Photo credit: Michael D. Bolden. As half of your Facebook feed has already mentioned, it’s time again for SXSW. And like always, we’re heading back to Austin to meet with grantees, attend some inspiring panels, and eat our weight in barbecue.   

Here are some of the places where you can find us:

Knight News Challenge Open Office Hours

Chat with the Knight team and find out more about the Knight News Challenge to fund innovative ideas that strengthen the internet for free expression and innovation.

The Driskill hotel bar | 604 Brazos St., Austin, Texas 78701

• Saturday, March 8: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. CT
• Sunday, March 9: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. CT
• Monday, March 10: 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. CT

Knight News Challenge applications are due at 5 p.m. ET, March 18.

Knight Foundation Expo Booth

Want to check out Knight-funded projects and hear more about Knight? Be sure to stop by our Expo booth, March 9-12, where our grantees are invited to use the space as a meeting place for demoing their projects.  

Austin Convention Center – Booth No. 235

500 E. Cesar Chavez St., Austin, Texas 78701

Be sure to view our schedule to find out when these projects will be holding office hours at our booth:

• Crisis Text Line
• DataJuncture
• FOIA Machine
• FoodBorne Chicago
• Hollaback
• Keepr
• Open Humans Network
• Public Lab
• TKOH
• Videolicious

On Saturday, March 8, Knight Foundation, MIT Media Lab, and Medium will hold a demo fair and gathering.

The Parish | 214 E. Sixth St., Austin, Texas 78701

Saturday, March 8

7 p.m. – 10 p.m. CT

RSVP at http://sxsw2014demofair.eventbrite.com

The Texas Tribune, The Washington Post  and Knight Foundation Video Accountability Happy Hour

Stop by for drinks and snacks with Knight Foundation,  The Washington Post and The Texas Tribune and find out more about video accountability.  

The happy hour will feature discussions and demos from:

• The Texas Tribune’s Livestreaming
• The Washington Post’s Truth Teller
• Videolicious

The North Door | 502 Brushy St., Austin, TX 78702

Sunday, March 9

5 p.m. – 7 p.m. CT

RSVP at texastribune.org/events

You can also hear from some Knight staffers on the following panels:

• Philadelphia Program Director Donna Frisby-Greenwood is speaking on “Network Design Thinking & Black Male Engagement,” along with Trabian Shorters, CEO and founder of Black Male Engagement (BMe); Charlie Brown, CEO of Context Partners; and author Shaka Senghor at the Hilton Garden Inn, Colorado Ballroom on Friday, March 7, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. CT.  
• Michael Maness, vice president for journalism and media innovation, will talk to Wikimedia Foundation’s Sue Gardner, ProPublica Executive Chairman and Knight Trustee Paul Steiger, and Columbia University Prof. Tim Wu in a panel titled “Remember When the Internet Was Free?,” Saturday, March 8, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the Austin Convention Center, Room 12AB.
• “Don’t be Ned Stark: Change Your Institution & Live”: John Bracken, Knight’s director for journalism and media innovation; Harper Reed, Modest, Inc.; Laura Ramos, Gannett; and Brian Bannon, Chicago Public Library, tell us how on Sunday, March 9, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. CT at the Courtyard Marriott, Rio Grande Ballroom.   

Have questions about any of the above, or want to stay up to date on what we’re doing? Follow @knightfdn on Twitter and check Knight Blog for reports from the panels.

We looking forward to seeing y’all there!

By Megan Zimroth, media innovation assistant at Knight Foundation