The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced today the first winners of an unusual contest to foster blogs and other digital efforts that seek to bring together residents of a city or town in ways that local newspapers historically have done.
The foundation awarded $12-million to universities, nonprofit Internet sites, bloggers, and companies. The largest grant — $5-million — went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to build a Center for Future Civic Media, which will develop new technologies and practices to help newspapers attract readers as a greater number of Americans use the Internet as their primary news source.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy has the complete story.
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