Spread, a new method for connecting newsrooms and social media creators, wins grand prize in Student Innovation Competition

The Reynolds Journalism Institute awarded $13,500 in prizes Thursday to the top three teams in its annual Student Innovation Competition, which focused this year on creating collaborative partnerships between news organizations and social media creators.

The grand prize of $10,000 went to Lauren Harris, a graduate student at Columbia University. Harris created Spread, a model for connecting social media creators and newsrooms at live journalism events — in this case, listening tours held by statewide newsroom New York Focus.

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