MSNBC, a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC, released a website today — “The Elkhart Project,” which is “focusing long-term coverage on Elkhart, Ind.”  Visit the links below:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29883955

Who needs Google Street View?  Visit this interactive map of downtown Elkhart:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29900812

Additionally, meet the eight journalists who have been assigned to the area:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30075986/

The Truth, Elkhart newspaper, is benefiting from some reproductions of original reporting.  Most notably, Marlys Weaver, a junior, had her contributions noted in a byline at the end of this article:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29617742/