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    Detroit’s literary movement in full swing

    Published February 14, 2012 by

    This past Saturday, the local literary press known as [sic] held its second quarterly event, which took place in the stunning OmniCorpDetroit hackerspace at Eastern Market, and featured poetry readings by New Yorkers Allyson Paty, Mike Lala and Amy Lawless, along with local poets Ivan Grass and Phreddy Wischusen. There...
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    Not just open source: the four funding options for 2012 Knight News Challenge

    Published February 13, 2012 by

    Note: To apply for the News Challenge, and read our FAQ, visit NewsChallenge.org. Since announcing the first topic for the 2012 Knight News Challenge last week, we’ve received a lot of questions about whether winners will have to release their code as open source.  The short answer is no, but there’s a bit more to it than that. Here’s an explanation of where we’re coming from, and where the challenge is headed on this issue. In the first three years of the contest, all challenge projects were required to develop their projects using open source software. Since the Knight News Challenge is a giant research and development project aiming to accelerate media innovation, using open source makes sense. However, in response to requests from the community, we have worked to find additional funding mechanisms that allow for less strict or no open source requirements. This does not mean that we dropped the open source requirement, but rather that we created new opportunities that allow us to uncover ideas, and innovators, that we don’t have or know. The new funding mechanisms below allow Knight to fund businesses, individuals and nonprofits. Each one has different open source requirements. We started using some of them in years four and five of the contest.
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    Livestream: Media Learning Seminar features foundation leaders and tech experts

    Published February 13, 2012 by

    Ethan Zuckerman                    Eli Pariser                              Dan Gillmor Knight Foundation’s popular Media Learning Seminar, where foundation leaders and technology experts explore investing in news and information, will have a new twist this year. For the first time, much of the conference in Miami Feb. 20-21 will be livestreamed. You can find the link and schedule at knightfoundation.org/live. The conference brings together leaders from across Knight’s network in communities, journalism and media innovation to share and learn together. Increasingly, we’re seeing more folks eager to attend the conference, and we’re pleased they can tune in and learn along with us, no matter where they are.  Among featured speakers this year are: Eli Pariser, author of The Filter Bubble, MIT’s Ethan Zuckerman, and Dan Gillmor, founding director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship. Here are some more highlights:
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    Are you the Monet of marketing? Join the movement.

    Published February 13, 2012 by

    By Reina Chadwick, Arts & Business Council of Miami Business leaders are faced with many decisions. They are responsible for a staff, various departments, as well as decisions that affect the company and ultimately their own livelihood. Within these decisions lies a leader’s ability to ‘think outside of the box.’...