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—Katharine Graham

Echo: Project Leader Bios

Karyn Lu

Lila King and Karyn Lu
Lila King (left) and Karyn Lu (right).

Karyn Lu works in the Design Experience Group at CNN.com, and is the User Experience Lead on iReport.com, CNN’s citizen news initiative. She is passionate about creating a great user experience across multiple disciplines and platforms. Karyn likes to explore her Atlanta neighborhood with her dog Sputnik Sweetheart. She holds a BA in English Literature from Wellesley College and a MS in Digital Media from Georgia Tech.

Lila King

Lila King is an online media producer living in Atlanta. She’s pretty sure everyone’s story is fascinating if you listen well enough. Echo is all ears. Lila’s first venture in online media was in pre-podcast radio, producing a small but enthusiastic streaming audio site. Today she leads the online team behind iReport.com, the user-generated news site powered by CNN, where she has spent the last 7 years. Lila holds a bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature and Philosophy from the University of Georgia.

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Award

NMWE will honor one new media woman entrepreneur with a $2,000 award in 2009.

Nominate a woman whose creative contribution to news inspires you.

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.

Check It Out

Venture Capital for new media women entrepreneurs

Springboard, a venture capital firm, is looking for the best new big idea among new media women entrepreneurs. BusinessWeek and Women’s E News track the progress.

Sites Worth Watching

New Media Women Entrepreneurs are changing the face of cyberspace. Several applicants have been able to find the time or funding to launch their sites. Click here for a list of these links to take a closer look.