Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy

To analyze issues of Internet unity, governance and structure and propose strategies to increase global Internet freedom

Macon Journalism Collaborative

For a planning grant to determine the feasibility of establishing a Journalism Collaborative between Mercer University, The Telegraph and Georgia Public Broadcasting

Community News Commons

For Community News Commons, a grassroots project to engage, mentor, train and empower citizen journalists

CitizenAtlas

For CitizenAtlas, a digital tool to help real people tell real stories based off of public data

Charlottesville Tomorrow

To add an engagement editor to the successful Charlottesville Tomorrow hyper-local news site

Detroit Urban Innovation Exchange

For the Impact Project

Grow Citizen Journalism

For the Grow Citizen Journalism Project to engage diverse communities in environmental information and action using mobile media tools, targeted messaging, and training in citizen journalism

Colorado Data Commons

For Colorado Data Commons to take public data and make it easy for citizens to access and use

Mobile Vote App

For a mobile voter app, to connect Latinos to voter registration information

TheNewsOutlet.org

For the TheNewsOutlet.org, a multimedia investigative journalism project run by college students and professional editors

Dakotafire Media

For Dakotafire Media, an alliance of journalists from 29 rural community newspapers who will share a virtual newsroom to improve coverage of regional issues

Increasing rural access to information

To increase access to information on jobs, technology and entrepreneurship in rural communities