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Law Street Media

Law Street Media Takes Millennials Deeper Into...

Driving young audiences to legal and policy news is the core strategy of Law Street, a DC-based startup.

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Grasswire: the Future of Crowdsourcing News?

Grasswire helps people discover verified first-hand information from social media in real time.

Incubate offers a time-delay messaging service that could be used for storytelling.

Incubate: Time-Delayed ‘Messages with Meaning’

Incubate Messenger lets people send messages up to 25 years into the future. Think about the storytelling possibilities.

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Beacon: A Journey in Crowdfunding Journalism

Beacon is exploring ways to use crowdfunding to support journalists, including an unusual subscription model that involves revenue-sharing among...

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Funny or Die News Seeks Balance of...

The brains behind the Funny or Die viral video website are branching into comedic news with a new offering...

BYT office

Inside the Office Space: What New Media...

AJR takes a look at the office spaces of several news startups located in Washington, D.C.

Home page of Sputnik one day after launch.

Sputnik: Russian Propaganda With Some Fluff

Russia is building a new global propaganda media platform it calls Sputnik.

Talkhouse editor-in-chief Michael Azerrad (left) and site co-founder Ian Wheeler (right)

How The Talkhouse is Turning Music Criticism...

Music critics need not apply: Music reviews on The Talkhouse are written by other artists.

"H Street NE DC Flag" by Mr.TinDC (CC)

‘The Hill is Home': It’s All in...

The Hill is Home is published out of love for the community of Capitol Hill.

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Telling the Story of a Culture Through...

Roads & Kingdoms eschews traditional hard news at the international level and focuses instead on the stories of people...

ASCII portrait of Brian Krebs of KrebsonSecurity.org.

How a Reporter Broke the Target Security...

“Working with Brian was like a daily dose of paranoia. He would always do the scariest stuff,” a former...

College food is about more than french fries, according to the founders of Spoon University.

College Isn’t Just About the Food, It’s...

Food is important to college students but when they leave the dining hall behind, they often don't know what...