One wants to build a database for public records. Another plans to launch street-corner newscasts. A third wants to develop a tool to turn numbers into something more visually exciting than charts. They are among the projects getting parts of the $5.1 million that the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is disbursing to push the envelope on community reporting. It’s the third year of the foundation’s five-year, $25 million Knight News Challenge, an international contest to fund digital news projects. See the other six winners after the jump
— MediaBugs: $335,000 for a neutral independent site where the public can report, track, discuss and fix errors in news coverage.
— Councilpedia: $250,000 goes to the NYC-centric public policy site Gotham Gazette, which will add a feature looking at local legislators
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