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The deadline for the 2012 New Media Women Entrepreneur awards has passed. Thanks to everyone for applying! Winners will be announced in mid-to-late March. Those interested in next year can check out our Proposal Guidelines.

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.

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View the live chat with Director Jan Schaffer to get your application questions answered.

Success in Philly

Philadelphia Enterprise Reporting Awards produces funds, journalism and more!

Research

J-Lab’s New Media Women Entrepreneurs Initiative undertook this study to understand how women are interacting with news, participating in the news, creating the news and consuming the news.
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Resources

Our learning modules, housed on KCNN.org, provide tips, tricks, and guides for citizen journalists and online news sites.