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November 14, 2008

Placeblogger Relaunches; News Challenge Screeners In Town

Filed under: Community Information Challenge, Journalism Program, Macon, News Challenge, Video — Kristen Taylor @ 12:56 pm

Congratulations to Lisa Williams and her team on the relaunched Placeblogger site:

Placeblogger.com relaunches

Placeblogger is a 2007 Knight News Challenge winner (the $5 million yearly contest to fund innovative ideas in local news delivery).

The 2008 Knight News Challenge Screening Team is in Miami today to work through all of your great applications. Here’s some of the energy in the room today:

Just some of our incredible team of screeners led by Susan Mernit: Debi Jones, Brian Oberkirch, Andrew Hyde, George Kelly, Chris Messina, Beth Kanter, Rosental Alves, Dianne Lynch, Joyce Barnathan…

2 Responses to “Placeblogger Relaunches; News Challenge Screeners In Town”

  1. Lisa WilliamsNo Gravatar Says:

    Hi, Knightfolk!

    I owe you, I dunno, a fruitbasket, and maybe some nonvital organs. But most of all, I have to figure out some way to download the knowledge to you. Let’s talk soon, k?

  2. Kristen TaylorNo Gravatar Says:

    Sounds great, Lisa. Can we do a video conversation for Pulse where you can talk about how the new version of Placeblogger is different, what you’ve learned, and what’s next?

    I think we’d all love to know–

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