The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation--sponsor of the MIT Center for Future Civic Media--in June 2010 announced their 2010 Knight News Challenge winners. Together, these winners form another ground-breaking, visionary class of civic media developers, inventors, and entrepreneurs.  This is video of the announcement by Knight Foundation president Alberto Ibargüen, as introduced by the Center’s director Chris Csikszentmihályi. Please join us in congratulating the winners:. CityTracking, by Eric Rodenbeck, Stamen Design $400,000 To make municipal data easy to understand, CityTracking will allow users to create embeddable data visualizations that are appealing enough to spread virally and that are as easy to share as photos and videos. The Cartoonist, by Ian Bogost and Michael Mateas, Georgia Tech $378,000 To engage readers in the news, this project will create a free tool that produces cartoon-like current event games — the game equivalent of editorial cartoons. Local Wiki, by Philip Newstrom and Mike Ivanov $350,000 Based on the successful DavisWiki.org in Davis, Calif., this project will create enhanced tools for local wikis, a new form of media that makes it easy for people to learn and share their own unique community knowledge. WindyCitizen’s Real Time Ads, by Brad Flora, WindyCitizen.com $250,000 As a way to help online startups become sustainable, this project will develop an improved software interface to help sites create and sell what are known as real-time ads. GoMap Riga, by Marcis Rubenis and Kristofs Blaus, GoMap Riga $250,000 To inspire people to get involved in their community, this project will create a live, online map with local news and activities. Order in the Court 2.0, by John Davidow, WBUR $250,000 To foster greater access to the judicial process, this project will create a laboratory in a Boston courtroom to help establish best practices for digital coverage that can be replicated and adopted throughout the nation. ...