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.
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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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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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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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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Paul Glover, Editor, GreenPlanners
Philadelphia, PA
A Philadelphia web entrepreneur will spearhead a new website and quarterly publication to cover "green" jobs, grants, and economic initiatives by local businesses, universities and nonprofits.
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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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Chad Reich, Program & Music 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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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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Dee Albritton, Executive Director, Fast Forward
Columbia, SC
A community technology center in Columbia, S.C., will create a social network and information website for returning veterans.
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Sandeep Junnarkar, Associate Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism
New York, NY
A CUNY Graduate School of Journalism professor and students will create a website for families of prisoners.
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New Voices is an initiative of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism. 