CMS Upload Utility

To create a quick way to convert and load multiple newspaper files to a Web site

City Circles

To develop new, open source software allowing commuters using a new light rail route in downtown Phoenix to get news and information

Councilpedia

To create Councilpedia, a web project that will help Gotham Gazette expand coverage of New York lawmakers by tapping into what the public knows

Data Visualization Tools

To create open source tools that make community news and information easy to visualize

DocumentCloud

To create a public, easily searchable index of original source documents on the Web

MediaBugs

To develop a service to allow users to better report, track and resolve errors, issues and problems in news coverage

Mobile Media Toolkit

To advance the use of mobile technology to produce and distribute news and information

Ushahidi

To develop a web site, map and timeline to organize and display citizen reports from large news events

Virtual Street Corners

To use video reports of two different neighborhoods to spur civic conversation

Community Radio in India

To use the latest software and computer-based FM transmitters to reduce the cost of creating rural radio stations

PBS MediaShift IdeaLab Bloggers

To speed digital news innovation by adding three new bloggers to the "idea lab" within the PBS MediaShift web site

Reporting On

To create a social networking tool to help reporters use one another as resources, to identify trends and to add context to their own work