2009 Finalists

Front Porch Forum

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

The Friends of My Friends Are My Friends

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.

Windy Citizen

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

Terradax

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

Virtual Newsstands

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

Chicago Neighborhood News Bureau

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.

StoryCafe

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.

Mississippi Digital Destination News Initiative

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

Town Hall Online

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

My Local Foodshed

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