By: E&P Staff The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is making a $390,000 grant to four online community news sites allowing for more staff and the expansion of coverage.
The four sites are the following: MinnPost, Voice of San Diego, Chi-town Daily News, and the St. Louis Beacon.
"As the news industry cuts costs by reducing staff -- including local reporters -- citizens are receiving less of the news they need to lead informed lives and hold their governments accountable," Gary Kebbel, the Knight Foundation's journalism program director, said in a statement. "These young online-only sites help fill the void and offer the information needed to make decisions."
The investment is part of the foundation's efforts to find new models for delivering news and information. So far, the Knight Foundation has made $100 million in grants including the Knight News Challenge, the annual contest hosted to find the most innovative ideas for information delivery and exchange and a high-level commission examining national media policy.
?As resources devoted to serious journalism shrink, Knight Foundation has been a leader in encouraging innovators and entrepreneurs to create new forms and business models,? Joel Kramer, editor and CEO of MinnPost.com, said in a statement. ?Knight made a major grant to help MinnPost.com launch a year ago, and we?re honored to receive this second grant along with these other exciting local sites.?
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