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Article: Midcoast news firm gets grant for $885K Village Soup to aid 'citizen journalism'

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May 24, 2007
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Maine's Village Soup, a Web- and newspaper-based news organization in midcoast Maine, was awarded $885,000 on Wednesday to build software designed to encourage "citizen journalism."

Village Soup was among the first-year winners of Knight News Challenge, announced at the Editor & Publisher/Mediaweek Interactive Media Conference and Trade Show in Miami.

The 25 winners will receive a total of $12 million in grants, according to a news release from Knight.

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation funded the contest with $25 million over five years. Its aim is to help lead journalism into its digital future.

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