Placeblogger Relaunches; News Challenge Screeners In Town
Congratulations to Lisa Williams and her team on the relaunched Placeblogger site:
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…




November 17th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
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?
November 17th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
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–