NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Seattle, WA, United States, 08/26/2008 - Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation grants the International Debate Education Association $30,000 for the further development of Debatepedia in 2009.

The grant marks a major stride for Debatepedia and its mission.

The Foundation and Debatepedia share a common mission to address a challenge in the journalism industry: “Public debates” around the world are typically scattered across hundreds of newspapers, magazines, journals, and other web resources. This makes it very difficult for citizens, leaders, and journalists to effectively weigh pro and con arguments in public debates and draw full, rational conclusions. Debatepedia uses open-source technology to centralize these public debates from around the world into a comprehensive encyclopedia of pro and con arguments and expert opinions with the goal of aiding in informed citizen discussion and decision-making.

Ethics and Excellence in Journalism President Bob Ross says, “The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation is proud to support Debatepedia. The site is innovative, informative and provides a great resource for journalists and citizens alike.”

Debatepedia founder Brooks Lindsay says, "Debatepedia adopts a model that maximizes the ability of citizens and leaders to deliberate on complicated debates. Modern media and the journalism industry are doing a very poor job of fostering such citizen-deliberations at present. It is a disconnect that is tragic in modern democracies and that Debatepedia intends to solve."

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