The 2018 Local Media Association National Innovation Mission kicked off on Sunday in New York City with a presentation from the Lenfest Institute for Journalism. You can keep up with all of the action on our special web site.
Here are some of the Tweets from the kick off session. Follow the action on Twitter at #LMAIM
This group looks great
#LMAIM has begun! What a great group! pic.twitter.com/lt7SVncb95
— Local Media Assoc. (@LocalMediaAssoc) May 20, 2018
We’re getting this party started
Let’s get it started! Opening kickoff & sharing of goals among Innovation Mission attendees. @stephanieslagle #LMAIM pic.twitter.com/WFoUOwFuym
— Jed Williams (@williamsjed) May 20, 2018
Here’s Lenfest’s mission statement
Learning about the work of @lenfestinst during the opening kickoff #LMAIM. Love the mission! pic.twitter.com/3mKbldKoXr
— Nancy Lane (@localmediarocks) May 20, 2018
Lenfest doing some great work
Really great work going on at @lenfestinst Director of Innovative Projects @burtherman sharing now w/ #LMAIM attendees pic.twitter.com/BR4pV4jZVc
— Nancy Lane (@localmediarocks) May 20, 2018
Some great grants are available, Lenfest shared a few
@lenfestinst‘s @burtherman mentioning some compelling innovation grants for journalism orgs, large & small: News Revenue Hub, @GetVigilant @ProjectFacet @resolvephilly Report for America. Also shout-outs to interesting data initiatives at @Hoodline @banjo #lmaim
— Jed Williams (@williamsjed) May 20, 2018
Lenfest is backing the Facebook Local News Subscription Accelerator
@lenfestinst is backing the Facebook Local News Subscription Accelerator. We’ll get the download tomorrow from @iJoshMabry. Here’s a recent update from participants: https://t.co/cLgJylLd46 #lmaim
— Jed Williams (@williamsjed) May 20, 2018