December 21, 2010
Philadelphia: Collaborative digital journalism initiative wins $2.4 million grant
Today, J-Lab announced that the William Penn Foundation has approved a $2.4 million, three-year grant for a networked journalism collaborative initiative, to be centered at Temple Univ. in Philadelphia…
In April, a J-Lab report recommended the creation of an independent news site focusing on pubic affairs coverage of a few key topics, supplemented by broad collaborations with existing news sites (established news organizations as well as startups).
“In the last several months, a lot of collaboration has already begun occurring,” wrote J-Lab executive director Jan Schaffer. “Even more is being juiced by J-Lab’s recently announced Philadelphia Enterprise Reporting Awards to jumpstart 14 in-depth reporting projects that involve collaborations between news entities. Philadelphia has become a hotbed of journalistic networking and innovation.”
Next, Temple Univ. will “create a center to incubate a new organization that is expected to produce original journalism, aggregate other news and information, and develop ways to support the city’s growing group of news sites.”
Schaffer noted that a national search for a CEO to lead and implement the initiative will launch in January. They hope to have a leader in place by spring 2011.
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