New Voices: 2008 Grantees

2008 Grantees

The 2008 New Voices grantees were chosen from a record 312 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.

Miami-Whitewater Valley Public Media Project

Cheryl Gibbs, Assistant Director, Journalism Program, Miami University
Oxford, OH

Partnering higher learning with public and commercial media, this project will create a regional news service for Southwest Ohio and East Central Indiana.
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The Lexington Commons

Seungahn Nah, Assistant Professor of Community Communications, Dept. of Community and Leadership Development, University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

A University of Kentucky partnership will build a digital neighborhood newspaper that will highlight Lexington news and build a sense of community across lines of race, ethnicity and income.
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Grass Roots: Digital Journalism in the Nation’s Birthplace of Aviation

Joe Murray, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Kent State University
Kent, OH

Kent State journalism professors will mentor student reporters and general aviators to cover Ohio's 166 public airports, 772 private airfields and 18,000 pilots.
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Cool State Online

Jon Beaupre, News Director, University Times, California State University, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

California State University-Los Angeles journalism students and faculty will partner with community groups to launch "micro-bureaus" to cover the San Gabriel Valley's largely Asian and Latino community.
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Green Jobs Philly

Paul Glover, Editor, GreenPlanners
Philadelphia, PA

A Philadelphia Web entrepreneur will spearhead a new Web site and quarterly publication to cover "green" jobs, grants, and economic initiatives by local businesses, universities and nonprofits.
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The Appalachian Independent

Cherie Snyder, Alternative Newspaper Facilitator, Citizens for a Secular Government
Frostburg, MD

Civic group will create a bi-weekly online newspaper community for the rural community around Frostburg, Maryland, modeled on the National League of Cities' Inclusive Community Program.
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Immigration: The View from Here

Kim Carroll Bosler, Development Director, KBUT Community Radio
Crested Butte, CO

KBUT-FM community radio in Crested Butte, Colorado, will explore the local impact of immigration, which has tripled in the last decade in rural Gunnison Valley.
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Voices of Rural Native Alaska

Thea Lawton, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation
Anchorage, AK

Koahnic Broadcast Corp. will train people in remote Alaskan native villages to record interviews, first-person diaries and reports on issues that affect their daily lives.
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Voices for Veterans

Dee Albritton, Executive Director, Fast Forward
Columbia, SC

A community technology center in Columbia, S.C., will create a social network and information Web site for returning veterans.
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Family Life Behind Bars

Sandeep Junnarkar, Associate Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
New York, NY

A CUNY Graduate School of Journalism professor and students will create a Web site for families of prisoners.
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See previous grantees: 2007 | 2006 | 2005

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