Front Porch Forum

To create open-source software for neighborhood news

Stroome

To create a popular open source online collaborative video-editing platform

CitySeed

To create a mobile community-engagement application

CityTracking

To build a web service and open source tools to display public data in easy-to-understand, highly visual ways

GoMap Riga

To create map based social network where people can browse news and engage in civic action through an online local community map

Local Wiki

To create an easy-to-use open source "wiki" platform tailored to the needs of local communities

NowSpots

To develop open-source software allowing "real-time advertising" that can be updated at any time by local business using social media

One-Eight

To interactively chronicle the new uses of social media by the military

Order in the Court 2.0

To clearly show how modern technology can increase access to the courts with a pilot in the Quincy District Court in Massachusetts

PRX StoryMarket

To create StoryMarket, a crowd-funding platform for public radio, so citizens can pay for the professional production of stories they would like to see in the news

The Cartoonist

To help journalists tell stories through games

TileMill 2.0 (aka Tilemapping)

To build a suite of open-source tools that local media can use to make custom, embeddable hyper-local maps