On Wednesday, Knight Foundation participated in We Media’s NYC conference. (The day’s Twitter archive here.) Along with the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation, we sponsored  We Media’s PitchIt challenge. Eight projects competed for two $25,000 awards:

Clear Health Costs

FastCast

Longshot Media

Meridian Stories

Neighborhood Pages

NewsWar

Pando Projects

Stable Renters

I spent part of last Friday in a public speaking training session, so I kept a sharp eye on the presenters’ approach and style. I was impressed by all eight. In part, the quality pitches were the result of a coaching session WeMedia conducted the day before that matched each applicant with a mentor.

The day’s winners day were Milena Arciszewski with Pando Projects and Ben Stacks with Stable Renters. Congratulations to both.