Coaches will help shape $5 million ideas

Miami (August 7, 2008) — Fifty coaches are standing by online to help innovative thinkers apply for the Knight News Challenge, a $5 million-a-year contest to move journalism into the 21^st Century. The coaches — made up of past jurors and winners — will give News Challenge hopefuls a better chance of winning up to $5 million in prizes annually. They also hope to attract a more diverse range of ideas.

LAS VEGAS — CNN.com today accepted the Knight News Innovation EPpy for its interactive, international, engaging and effective web site. The award, announced as part of the EPpy Awards ceremony at the Interactive Media Conference & Tradeshow, is sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Award recipients include World Wide Web Inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee

LAS VEGAS — Sixteen ideas to fund innovative digital projects around the world were awarded $5.5 million dollars today from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web, accepted one of the awards for a project that will create a technology to give users more information about the origins and sourcing of digital content.

This PDF is a handy guide to all the winners for 2008 and 2007.

MIAMI - Minnesota Public Radio today won the first Knight News Innovation EPpy for its Public Insight Network project, an innovative system for involving radio listeners in the news-gathering process. The award was announced at the EPpy award ceremony at the Interactive Media Conference & Tradeshow and is sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.