AUDIO: Knight News Challenge winners describe their projects

More than 20 winners of a total of $5 million in first-year grants from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation told their stories briefly as the Online News Association annual meeting got underway on Wednesday (Oct. 17) in Toronto.

Knight Foundation program officer Gary Kebbel moderated the session. The winners in the "Knight 21st Century News Challenge" competion.  (EARLIER STORY) Kebbel said the foundation received more than 3,000 applications by the closing on Monday of a electronic-filing deadline for contenters for another at least $5 million in awards designed to encourage innovation in technology and platforms for journalism which connects cyberspace to physical place and advances communities.

Listen to the audio stream (1 hour, 33 minutes) by clicking on the right carat below; or download an audio podcast (MP3 -- 45 MB)