Congress has cut federal funding for public media — a $3.4 million loss for LAist. We count on readers like you to protect our nonprofit newsroom. Become a monthly member and sustain local journalism.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
L.A. Startups NeighborGoods and Tiziano Project Win Awards at SXSW
LA Tech's finest represent at SXSW Interactive in 2009. (Photo by JD Lasica via flickr)
()
LA Tech's finest represent at SXSW Interactive in 2009. (Photo by JD Lasica via flickr)
Los Angeles represented in a big way at SXSW 2011 in the film, music, and gaming world -- no surprise there (both The Roxy and The Echo hosted parties in Austin last night). But this week two locally-based startups were recognized for their ability to use the internet as a tool for action and a community resource for social change.
NeighborGoods, where you can safely trade or share stuff with your neighbors, was a finalist in SXSW Accelerator, a three-day competition in which 32 startups strut their stuff before an expert panel. As a finalist, NeighborGoods received the coveted Bootstrap Award, given to the startup that does the most with the fewest resources.
"It was really exciting to present NeighborGoods in the Accelerator Finals at SXSW," said NeighborGoods CEO, Micki Krimmel. "It was a great opportunity to share our vision and to get feedback from the smartest folks in the business. To be chosen as one of only five companies to receive an award is a huge honor!"
Support for LAist comes from
You can congratulate NeighborGoods and at this Kickstarter page and you can also join the LAist group on NeighborGoods, currently sharing dozens of items.
Tiziano Project won the award for Best Activism website at the SXSW Interactive Awards for its Kurdistan 360 site. The SXSWi awards recognize websites in 17 categories that launched or were redesigned in the past year. It's basically the Oscars for online media... without the gift bags. Consider some of this year's winners: Team CoCo (Social Media); The Arcade Fire's The Wilderness Downtown interactive video (Music); The Johnny Cash Project (Art).
()
Tiziano Project's "360 Kurdistan" won the 2011 SXSW Interactive Award for Best Activism website
Tiziano Project was founded to provide tools and guidance to enable aspiring citizen journalists in post-conflict regions to tell their stories. The award-winning 360 Kurdistan is a beautiful example of the power providing post-conflict nations and war-torn societies to access to the latest storytelling tools and technologies. It's heavy stuff. Time Magazine referred to the project as one of "the most meaningful wins of the night," making citizen journalism "simple and profound."
Tiziano founder Andrew McGregor called the win a "capstone for community journalism and the contributions, collaborations, and sacrifices of thousands of people spanning three continents that have helped forge the organization into what it is today."
Check out the rest of our SXSW 2011 coverage!
As Editor-in-Chief of our newsroom, I’m extremely proud of the work our top-notch journalists are doing here at LAist. We’re doing more hard-hitting watchdog journalism than ever before — powerful reporting on the economy, elections, climate and the homelessness crisis that is making a difference in your lives. At the same time, it’s never been more difficult to maintain a paywall-free, independent news source that informs, inspires, and engages everyone.
Simply put, we cannot do this essential work without your help. Federal funding for public media has been clawed back by Congress and that means LAist has lost $3.4 million in federal funding over the next two years. So we’re asking for your help. LAist has been there for you and we’re asking you to be here for us.
We rely on donations from readers like you to stay independent, which keeps our nonprofit newsroom strong and accountable to you.
No matter where you stand on the political spectrum, press freedom is at the core of keeping our nation free and fair. And as the landscape of free press changes, LAist will remain a voice you know and trust, but the amount of reader support we receive will help determine how strong of a newsroom we are going forward to cover the important news from our community.
Please take action today to support your trusted source for local news with a donation that makes sense for your budget.
Thank you for your generous support and believing in independent news.
Chip in now to fund your local journalism
(
LAist
)
Trending on LAist
-
With less to prove than LA, the city is becoming a center of impressive culinary creativity. -
Nearly 470 sections of guardrailing were stolen in the last fiscal year in L.A. and Ventura counties.
-
Monarch butterflies are on a path to extinction, but there is a way to support them — and maybe see them in your own yard — by planting milkweed.
-
With California voters facing a decision on redistricting this November, Surf City is poised to join the brewing battle over Congressional voting districts.
-
The drug dealer, the last of five defendants to plead guilty to federal charges linked to the 'Friends' actor’s death, will face a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison.
-
The weather’s been a little different lately, with humidity, isolated rain and wind gusts throughout much of Southern California. What’s causing the late-summer bout of gray?
Best of LAist