Leonard Witt posted an interview today with Knight Foundation consultant Mike Maidenberg on the new Knight Community Information Challenge.

Here’s an excerpt:

Leonard Witt: Tell me a little about the Knight Community Information Challenge, why is Knight involved and for what end?

Mike Maidenberg: Knight Foundation is deeply interested in how information flows in physical communities. We know the power of the web in specialized fields. What we are trying to understand and experiment with is how the web can be used to tie local communities together, with the newspaper a model from the past.

Read the entire article on PJNet, and find out more about the challenge on the official site.

What other questions do you have for Mike about the Community Information Challenge?