The Lenfest Institute was created through a philanthropic donation from media tycoon Gerry Lenfest, gifted alongside his ownership of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Editorial and digital strategy manager Joseph Lichterman explains what that has meant.
Archive for category: Media labs
The Media Archaeology Lab: letting people discover different possibilities for innovation
Since 2009, the Media Archaeology Lab in at the University of Colorado, Boulder, has been welcoming students and the public to get their hands on the not-latest media technologies to help them ask different questions about innovation.
VRT Sandbox: leading the way on startup and media collaboration in Europe
VRT is the public-service broadcaster for Belgium's Flemish community - but it also welcomes startups and scaleups through its doors with the promise of experience, exposure and even, perhaps, becoming an international export
Altinget: robot, engagement and constructive political journalism innovation
Altinget is building engaged communities around politics across Denmark and Sweden - and making money from it to experiment.
MediaLab EAFIT: Colombian perspective on media innovation
Media innovation methodologies are often created in well-developed media markets, but do they function equally well in different contexts around the world? We spoke to a Colombian university media lab to find out how it approaches its innovation projects.