Our Focus

NMWE is a unique initiative addressing opportunity and innovation, recruitment and retention for women in journalism by spotlighting their ingenuity and entrepreneurial abilities. Pilot projects will show what can be done. Research will tell us what more to do. And an awards program and summit will showcase women’s creative ideas. NMWE is supported by the McCormick Foundation.

New Winners Announced!

Congratulations to our four 2012 New Media Women Entrepreneur grantees! Thanks to everyone for applying! View our press release to see our winners as well as some runners up and learn how to apply for next year!

Project Updates

2012 Winners

ClearHealthCosts Building off a platform of reports, databases, blogs and crowdsourcing, ClearHealthCosts and its founder, Jeanne Pinder, have a mission to be the best online source of health care pricing.	Symbolia Symbolia, headed by Erin Polgreen, strives to be the ideal place to foster the growth of comics journalism, engaging a new generation of news consumer in a way that is exciting and accessible.
Carolina Public Press Angie Newsome started Carolina Public Press as North Carolina's first online-only nonprofit news site dedicated to in-depth, investigative and independent journalism.	The Seattle Lesbian The Seattle Lesbian is a daily publication run by two women, journalist Sarah Toce and speaker Charlene Strong. The site provides a hitherto unseen source of multi-layer news for the LGBT community.

2011 Winners

Visualizing Economics April 3, 2012: Topics of the Month: Posters, Infographics and WordPress Alternatives Founder Catherine Mulbrandon is expanding her VisualizingEconomics website and creating Illustrated Guides with data-driven infographics to better explain economic numbers and policy.	SiliconHillsNews.com February 28, 2012: SiliconHillsNews: Focused on Advertising TechChi blogger and journalist Laura Lorek is building out a startup news site for technology and biotechnology news in the Austin-San Antonio region.
Inside Women's Basketball January 4, 2012: New Merger: Full Court will be the New Name Atlanta documentarian and photographer Kelly Kline is building out Inside Women's Basketball for some of the 12 million fans and participants of women's basketball.	Mobile News Platform for Hyperlocal News January 4, 2012: The First Mobile Site Takes Shape Bo Hee Kim, a UC Berkeley graduate student is building a more user- and geo-friendly mobile news site for the journalism school's three hyperlocal sites, including Richmond Confidential.

Check It Out

In the News

Apr. 16, 2012: Erin Polgreen wins 2012 IWMF grant for Symbolia.

Mar. 22, 2012: Erin Polgreen presents at 2012 SxSW Interactive on comics journalism.

Mar. 19, 2012: PBS MediaShift shares announcement of this year's NMWE awardees.

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2010 Winners

NolaVie Jan. 12, 2012: Ten Partners and Pop-up Events NolaVie.com highlights New Orleans’ vibrant culture as part of Nola.com.	Investigative Mommy Blogger Jan. 12, 2012: Investigative Mommy Blogger Moves to More Robust Parent Site The Investigative Mommy Blogger’s mission is to revive and reshape investigative journalism.
Mobile Black History Project Jan. 12, 2012: An Augmented-Reality App with Black History for 12 Cities The Black History Mobile App formally launched in August 2011 and has content for 12 U.S. cities.	Parent Pathway Jan. 12, 2012: Parents of Kids on Drugs can “Ask an Expert” or use “Meeting in a Box” Resources The Parent Pathway website launched in July 2011.

2009 Projects

ChickRx

An “edgy, approachable, and engaging” online health resource uniquely targeted to women, ages 18 to 27.
Locally Grown News

A project that created a complete infrastructure, to be franchised, for those who want to launch hyperlocal news sites.
Good Food Fight

Project that connects food-conscious consumers with larger public policy issues that affect food choices and sustainability

2008 Projects

Echo Atlanta

An art and civic journalism project will produce and collect stories tied to physical locations throughout Atlanta.
Northwest Navy News

News for the 140,000 active-duty Navy and Coast Guard members, reservists, base employees and retirees in the Puget Sound area.
Latina Voices

Daily news and commentary by and for Latina women, covering such topics as immigration, health care, politics, education and culture.