Knight Foundation Awards $12-Million for Digital News Projects

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced this month the first winners of an unusual contest to foster blogs and other digital efforts that seek to bring together residents of a city or town in ways that local newspapers historically have done.

The foundation awarded $12-million to universities, nonprofit Web sites, bloggers, and companies.

The 25 Knight News Challenge winners were announced at Editor & Publisher's and Mediaweek's digital news

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