“The Philadelphia Experiment” — The Nieman Lab looks at our new Project Liberty incubator

The Nieman Lab at Harvard took a nice look at the new incubator that SnipSnap has joined at the Philadelphia Inquirer. If you’re wondering why we’d take up residence inside a newspaper, and our previous post didn’t already give enough answers, Nieman’s article does a good job of summarizing why “Project Liberty” (as our new home is known) makes sense for both us and the Inky. For starters:

It’s like having a skunkworks without paying full retail price. In the media world, that’s a bonus considering the length of time it takes to recruit and build a team of developers, producers, and others who want to work in journalism.

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