The challenges to a well-informed democracy in today’s hyper-connected world are clear: Disengaged audiences, “filter bubbles” in which the information voters get is what they tend to agree with, and a lack of productive political discourse online. But what can the media and technologists do about it? A year out from the 2012 presidential election, […]
Article · November 1, 2011 by Elise Hu
Today, Knight Foundation is gathering a group of media thought leaders for a discussion about new ways for people to participate in elections through digital tools and content. Follow the conversation via #knightelect. The creator of the contexual social media storytelling tool, Storify, took part in today’s Knight Elections summit, so we thought it would […]
Article · October 28, 2011 by Elise Hu
Today, Knight Foundation is gathering a group of media thought leaders for a discussion about new ways for people to participate in elections through digital tools and content. Follow the conversation via #knightelect. The man behind LOL Cats, FAILBlog and probably a few Internet memes you haven’t even heard of yet knows a thing or […]
Article · October 28, 2011 by Elise Hu
Today, Knight Foundation is gathering a group of media thought leaders for a discussion about new ways for people to participate in elections through digital tools and content. Follow the conversation via #knightelect. To kick off Knight’s summit on rethinking election coverage, the head of factcheck.org, Annenberg Public Policy Center’s Kathleen Hall Jamieson, sounded a […]
Article · October 28, 2011 by Elise Hu
Today, Knight Foundation is gathering a group of media thought leaders for a discussion about new ways for people to participate in elections through digital tools and content. Follow the conversation via #knightelect. Just as technology and social media are getting credit for aiding democratic movements across the Mideast, millions of Americans remain disengaged in […]
Article · October 28, 2011 by Elise Hu
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 […]
Article · May 19, 2011 by Elise Hu
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. A few simple guidelines when it comes to user engagement online from Hong Qu, former user interface designer for YouTube: Follow-up Follow-up Follow-up In other words, make sure there are […]
Article · May 13, 2011 by Elise Hu
The marriage of journalism and tech is expected to last, and the union has created opportunities for each industry to share important lessons. Last week, Knight Foundation gathered a dozen leaders of non-profit news organizations with some of the most innovative minds in tech entrepreneurism to share ideas for user engagement that transcend industry. Reed […]
Article · May 11, 2011 by Elise Hu
“I’m excited about news. I’m not excited about paper.” – Harper Reed, founder of Threadless Knight’s local nonprofit news summit in Miami. It’s the ultimate mind-meld in Miami. We’ve teamed up representatives from some of the hottest local nonprofit news organizations around the country with smart thinkers from the entrepreneurial community for a day-long conference […]
Article · May 9, 2011 by Elise Hu