The View features video reports and interviews produced by experienced 'backpack' journalists reporting from the UK, US and South Africa and is the only British site among four other US-based contenders.
Other finalists include the Greensboro Record's 'Town Square' initiative, which aims to create a space for readers' discussion and contribution about the community.
A panel of judges have chosen a $10,000 winner, a $2,000 second place and three $1,000 Awards of Distinction. Winners will be announced at the Batten Symposium in Washington DC on 12 September.
The symposium will feature a keynote discussion with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and Michael Kinsey, editorial and opinion editor at the LA Times, which recently ran an experiment with a publicly editable editorial item.
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