JOUR 48000: Mobile &Social Media Journalism
News Labs
- American Press Institute: Try Revenue & Resilience
Subscribe to the news alert service called Need to Know to keep abreast of trends - Better News (print: Table Stakes: A manual for getting in the Game of News) from the American Press Institute
- Engaged Journalism Lab (The Democracy Fund, 2018) Aims to ensure Americans have access to trusted and resilient journalism.
- Facebook Journalism Project (2017) Foster stronger ties between Facebook and the news industry.
- Inasmuch Foundation + EEJF: Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation (EEJF) is a grant-making foundation based in Oklahoma that provides grants to journalism institutions throughout the United States.
- Institute for Nonprofit News (2009) Nonprofit newsrooms serving the public interest
- MediaShift | Knight Projects: Idea Lab: Media Innovation and Startups "Launched in 2007, Idea Lab is a group blog by innovative thinkers and entrepreneurs who are reinventing media in the digital age."
- J-LAB : The Institute for Interactive Journalism
- John S. & James L. Knight Foundation : Journalism
- Journalism & Media (MacArthur Foundation) Goal: "Strengthening American democracy by supporting just and inclusive news and narratives that inform, engage, and activate Americans to build a more equitable future."
- Knight-Mozilla Open News Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership to, "harness open-web innovation for journalism."
- Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative (Knight Foundation, Lenfest Institute & Temple University School of Media & Communication)
- Membership Puzzle Project (NYU) Public research project that runs from 2017 to 2020 & examines the "contract between journalists and members"
- New Journalism Innovation Project . (Reuters Institute / University of Oxford)
- News Revenue Hub Organization that helps news organization build financial sustainability
- NewsMatch (2018: Democracy Fund; Knight Foundation; Jonathan Logan Family Foundation; MacArthur Foundation; Excellence in Journalism Foundation; Facebook Journalism Project; Miami Foundation; Institue for Nonprofit News; News Revenue Hub) Means to find and support nonprofit journalism via gift-matching campaigns
- Nieman Journalism Lab
- Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy (Harvard Kennedy School) Business Models for Local News: A Field Scan, September 6, 2018
Aggregated Online Content (via Google News)
Journalism & Writing Platforms
- Apple News + (formerly Texture)
- CreateSpace Self Publishing and free distribution for books, music, and film. Now via Amazon.com.
- CrowdNe.ws News service that facilitates the purchasing of news articles from journalists (a la carte).
- Flipboard Content discovery and sharing tool.
- Longreads Journalism site that posts the best longform articles from newspapers and magazines. On Twitter: @Longreads
- Media Cloud Data tool from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard that visualizes the flow of the media.
- MediaNews Group MediaNews Group is a leader in local, multi-platform news and information, distinguished by its award-winning, original content and high quality, diversified portfolio of local media assets
- Medium Online site for long form essays.
- MyPress+ Lifestyle news
- NewsCred License and curates articles, photos and video for newspapers and magazines.
- MIT Center for Civic Media: Projects Tools that can be used for media analysis.
- Patch "We’re a community-specific news and information platform dedicated to providing comprehensive and trusted local coverage for individual towns and communities."
- Patreon "Patreon powers membership businesses for creators by giving them the tools they need to acquire, manage, and energize their paying patrons"
- Pocket Allows readers to save articles, videos, or websites in one place to read later. Works with mobile devices.
- Quora Platform where users can post questions and receive answers.
- Scitable by Nature Publishing Group - focuses on genetics.
- Scribd "Scribd is the world’s largest social reading and publishing company."
- Storyful A social media based news agency.
- Substack A place for independent writing
- Storybird Global community of readers, writers and artists who can make, read and share visual stories.
- Underlined Reading & writing site for young adults. Part of Penguin Random House.
- Wetpaint "custom-tailored for young women who love TV and fashion"
- Webbitz "Watch video summaries of the news you want" This is an app.
- Wordpress Create a website
- Zinio Digital Magazines Zinio calls itself, "the world's largest newsstand and bookstore." Magazines can be purchased and read online.
