Inspired by <a href="http://public.web.cern.ch/public/en/lhc/lhc-en.html" target="_blank">the principles of the Hadron Collider</a>, we think of the Journalism Accelerator, or JA, as a particle accelerator. The particles for JA = community members with knowledge across the many forms of journalism and outside areas of expertise that can help inform the industry across areas. Areas like policy, education, civic engagement, technology in application, business, and non-profit grass roots organizing. By bringing all of this knowledge together, the community is able to more efficiently source, find, solve and share essential information.