Demo Night: Journalism Startups at Tow-Knight 2018
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Join us for our Tuesday, May 8 6pm Demo Night!
We'll feature fellows from our Tow-Knight Entrepreneurial Journalism program.
The 12 presenters represent 7 countries. They've been developing their startup projects for the past 15 weeks. In our Tow-Knight entrepreneurial journalism program, fellows study new business models for news, sharpen their entrepreneurial skills and explore media innovation in NYC. Now they're ready to share their projects with you!
Here's a full list of the startups presenting, along with brief bios. (http://bit.ly/ej18bios)
Doors Open 5:45pm (Arrival and settling in, light snacks)
Presentations 6:00pm - 8:00pm (12 demos, 5-minutes each, plus q&a)
Can't make it in person? Livestream the event here: https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/watch/
This year's startups include:
• Walker's Legacy (http://www.walkerslegacy.com/), a platform to inspire and connect professional and entrepreneurial multicultural women
• Amenaza Roboto (http://www.amenazaroboto.com/), tech discoveries, innovations and ventures from Latin America
• Science Says (https://www.apnews.com/tag/ScienceSays), a series of multimedia science explainers for the Associated Press
• Hindsight (https://hindsightsolutions.net/), a service that lets publishers provide context and recommendations to readers
... and more terrific media entrepreneurs.
Click here for a full list of projects and bios. (http://bit.ly/ej18bios)
Read more about these projects on the Journalism Innovation Medium page (https://medium.com/journalism-innovation).
To meet the startup founders one on one, please join us for our open-house showcase event on Wednesday, May 9 (https://www.meetup.com/NYCEntrepreneurialMedia/events/249742061/), anytime between 12:30 to 3:00pm.
Twitter Details:
Hashtag: #DemoWeek (https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23demonight&src=typd)
Hosts: @tkCUNY (http://www.twitter.com/tkCUNY) @CUNYJSchool (http://www.twitter.com/CUNYJSchool)
Read more about the Tow-Knight fellowship here (http://towknight.org/apply/).
Hosted by the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism (http://towknight.org/) at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism (http://journalism.cuny.edu/)
