2009 Finalists

To attract communities into conversations about local news by creating networks of online neighborhood forums.

To deepen knowledge of Colombia’s political leadership by creating a social network site that displays their biographies, related news and connections to other people and groups.

To create a new “front page” for a city by aggregating news and information and letting the crowd choose the order of headlines.

To deepen residents’ knowledge of local news by creating a web site that organizes blog entries, photos and videos by neighborhood.

To expand readership for youth news by attaching news stories to places where people congregate using geotags and smart phones.

To increase the volume and quality of reports on underserved Chicago neighborhoods by creating a news bureau that trains journalists and provides content on various platforms.

To collect and distribute the stories of a bilingual South Florida city through a mobile recording and listen station set up to look like a Cuban cafe.

To promote digital and news literacy by sending a mobile journalism lab to teach multimedia skills to low-performing Mississippi high schools.

To engage more New Yorkers in the key issues affecting their neighborhoods by hosting 25 interactive online discussions during the 2009 election season.

To encourage debate about the U.S. food supply through a game that invites players to address key barriers to a sustainable food system.