$11m aims to foster a new digital 'fifth estate'
Handful in region get grants for proposals in citizen journalism
The future of journalism is in your hands. That was the message yesterday as the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation handed out more than $11 million in prize money to various bloggers and computer programmers, and organizations ranging from MIT to MTV, for proposals that will empower ordinary people to participate in digital media. (Full article: 662 words)
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