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Announcing the next Knight News Challenge: Data
We’re excited to announce that the next Knight News Challenge will focus on data.
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Google Earth publishes community-created maps from Knight-funded Public Lab archive
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Knight News Challenge opens, seeking to accelerate media innovation
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El concurso de la Knight Foundation para subvencionar innovaciones en los medios de difusión anuncia los ganadores del 2011
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Knight Foundation media innovation contest announces 2011 winners
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Knight Foundation expands support for civic media at MIT
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Serbia confronts past, prosecutes war criminals using new digital archive
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NewsCloud to make Facebook-connected communities easy
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Knight Survey: Nearly Half of Federal Agencies Lag in Responding to FOIA Information Requests
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Open-Source Publishing Platform to be Developed by The Texas Tribune and The Bay Citizen
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Knight News Innovation Laboratory launches at Northwestern University
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Knight Foundation Supports Campaign for Justice when Journalists are Slain
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Impunity Project Review Shows Headway in Justice For Slain Latin American Journalists
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El Proyecto Contra la Impunidad se ha avanzado en la búsqueda de justicia para los periodistas asesinados en América Latina
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Premier Website for International Journalists Offers New Features and Chinese-language Service
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World Press Freedom Day to Be Celebrated In U.S., with Knight Funding
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Rutgers Breaks Ground on John S. and James L. Knight Early Learning Research Academy in Camden
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Knight Foundation Media Innovation Contest Opens For Entries
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Knight Foundation Announces $2 Million Grant from Google
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Networked Journalism Project Expands To Include Partnerships in Four New Cities
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5th Knight News Challenge To Open For Entries Oct. 25
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New Knight Grant Accelerates Digital Transformation Of Investigative Reporting Leader, Center for Public Integrity
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Student Reporters Team with Investigative Journalists on National Investigation of Transportation Safety
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Journalism Online Brings e-Commerce Platform to Nonprofit News Publishers
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International Multimedia Institute Launches in India
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Knight Foundation Announces Winners of 2010 News Challenge
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New Knight International Fellows to Increase Accountability and Transparency in the Developing World
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Brazilian Investigative Reporter and Indonesian Radio Pioneer Win Knight International Journalism Awards
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Digital Publisher New CEO of Investigative News Network
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Newest Knight Chair Focuses on Innovation in Digital Advertising
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Shorty Awards Announce Twitter Finalists and Category Sponsors
Knight Blog
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Announcing the next Knight News Challenge: Data
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Innovating philanthropy while innovating media: thoughts from the Knight News Challenge review
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Pilhofer: Definition of news and journalism interpreted more broadly than before
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Sharing and learning what's working in online journalism
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2011 Knight News Challenge winners discuss successes, road bumps and challenges
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Experts meet to review next round of #newschallenge apps
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Themes, surprises and outliers from 1000+ #newschallenge apps on Networks
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Knight News Challenge on networks - moving to the next round
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KnightApps.org: innovations you can use and build upon to inform and engage communities
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Helping people in Detroit shape their own media landscapes
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News Challenge on Networks wants your likes and reblogs
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Social media reporting project from Afghanistan set to debut as multi-media performance
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News Challenge Networks is closed, discussion continues
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News and tips as News Challenge on Networks draws to a close
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Knight News Challenge tip: do your research
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Knight at SXSW
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What’s in a name: Broad definition for “news” in Knight News Challenge
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Open preferred, not required in Knight News Challenge
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iWitness Aims to Aggregate News By Time and Place
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Get your #newschallenge questions answered
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Knight News Challenge on Networks opens: Your shot at a share of $5 million
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7 questions on the new Knight News Challenge application
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Not just open source: the four funding options for 2012 Knight News Challenge
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Announcing the Knight News Challenge: Networks
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Tools, tips and strategies for making media mobile
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Finding my people, new tools for journalism at Mozilla Fest
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How @documentcloud is turning documents into data
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@Zeega: Allowing people to collaboratively produce, curate and publish multimedia
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@pandaproject, a newsroom data app that provides a place to store, search and share data
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Highlights from last week’s Mozilla Festival
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What universities teaching journalism can do to remain relevant: create, innovate, collaborate & connect http://t.co/pf1L8sWX
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Seeking #innovation at home by learning abroad http://t.co/frEwlsR8 by @susanamat v @geeksonaplane#entrepreneurship
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RT @ibarguen: Dinner at the Barnes Philadelphia. http://t.co/tsWJIyOx
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The Three E's of Social Entrepreneurship & Why it Pays to be "Bilingual" http://t.co/bbQzhUMu #socent #AS2012 via @Ashoka
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MT @Poynter: Journalism schools should create "teaching hospitals," says @knightfdn's @ericnewton1: http://t.co/C8k9nM4s Worth weekend read
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#connect2compete gets started with inexpensive #broadband & digital tools in San Diego http://t.co/iywVzpQv via @andysherry
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.@NEAarts chairman blogs about his trip to #Macon & its Opera House: "it'd be the pride of any city" http://t.co/XgEAJsUQ v @knightmacon
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.@IrvineFdn discusses its approach to foundation-wide assessment http://t.co/Zappy8jp via @jonsotsky #philanthropy
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Challenging #journalism schools to adopt 'teaching hospital' model to create greater community engagement http://t.co/IP3I9W1Q v @NiemanLab
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Via @CitizenEffect: Results are in for @wdet @Detroit4Detroit $50k Airtime giveaway! http://t.co/3s1untE2 #Detroit cc @ModelD @MichiganCorps
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RT @andysherry: Games4change! RT @dthorman @knightfdn supported @communityplanit launches in Detroit. Off to great start wtih 1,000 players.
