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.

Resources for New Media Women

View our collection of research and resources for women media entrepreneurs.

>> 2013 Winners Announced! Read the press release.<<

2013 Winners

American Food Roots May 14, 2013: Building Buzzing and Connections A StoryCorps-meets-James Beard initiative, American Food Roots wants to tell the nation's cultural, historical and personal food stories in video, audio and text.	Boxx Magazine Coming Soon! Boxx Magazine is an online news site covering women artist's who are shaping the music industry. Stories are told by a pop/rock critic and Northwestern University Knight Lab member.
Latino News Network May 8, 2013: Helping to Transform Latino Communities in New England The Latino News Network (LNN) is a Connecticut-based news site serving English language-dominant Latinos that will expand to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.	First Person Female Coming Soon! An e-publishing, profit-sharing platform, First Person Female will be developed for quality, long-form journalism, memoir and fiction by women writers.

2012 Winners

ClearHealthCosts May 3, 2013: *New Partnership with WNYC* 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 May 9, 2013: *Symbolia Expands to Kindle Fire* 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 May 2, 2013: Carolina Public Press - One Year Later 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 May 2, 2013: *The Seattle Lesbian - One Year Later* The Seattle Lesbian is a daily publication run journalist Sarah Toce. The site provides a hitherto unseen source of multi-layer news for the LGBT community.

2011 Winners

Visualizing Economics October 9, 2012: The Final Leg VisualizingEconomics is a website and now illustrated guide to better explain economic numbers and policy.	SiliconHillsNews.com December 13, 2012: Revenue is Met The building out of a startup news site for technology and biotechnology news in the Austin-San Antonio region.
Inside Women's Basketball November 2, 2012: InsideWomen'sBasketball Comes Full Court Full Court provides coverage for some of the 12 million fans and participants of women's basketball.	Mobile News Platform for Hyperlocal News August 1, 2012: Mobile App Built for Richmond Confidential The building of a more user- and geo-friendly mobile news site for UC Berkeley's three hyperlocal sites.

Milestones

Polgreen joins board, talks marketing

Symbolia founder and new NMWE advisory board member Erin Polgreen talks about successful guerilla marketing for her venture into comics journalism.

Coming Soon: Illustrated Income Guide

Visualizing Economics cover

"The Illustrated Guide to Economics," by 2011 awardee VisualizingEconomics.com, to published in the Spring.

Check It Out

In the News

Feb. 12, 2013: Editor & Publisher provides a detailed look at Symbolia.

Dec. 13, 2012: Jan Schaffer reports on years of successful NMWE grantees in her blog.

Dec. 3, 2012: Symbolia launches today! Read writeups in Poynter and Washington Post.

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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.