Apps for Communities Second Grand Prize Winner Homeless Santa Clara County Earlier this year, Knight and the FCC put out a call for the best software applications, or apps, that deliver personalized information to people least likely to be online. The Apps for Communities Challenge is part of our efforts to foster digital inclusion and […]
What is the Knight Community Information Challenge looking for? So far, the contest, offering matching funds to community and place-based foundations, has funded a wide variety of ideas – and Knight is always looking for fresh approaches. In general, Knight is looking for projects that help fill community information needs, foster community engagement and help residents participate […]
This post is the third in a series about a Knight Foundation roundtable that brought together news start-ups and tech entrepreneurs. A report is forthcoming. Journalists are notoriously averse to math, but there’s no equation in which nonprofit news organizations can survive for the long term without a steady mix of revenue. The more diversified […]
Source: CaliforniaWatch.org A comprehensive investigative reporting series on earthquake regulations in California’s public school system is rocking the state’s foundations. Over the past few days, California Watch, the collaborative multimedia news project backed by the Center for Investigative Reporting, has been breaking a myriad of stories about the faulty certification, unqualified inspectors and budget blockades […]
Ken Doctor, who writes well about Newsonomics, has taken apart the economics of a single investigative story with this report on the Nieman Lab site. He features a strong California Watch story about how state regulators have routinely failed to enforce earthquake safety laws for public schools, “allowing children and teachers to occupy buildings with structural flaws […]
This is the last in a series of excerpts from our new booklet “Journalism and Media Grant Making: Five Things You Need To Know, Five Ways To Get Started.” The booklet is available as a PDF. Five Ways to Get Started: 5. Help create a public interest news organization Public interest and investigative news is suffering […]
It’s been just’days since the announcement of the merger between the Center for Public Integrity and the Huffington Post Investigative Fund, supported by a grant from the Knight Foundation. The merger has received coverage in The New York Times, The Guardian and many other news outlets. As part of its Investigative Reporting Initiative, Knight also’supported […]
Seeking Sustainability: A Nonprofit News Roundtable Anyone curious about the future of journalism ‘ and how news outlets can effectively inform people in the digital age, while surviving as a business ‘ should check out a new Knight Foundation report, Seeking Sustainability: A Nonprofit News Roundtable. The report (accompanied by videos) summarizes one of the […]
California Watch, a reporting initiative from the Center for Investigative Reporting, proved that its distribution model is working. ‘ Recently, California Watch released a report on California’s public universities’ slow approach to fixing buildings deemed a significant seismic hazard. Just a few days after the release, California Watch had added four new distribution partners to […]
Vanessa Garcia, nominated for the Miami Herald’s “20 under 40” up-and-coming artists, has helped transform Miami’s theatre and writing community over the last few years. Her presence has added a new voice to the growing chorus. In fact, her theatre company, The Krane, has just returned from a successful showing of Two Islands: Island Blogospheres […]
The Knight News Challenge is designed to help speed media innovation by field-testing the most promising news technologies and techniques in specific geographic communities. We received 2,364 applications in the latest round of the contest and we are extremely excited to announce and congratulate the 2010 Knight News Challenge winners. And the winners are: CityTracking […]
Yesterday, Knight Foundation was honored to host innovators in new media who helped us review final entries in the 2010 Knight News Challenge. It was a terrific experience to work with these inspiring and passionate people. Here’s a look at who was in the room: Click image to launch slideshow from the meeting Adriano Farano, […]
Funded in part by a grant from the Knight Foundation, the Center for Investigative Reporting recently announced the hiring of 11 reporters, multimedia producers and editors for the creation of a new watchdog initiative called California Watch: ‘This dynamic and accomplished group of journalists will drive our latest entrepreneurial venture and focus on solutions to […]
This morning, the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy presents its report – “Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age.” (You can watch a livestream of the proceedings at KnightComm.org, and follow tweets about the event with the hashtag #knightcomm.) The findings of the Knight Commission have already prompted […]
Day 2: Calo & Langer The Information Needs of YOUR Community Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008 Segovia Room Leader: Bob Calo, University of California at Berkeley Scribe: Christelle Langer, The Minneapolis Foundation The discussion opened with an analogy. This is a wave…some of us are riding it, others are watching it come toward us, some of us will […]