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This document discusses the role of new media makers and participatory journalism in informing the public. It outlines how the news ecosystem now includes fact entrepreneurs, creative technologists, citizen media makers, philanthropic foundations, universities, advocacy groups, and government. It describes how "news work" goes beyond traditional journalism to include sharing information, facilitating conversations, crowdsourcing stories, data visualization, and more. It also provides examples of successful community news startups and new types of news sites that have been launched in recent years.
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- 3. McLean Ear: New VenueFound
- 4. J-Learning.org: Site in a Box
- 5. News Ecosystem > New Players Fact entrepreneurs Creative technologists Citizen media makers Philanthropic foundations Universities Advocacy Groups Government
- 6. Venues for Participation: Journalism vs. “News Work” Journalism: Collecting, validating, producing, publishing news
- 7. “News Work” – not just for journos Sharing information Facilitating conversations Crowdsourcing stories Smart curation & aggregation Data mining & visualizations News games Lists & resources Social shout outs
- 8. Community News Start-ups Since 2005, J-Lab has: Funded more than 45 “New Voices” community news projects $25K grants: $17K + $8K, if matched 1,534 applications
- 9. Success through the years …we’ve seen some great projects.
- 10. Findings over five years Of 46 projects funded, 76% launched and found success
- 11. Findings over five years
- 12. Newest trend: Pro-jo’s launching news sites Hyperlocal Startups State-based Investigative News Sites Niche Sites
- 14. Davidson News
- 15. Metropolis
- 16. CaliforniaWatch
- 17. WisconsinWatch
- 18. Investigate West
- 19. Metro News Sites
- 20. Politico.com
- 21. Global Post
- 23. Advocacy Journalism: Sunlight Foundation - transparency
- 24. Council on Foreign Relations – global hot spots
- 26. Creative Technologists: NYTimes | Document Reader
- 27. SeeClickFix.com
- 28. University – Community News
- 31. New Media Makers Toolkit
- 32. Citizen Media Resources KCNN.org - Knight Citizen News Network J-Learning.org - How-to publish J-NewVoices.org - Folo startups J-Lab.org - Cool ideas NewMediaWomen.org – Grants