oregon Arts Watch received first-year support from 11 area arts organizations, created a six-member board of directors and launched their website, featuring content from local journalists. Also scoring an ad partnership, this grantee is doing very well. Read more. |
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GrossePointToday.com has reported positive cash flow every month of 2011, with a projection of the trend continuing through 2013. Although attributed to advertising, Grosse Pointe has been successful in five cities and is a recognizable alt news source. Learn more. |
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The Austin Bulldog has been heavily involved in public affairs journalism, creating stories that led to the release of public information, the firing of an attorney and, in the process, made a great website! See how this watchdog works. |
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J-Lab’s New Voices program has met its goal of seeding dozens of projects that provide much needed news and information to communities across the United States. As our recent “New Voices: What Works” report shows, of the 48 projects launched through mid-2010, 88 percent are still online and 76 percent are actively updated.
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J-Lab will not administer New Voices grants for 2011. Still have an idea to build a community news site, or ready to launch on your own? Look through our learning modules at http://www.kcnn.org and toolkits at http://www.j-learning.org.
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J-Lab is conducting a national survey of community news sites and their level of audience engagement. Submit your site's feedback and be entered to win an iPad2. Deadline is March 2, 2012.
Stories about financial success and strong content top the latest news from our New Voices grantees.
It was announced March 28 that the news site will receive a 2011 Oakland Innovators Award from Oaklandish for pioneering work in the community.
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New Voices is an initiative of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. 