Micro-journalism idea gets grant

California State University-Los Angeles journalism students and faculty will partner with community groups to launch Cool State Online, using “micro-bureaus” to cover the San Gabriel Valley’s largely Asian and Latino community. Computer science grad students will help build a news management system for the project.

New Voices is an incubator for pioneering community news ventures in the United States. It helps fund the start-up of innovative micro-local news projects. It spotlights independent citizens media initiatives. And it provides technical support with online training in creating, developing and sustaining Web sites grounded in journalism ethics.
New Voices is a project of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism.

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