Global Voices Finalist for Knight-Batten Award

Berkman Center's citizen media project, Global Voices, is one of seven finalists for the 2006 Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism:

Seven pioneering initiatives that created novel audience participation opportunities, developed new ways to present information and opened the doors to unprecedented transparency are the finalists in this year's Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. "The hallmark of this year's entries was the use of basic technology to add value to the process of journalism and not just the packaging," said Jan Schaffer, executive director of J-Lab, which administers the awards program. "Again and again, we saw how technology added significant value to information, extended the usefulness of databases, and gave new opportunities for citizens to participate in gathering, reporting, analyzing and mediating the news."

The Knight-Batten Awards spotlight the creative use of new information ideas and technologies to involve citizens in public issues. They are administered by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland.  For more information, check out the press release here.