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.
Deadline passed
The deadline to apply for 2009 New Media Women Entrepreneurs funding has passed. We received more than 400 proposals! Thanks to all who applied.
2009 Deadline Passed! Winners to be announced mid-summer
The deadline to apply for 2009 New Media Women Entrepreneurs funding has passed. We received more than 430 proposals! Thanks to all who applied.
Three entrepreneurial news ideas were selected from 190 entries as the winners of $10,000 each in the first McCormick Foundation New Media Women Entrepreneurs competition. These are their latest updates: Echo | Latina Voices | Northwest Navy News
Echo
Tons of Updates from Echo
June 2, 2009
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There are tons of updates from team Echo! June is going to be a busy month for us, as we are aiming to launch our pilot within the next four to six weeks in the Candler Park neighborhood of Atlanta. We'll be sure to keep you posted on that. Here are some notes on what we're working on: We added a (much-needed) project manager/business manager to our team ...
Latina Voices
Thriving
June 3, 2009
Latina Voices is thriving. We have published two recent posts on Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina nominated to the Supreme Court. This is a huge story for Latina women around the country. One of the columns is written by a young Latina writer in Puerto Rico. Also, I was invited to start a new blog - Chicanísima - on a new blogger site created by the Chicago Tribune company. On this blog I feature select content from Latina Voices writers. ...
Northwest Navy News
Northwest Navy News is Growing
June 2, 2009
Since the launch of Northwest Navy News in March, the site has slowly gained a following. It averaged about 400 unique visitors and 1,200 page views in May. The number of visitors is growing at a rate of about 20 percent per month so far - slow but steady. Most of the visitors are coming from organic search results, thanks to search-optimization efforts. ...
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