Reese News Lab has long been known as a place where media students learn how to apply design thinking to the challenge of developing new products that are desirable, sustainable and feasible. For the last three years, with funding from the Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media, the Read more…
After spending the weekend in Reno at the J-School Hackathon, I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel that is a semester in the Reese News Lab.
My experiences at the Lab have taught me important lessons about being creative, researching, asking questions and testing different ideas.
We’ve received feedback and changed our pitch around while getting ready for Pitch Day.
Our team started looking into more in-depth research. We split our team into different categories to investigate more efficiently.
It’s rare to think of a great idea in a day. It’s okay to have to start over.
I made a sale, and lived to tell about it.
At Reese News Lab’s fifth Pitch Day, teams present solutions to problems associated with local news, youth engagement, technology and international corruption.
America Media Corps makes a big decision ahead of Pitch Day.