Knight News Challenge video series We’re less than a week away from the deadline in our current News Challenge, which asks the question “How can we strengthen the Internet for free expression and innovation?” In June, we’ll award a share of $2.75 million, including $250,000 from Ford Foundation, for the best ideas. The deadline to […]
Article · March 12, 2014 by John Bracken
Photo credit: Flickr user Rain Rabbit Today we’re excited to announce 40 semifinalists in Knight News Challenge: Health. We received 686 submissions in the contest, which is focused on the question “How can we harness data and information for the health of communities?” Related Link “Reviewers gather to discuss News Challenge: Health semifinalists” on KnightBlog We reviewed […]
Article · September 25, 2013 by John Bracken
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Paul Tarini on News Challenge: Health from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. Related Links “40 ideas advance in News Challenge: Health“ “Knight News Challenge on Health opens for entries“ “Knight News Challenge: Health opens with inspiration phase, additional prizes from collaborators” by Raina Kumra and John Bracken “Announcing key collaborators and details of Knight News Challenge: […]
Article · August 19, 2013 by John Bracken
Above: Session on Cultural and Institutional Barriers to Open Governance Along with about 40 others, I spent much of last week at the Aspen Institute’s Forum on Communications and Society (FOCAS.) The meeting was part of Knight Foundation’s work to support open government; the focus of our discussion was how to improve the interaction between […]
Article · July 19, 2013 by John Bracken
Related Link: “Communities can help write legislation with revamped Project Madison tool” press release dated July 11, 2013. Last month we announced more than $3 million of investments in Open Gov, through the Knight News Challenge and our Prototype Fund. Our work in the area did not begin and will not end with those investments. Over the […]
Article · July 11, 2013 by John Bracken
Related Links ” Knight Foundation Bets Mobile Sensor Startup, Behav.io, Is The Future of Journalism” on TechCrunch.com “Winners of Knight News Challenge: Networks announced” on MediaBistro.com “Funf wins SXSW Accelerator Competition in News Related Technologies track” by Elizabeth Miller on Knight Blog What is a “Program Related Investment“? We are very excited that the founders […]
Article · April 12, 2013 by John Bracken
The submission phase of the News Challenge on Open Gov ended Tuesday. (We extended the deadline by a day when the our servers collapsed under a flood of traffic we saw on Monday). We ended up with a total of 886 submissions including some sent to us privately. RELATED LINK “40 ideas advance in News […]
Article · March 21, 2013 by John Bracken
A little over a year ago, we announced a grant to Public Radio Exchange to create an accelerator for public interest media. Today, Matter announced the six startups that form its inaugural class. We helped to establish Matter because we saw an opportunity to channel some of the entrepreneurial tech energy towards journalism. Last spring […]
Article · March 6, 2013 by John Bracken
Photo credit: Flickr user Oberazzi Our News Challenge on Open Gov is open through March 18 for your ideas to improve the way citizens and government interact. It’s your shot at a share of $5 million. Below are seven of the most common questions we’ve received over the last two weeks – and our answers. […]
Article · March 1, 2013 by John Bracken
The Knight News Challenge on Open Gov is now open for your ideas. We’ll keep the window open until March 18th at 5 p.m. ET. In past News Challenges, we’ve received the bulk of applications in the final 24 hours. This year, however, it behooves you not to wait until St. Patrick’s Day to share […]
Article · February 19, 2013 by John Bracken
Photo credit: Flickr user gingerbeardman Since we announced the News Challenge on Open Gov last week, the most common question I’ve heard is whether governments can apply. The answer is yes. The challenge launches Tuesday, Feb. 12 with an “inspiration” phase aimed at identifying needs, opportunities and success stories in open government. The contest will open for submissions […]
Article · February 8, 2013 by John Bracken