Journalism Startups: 2017 Showcase
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Join us on May 16th for our 4th annual afternoon exhibition of the 16 media startup projects developed by the 2017 fellows of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism.
This is an open-house style event. Drop in for any part of the event. Doors open at 12:30; the event ends at 3pm.
Here's a full list of the startups presenting, with brief bios. (http://bit.ly/ej17bios)
This year's startups include:
• Fader by Vragments (http://fader.vragments.com/), an easy-to-use virtual-reality editing tool
• Alkunnash.com (http://www.alkunnash.com/), a social media verification platform for Arabic news
• Techtiv.ist (http://techtiv.ist/), a weekly newsletter covering the intersection between politics and technology
• ZNews Africa (http://znewsafrica.com/mobile-app/), an app and newsletter covering news across Africa
• @StreetMusicMap (http://instagram.com/streetmusicmap), a project nominated for a 2017 Webby
... and more terrific media entrepreneurs.
Read more about these projects on the Journalism Innovation Medium page (https://medium.com/journalism-innovation).
Chat with the fellows one-on-one about their new initiatives. Each fellow will have a table where you can talk briefly with her/him individually.
To see the fellows' 4-minute live presentations, you're invited also to our public demo night on Wednesday, May 17th at 6:00pm (https://www.meetup.com/NYCEntrepreneurialMedia/events/238984100/).
Here are brief bios and startup summaries for the fellows. (http://bit.ly/ej17bios)
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Here's a peek at a recent showcase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QKDJvZ4xx8
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