Congratulations Jake Shapiro. PRX StoryMarket $75,000 Knight Foundation 2010 News Challenge Winner

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PRX StoryMarket: Knight Foundation 2010 News Challenge Winner

Award: $75,000

Winner: Jake Shapiro, PRX

Web URL: www.prx.org

Twitter: @jakeshapiro

Location: Boston, Mass.

Summary:

Building on the software created by 2008 challenge winner Spot.us, this project will allow anyone to pitch and help pay to produce a story for a local public radio station. When the amount is raised (in small contributions), the station will hire a professional journalist to do the report. The project provides a new way for public radio stations to raise money, produce more local content and engage listeners.

Bio:

Jake Shapiro is CEO of PRX, The Public Radio Exchange, an online marketplace connecting stations, producers and the public. Since its launch in 2003, PRX has been a leading innovator in public media, pioneering new digital distribution models and social media applications. In 2008, PRX received the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions. Prior to joining PRX, Shapiro was associate director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, where he remains on the Fellows Advisory Board. Shapiro is also an independent musician and has recorded and performed on guitar and cello with numerous groups, most frequently with original rock band Two Ton Shoe.

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