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The theme is crowdsourcing

By: Meera Pal

Posted: Sept. 14, 2010 | Tags: JLab, Knight-Batten Awards, Sunlight Foundation

For all that's been said about the impending doom of the Internet's impact on journalism, today's Knight-Batten awrds luncheon at the Newseum was an example of all the good — no, great — that has come from online innovation.

The awards recognize the best efforts to encourage public participation in the news-gathering process, and this year's winners were the best of the best in crowdsourcing and open government.

As Ellen Miller, co-founder of the Sunlight Foundation, said during the luncheon "Open data encourages increased civic discourse."

Sunlight Foundation co-founder Ellen Miller speaks about open government at the 2010 ...

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