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    Spot.Us merges with the Public Insight Network

    Published November 29, 2011 by

    Image Credit: Jules Brelaz In 2008, Knight Foundation helped launch Spot.us with $340,000 in seed funding  through the Knight News Challenge, an international contest to find innovative, digital ideas for delivering news and information. Today, Founder David Cohn reports exciting news: Spot.us has merged with American Public Media's Knight-funded Public Insight Network. “Mergers between between new and existing news initiatives can drive innovation,” said Michael Maness, Vice President for Journalism & Media Innovation program. “We saw this earlier this year when Knight News Challenge winner Document Cloud and Investigative Reporters and Editors combined forces, and we are hopeful for as successful an integration between these two Knight partners.” By David Cohn Spot.Us launched in November of 2008. Counting the months of planning (and applying for the Knight News Challenge) that went into the launch and I’ve been working on Spot.Us for almost four years. In that time we’ve pushed boundaries, had many successes and shortcomings which I’ve tried to share along the way. As I’ve always said – Spot.Us will never be perfect. It will never be “done” and that as long as we can strive for something we are making progress.
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    Illustrations by Miguel Mansur

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    Miguel Mansur is a Philadelphia-based illustrator who works halfway between traditional techniques and digital ones. He creates work that is both technically strong and socially relevant. Back in July, he landed an illustration gig for the video game Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. He said the job helped give...
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    Random Acts of Culture™ livens holiday travel

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    Random Acts of Culture™ made holiday travel a bit sweeter this year as it spread spontaneous joy at airports in Charlotte, NC and Saint Paul, MN. On November 22, the North Carolina Dance Theatre & the Charlotte Jazz Society surprised travelers at the Charlotte airport with an improvisational dance set...
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    Theatre tradition runs deep in Philly suburbs

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    By Ned Warwick for the Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia It always seems that when essayists render views on how we as Americans live, the suburbs get hammered as intellectual and artistic wastelands; long on safety, short on stimulation. Tell that to the people who came and sat on the...
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    Locust Projects’ Billboard Project 2011

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    By Chana Budgazad Sheldon, Locust Projects Locust Projects' 2nd annual Billboard Project is officially under way with artwork by Agustina Woodgate posted across the city. Woodgate's project "11:11" presents rainbows on bus shelters and billboards surrounding Miami's Design District and Miami Beach. Locust Projects will host a reception for the...
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    Foreign Policy Magazine features @Joi and @EthanZ as top global thinkers

    Published November 29, 2011 by

    For their work navigating the future of global media, MIT’s Joi Ito and Ethan Zuckerman have been named as top global thinkers by Foreign Policy Magazine. In its coverage, the magazine offers a portrait of 2011's global marketplace of ideas and the 100 thinkers who make them. About Ito, a Knight board member and director of the MIT Media Lab, and Zuckerman, director of the MIT Center for Civic Media, the magazine writes:
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    Opera Carolina dazzles first-time opera goers

    Published November 28, 2011 by

    Opera meets the masses Jan 28 as Opera Carolina hosts a free performance of Madama Butterfly for first-time opera-goers throughout greater Charlotte. Knight Foundation has reserved all the seats for the Jan 28 performance and will be issuing free tickets to opera novices online from Dec 5-16. Winners will be...
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    Caroline Calouche & Co. bring another dimension to dance

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    Performances by Caroline Calouche & Co. may appear light and magical, with dancers literally suspended in the air. But under Caroline Calouche’s artistic and executive direction, this talented dance company stands on its own merits long before any aerial apparatus is added. In 2006, Calouche began her explorations of blending...
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    Everyone carries a shadow

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    Marissa Alma Nick dares you to show your face and follow (or un-follow) your shadow to “The Shadow Projects,” a site-specific experimental performance inspired by Carl Jung's shadow theory. Jung's shadow theory posits the idea that the shadow contains “the disowned qualities of the consciousself.” In other words, the stuff...