Student, citizen join forces in rural news network

A small town in Montana since March has benefited from an innovative combination of a journalism student and a restaurant owner, in a project helped by the Institute for Interactive Journalism.

Check it out here -- http://www.j-newvoices.org/index.php/site/story_grantees06/western_breeze_montanas_rural_news_network/#spring

Meanwhile, the affiliated Knight-Batten Innovation Awards invite new proposals for funding, and there's two weeks to apply. For details, check out the J-Flash newsletter here -- http://www.j-lab.org/May29JFlash.html