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Knight Foundation awards digital community news projects: The Knight Foundation is awarding $5.5 million to 16 different projects which won a content for transforming community news through digital technology, reports the WSJ, pointing out that a lot of the winners focused on mobile phones and mobile technology. “One clear thread among several of the 16 projects that were selected: A focus on mobile phones and mobile technology…One grant recipient, for instance, proposed a project to make it easier for cheap mobile phones to receive news feeds. Another wants to develop a voice database to let users access news by phone. Meanwhile, another award is going to two college students who want to create better tools for mobile editing

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