The Journalism Innovation Lab creates innovation initiatives to develop the products, practices and people of the industry’s future. Contact Dr. Amanda Bright, director of the Journalism Innovation Lab, with questions.
NOTE: You should go to Handshake to apply for any of the Innovation Lab or Writing Lab programs.
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- Digital Natives pairs UGA journalism students with newsrooms to help local news organizations accomplish specific digital goals. Apply as a student or Georgia news organization for the one-week program in early January. Apply through the Digital Natives website.
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Journalism Innovation Fellows partner with professional organizations to dive deep into product creation, strategy or emerging practice or research with local news organizations and stations, through Georgia Association of Broadcasters. We also have teams that compete within the Reynolds Journalism Institute Innovation Competition. Students should apply through Handshake, and interested news organizations can email
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- The Journalism Innovation Lab hosts Skills in Sixty, lunch sessions to jumpstart journalism knowledge, and Hackathons, 90-minute collaborations to ‘hack the code’ behind emerging journalism trends. Follow the Cox Institute social media accounts (Facebook or Twitter) for details on upcoming events.
The Journalism Innovation Lab's fall 2021 Hackathon tackled information disorder.