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.@mob_org is investing in hyperlocal, #millennial-led projects to increase civic engagement. What's your idea? http://t.co/ld8TctiT
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Bonsái, Chilean winner of Grand Prize in Knight Ibero-American Competition, opens commercially in Miami this weekend http://t.co/xBEKjvSt
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Detroit’s momentum in all things creative, civic & entrepreneurial is real, but there must be chances for it to grow http://t.co/Y7BLFIfT
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Strengthening a city's regional economy makes its neighborhoods better places to live, work & access opportunity http://t.co/fgFeHsR2
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RT @ibarguen: Amazing Lang Lang about to play an encore at Knight concert Hall, Miami. http://t.co/3LC73ayA
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Exploring creative #placemaking, its potential outcome problems & change theories http://t.co/ALf5Jr3y by @huffingtonpost ht @jonsotsky
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The digital age is most profound development since movable metal type brought age of mass communication - @EricNewton1 http://t.co/0pV86QS7
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RT @codeforamerica: Introducing Engagement Commons [beta]: Get your community civically engaged. http://t.co/VOOeCdeT #gov20 @CivComs
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RT @andysherry: #Journalism Reloaded: Why journalists should think about business models http://t.co/xwBorgtl via @ellnmllr
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RT @rsjaitly: Celebrating Detroit's entrepreneurial citizen philanthropists at @Detroit4Detroit's #CrankUpTheCause http://t.co/HE3WFSBN
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What's the next big thing in digital news #innovation? Find out 5/22 in Chicago http://t.co/g3BdRUjN via @paleycenter
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MT @Gallerist_NY: Tonight at 7:15 p.m. we'll be streaming Ragnar Kjartansson’s live performance from @mocanomi http://t.co/wou9kJjF
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Opening reception tonight @mocanomi with performance by Ragnar Kjartansson will be livestreamed. Tune in http://t.co/RI73xyN0 #arts
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Online platform & festival will connect wider community with a city's growing creative movement http://t.co/kObNS8JK #arts #innovation
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Africa's 1st #innovation contest to promote development of digital media products & innovations - now accepting apps http://t.co/j3qJTw2m
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A lot of folks have ideas around #dataviz #opendata #bigdata ... can't wait to see them in 2nd round of #newschallenge! http://t.co/Qs6Dttgm
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.@chuckleavell performs a Random Act of Culture™ in #Macon, surprises @NEAarts chairman & gives crowd goosebumps! http://t.co/jFtCInYk
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.@Fi2W, which provides training for ethnic media #journos, wins big at Ippies awards http://t.co/x8YBurJH by @lisawilliams cc @nycommtrust
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In St. Paul, light rail line to connect Twin Cities is making progress to strengthen local communities http://t.co/EcaSt1Lm via @pollytalen
Publications
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Center for Future Civic Media Assessment Report
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An Interim Review of the Knight News Challenge
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Crossroads Charlotte
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General Assessment Resources & Tools
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International Center for Journalists
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Drinking from The Firehoses at Future of News and Civic Media Conference 3.0
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Knight News Challenge: Casting the Net Wide for Innovation
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Media, Information and Communication Contests: An Analysis
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Public Insight Network (American Public Media)
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Community Media and Grant Makers Toolkit
In The News
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A quirky grass-roots effort supports an array of 'Awesome’ projects
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Beautiful visualisation tool transforms maps into works of art
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Awesome News Taskforce Detroit launches, awards first $1,000 micro-grant to the Detroit Journal
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New-media tools can bolster traditional journalism
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Knight News Challenge to run three times a year
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How to create your own aerial map
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Google Helps Journalists Make Data More Informative, And Beautiful
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The newsonomics of a single investigative story
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World Press Freedom Day 2011 Steering Committee Announces Event Sponsors
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Traffic-Mapping Tech Paints Picture of Post-Quake Japan
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When Unrest Stirs, Bloggers Are Already in Place
Featured Projects (3 of 73)
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To help journalists use text messages to reach and engage with rural communities.
Front Porch Forum
To create open-source software for neighborhood news
Printcasting
To enable individuals to create narrowly targeted, local niche publications with local advertising
About our Knight News Challenge strategy
In 2012, the Knight News Challenge, an international media innovation contest, is evolving – and will be offered three times, with three different topics. Each of the three rounds is a short, focused contest that better mirrors the pace of innovation. Anyone, anywhere can apply.
The first 2012 Challenge is centered on networks, and was open for applications Feb. 27 - March 17. It seeks projects that use the best of existing software and platforms – those already integrated into people’s lives – to find new ways to convey news and information. Winners will be announced in June.
The second round of the 2012 Challenge will be themed "Data" and has been announced to open May 31 through June 18.
The News Challenge is part of Knight Foundation’s $100 million plus Media Innovation Initiative, which seeks new ways to meet community information needs in the digital age. Over its first five years, Knight Foundation reviewed more than 12,000 applications and funded 76 projects for $27 million.
Winners have included leading Internet entrepreneurs, emerging media innovators and legacy newsrooms. Past projects have been adopted by large media organizations and are having an impact. DocumentCloud, which helps journalists analyze, annotate and publish original source documents, is being used by more than 200 newsrooms nationwide. Ushahidi has helped map information in crises from Haiti to Japan. hNews, a project by Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee and the Media Standards Trust, is also being used by more than 200 newsrooms including the Associated Press. It allows readers to see the source of information in online articles.
What’s your idea? Applications will be accepted for Round 2 later this year.
Staff
Michael Maness
VP/Journalism and Media Innovation
John Bracken
Dir/Journalism and Media Innovation
Chris Sopher
Journalism Program Associate
