Highlighting innovation which helps people use media to solve problems, improve their lives, connect with others and become active citizens is the goal of the re-named Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism, administered by J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism at the University of Maryland. Prizes ranging from $10,000 to $1,000 are awarded annually and are funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
The awards program at the University of Maryland recognizes the creative use of new ideas that help people use news and information to become active citizens and members of their communities
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