This post is one in a series on what four community and place-based foundations are learning by funding media projects that help to meet their local information needs. All are funded through the Knight Community Information Challenge. Photo credit above: Kevin Bain. A video previously posted has been removed. One year in, four foundations participating […]
Article · October 27, 2015 by Steve Outing
Photo: Over 5,000 people attended the 2015 Community Picnic in downtown Wisconsin Rapids on the bank of the Wisconsin River. Photo by Tim Habeck via Incourage. This post is one in a series on what four community and place-based foundations are learning by funding media projects that help to meet their local information needs. All […]
Article · September 16, 2015 by Steve Outing
Livestreaming the ADA 25 Chicago launch. The Chicago Community Trust is lead supporter of the event. Photo by Daniel X. O’Neil. This post is one in a series on what four community and place-based foundations are learning by funding media projects that help to meet their local information needs. All are funded through the Knight […]
Article · August 31, 2015 by Steve Outing
Photo credit: Daniel Bayer for Aspen Institute This post has been updated. What will your local public library look like in the future? A digital-age gathering place that’s still a monument to the printed page? Perhaps shed of its physical walls and transformed into a virtual library, accessed by patrons from their homes, businesses or […]
Article · August 17, 2015 by Steve Outing
This post is one in a series on what four community and place-based foundations are learning by funding media projects that help to meet their local information needs. All are funded through the Knight Community Information Challenge. Alas, there’s not a solid blueprint for creating informed communities in the digital age. Addressing the news and […]
Article · August 12, 2015 by Steve Outing
Video: Michelle Ha Tucker, Library Innovation by Design. Photo of man studying by Chris Devers on Flickr. “We used to know how to know. We got our answers from books or experts. … In the Internet age, knowledge has moved onto networks. There’s more knowledge than ever, but it’s different. Topics have no boundaries, and […]
Article · August 11, 2015 by Steve Outing
This post is one in a series on what four community and place-based foundations are learning by funding media projects that help to meet their local information needs. All are funded through the Knight Community Information Challenge. More business experiments from Dodge micrograntees: ● MorristownGreen: Developing an events strategy; relaunching a film festival; starting to […]
Article · August 4, 2015 by Steve Outing
KCIC Deep Dive presentations: Design thinking and learning together. From left; Susan Patterson, Co-Director, KCIC, Knight Foundation, moderator, Dan X. O’Neil, Chicago Community Trust/Smart Chicago Collaborative, Kelly Ryan, CEO, Incourage Community Foundation, Chris Daggett, President & CEO, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D., CEO, Silicon Valley Community Foundation during the Knight Foundation’s […]
Article · May 20, 2015 by Steve Outing
Digital futurist Amy Webb at the 2015 Media Learning Seminar in Miami. Photo by Patrick Farrell. When digital media futurist Amy Webb gives a presentation on what’s about to impact the media world, the audience often is split: Some folks are inspired by the possibilities of technologies disrupting our lives, while others don’t want to […]
Article · May 19, 2015 by Steve Outing
From left; Michelle Srbinovich, General Manager WDET 101.9FM, Vincent Duffy, News Director, Michigan Radio, Stephen Henderson, Editorial Page Editor, Detroit Free Press, John Bebow, President and CEO, Center for Michigan, Chastity Pratt Dawsey, Reporter, Bridge Magazine, The Center for Michigan and Jennifer Preston, VP, Journalism, Knight Foundation, moderator for the panel: The State of Community […]
Article · May 18, 2015 by Steve Outing
Experimental Modes Convening at The Chicago Trust on April 4. Photo by Daniel X O’Neil on Flickr. This post is one in a series on what four community and place-based foundations are learning by funding media projects that help to meet their local information needs. All are funded through the Knight Community Information Challenge. Perhaps […]
Article · April 29, 2015 by Steve Outing