News Related Technologies Finalists

• Crowdmap
• Orlando, FL 
• crowdmap.com
• Crowdmap is a web-based service that allows anyone to create live maps using information pulled from SMS, Twitter and other social media sources. Crowdmap operators categorize and visualize this data on an interactive map and timeline. Crowdmap is a service supported by the non-profit tech company, Ushahidi.
• DocumentCloud
• New York, NY
• documentcloud.org
• DocumentCloud is a catalog of primary source documents and a tool for annotating, organizing and publishing them on the web. Documents are contributed by journalists, researchers and archivists. We’re helping reporters get more out of documents and helping newsrooms make their online presence more engaging.
• Localocracy
• Salem, MA
• localocracy.org
• Localocracy is an online town common, where registered voters using real names can vote, comment, and learn about their local issues. We license our platform to media partners to help them improve hyper-local coverage and are currently working with the Boston Globe.
• MuckRock
• Somerville, MA
• muckrock.com
• MuckRock is the reporting tool that helps anyone legally get, share and analyze government documents, from internal e-mails and police reports to local statistics and reports. We’ve helped break stories on immigration, spending and more, powered by a community of professional and amateur journalists.
• Participatory Politics Foundation
• New York, NY
• participatorypolitics.org
• The Participatory Politics Foundation is a 501©3 non-profit organization. We make free & open-source software for civic engagement. Our flagship project is OpenCongress.org. Our next major effort is OpenGovernment.org, bringing transparency to any level of government: state, city, local, international, and more.
• OWNI
• Paris, France
• owni.fr
• OWNI is your gateway to media innovation. Based in Paris, OWNI both cover and monetize innovation with a social media featuring the best ideas on the digital age and with our webagency designing beautiful WordPress sites and datavis.
• Storify
• San Francisco, CA
• storify.com
• Storify is building the future of storytelling, enabling journalists, bloggers or anyone to tell stories from social media by assembling Tweets, photos and videos. We help readers find meaning amid the noise of social media.
• YAPPER-Your APP makER by SachManya
• Sunnyvale, CA
• yapperapps.com
• SachManya’s YAPPER-Your APP makER, an easy to use web based service, enables media organizations and publishers of books, magazines, newspapers and many more to quickly & affordably build interactive mobile applications for iOS, Android & Blackberry devices and sell their premium content within these apps without writing a single line of code!