Daily Planet wins Knight-Batten Award
$1,000 Wild Card Award: Twin Cities Daily Planet
“It targets so many fragmented city groups and helps them to connect.”
-2006 Knight-Batten Judges
This community news Web site aggregates the best work of more than 35 local community news organizations covering a wide array of cultures and communities in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Independent citizen journalists also write articles for the site, which is updated daily. The effort fills a gap in mainstream reporting, gives voices to community members, allows local media to share stories and resources and encourages citizen journalism.
TCMA thanks its generous funders
The Twin Cities Media Alliance thanks its generous funders: The Saint Paul Foundation ($40,000), The McCormick Tribune Foundation ($40,000), The Minneapolis Foundation ($50,000), The McKnight Foundation ($30,000), Otto Bremer Foundation ($20,000), Triangle Park Creative ($25,000 in-kind) Still Not Satisfied Foundation ($10,000), the New Voices program at the University of Maryland’s J-Lab, and the individuals who have contributed to TCMA.