Members of the advisory board for the McCormick Foundation New Media Women Entrepreneurs initiative speak about the winners of three $10,000 start-up grants, the talented pool of applicants and the program as a whole.
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2010 Winners!
J-Lab Announces Four Awards for New Media Women Entrepreneurs
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.
Innovative Research
New forms of journalism are being created around the country where online local news sites have launched to report on their communities. The journalism is characterized by a deliberate shift in the definition of objectivity, a drive for community conversation and discussion and other themes. Read the report.