New Voices: 2007 Grantees

2007 Grantees

The 2007 New Voices grantees were chosen from 105 applicants from across the country. These projects represent a diverse mix of Web, broadcast and print projects. J-Lab believes that these programs will serve as examples to foster community journalism efforts in other cities and towns.

Vermont Climate Witness

Pete Land, President, Tamarack Productions
Burlington, VT

To create a map-based interactive experience to track how residents see climate change affecting the state's economy, from fall foliage and maple syrup to skiing.
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Northwest Community Radio Network Collaborative Newscast

Jonathan Lawson, Executive Director, Reclaim the Media
Seattle

To launch an hour-long, weekly newscast culled from the best public affairs programming produced by more than 40, often-isolated community, college and independent radio stations throughout the Pacific Northwest.
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Saint Paul City Newsdesk

Mike Wassenaar, Executive Director, Saint Paul Neighborhood Network
St. Paul, MN

To create and pay for a network of citizen journalists to cover neighborhood and municipal news for use by media outlets throughout the Twin Cities.
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NewCastleNOW.org

Christine Yeres, Project Leader, NewCastleNOW.org
Chappaqua, NY

To create a weekly cyber newspaper built from citizen-generated content for the the Chappaqua area in West Chester County, N.Y., which has lost its local newspaper.
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NeighborMedia

Formerly titled Neighbor to Neighbor
Susan Fleischmann, Executive Director, Cambridge Community Television
Cambridge, MA

Cambridge Community Television will embed citizen journalists in each of the five neighborhoods of Cambridge, Mass., to report on local issues and events, feature local viewpoints, and facilitate participation in local issues.
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Bilingual Interactive Environmental Journalism

Donica Mensing, Director, Graduate Program in
Interactive Environmental Journalism, Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, NV

To develop bilingual news and interactive narratives for OurTahoe.org to help the Spanish-speaking residents of the Lake Tahoe Basin understand environmental threats to the area.
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Anansi’s Web

Formerly titled Neo-News Network
Lori Peterson, Coordinator, Neo-News Hotline
Central District Organization
Gary, IN

To build a news and information hotline for Gary, Ind., accessed via web, phone, mobile text messaging and mailing lists to supplement available media.
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Greater Fulton News

Formerly titled Fulton Hill Interactive Portal
Dr. Judy VanSlyke Turk, Director, School of
Mass Communications, Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA

To train local citizen journalists and build a news and information portal for Fulton Hill, a low-income neighborhood in Richmond, Va.
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The Eminent Domain

Formerly titled Building Blocks
Alyssa Katz, Editor, Pratt Center for Community Development
Brooklyn, NY

To launch a news and information site to inform New York City residents about major real estate development projects that affect their neighborhoods.
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News Desk on Access SF

Marc Smolowitz, Development Director/ Staff Producer, Access SF
San Francisco

To train San Francisco nonprofits to produce a monthly community news program with a neighborhood focus for cable access television and video blogs.
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See previous grantees: 2006 | 2005

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