The submissions phase for our next Knight News Challenge on Libraries is right around the corner, and we’re excited about all the ideas you might have to answer the question: How might libraries serve 21st century information needs? Want to learn more about the Knight News Challenge on Libraries? Knight’s John Bracken will be hosting […]
Article · February 8, 2016 by Nina Zenni
We’re at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting this weekend, where we are announcing that the next Knight News Challenge will open for ideas on Feb. 24. Our question: How might libraries serve 21st century information needs? Challenge winners will receive a share of $3 million in funding to develop their projects. In the fall […]
Article · January 9, 2016 by Nina Zenni
This week a set of 18 advisers helped us select a group of semifinalists for Knight News Challenge: Data. We received 1,065 applications, and we are excited to announce that 46 projects (one entry is private) will move forward as semifinalists. These projects will have until Monday, Oct. 26, to refine their entries and provide further […]
Article · October 21, 2015 by Nina Zenni
Photo credit: Flickr user Mike Boening Photography. This post has been updated. This weekend, Knight Foundation is headed to the third annual Platform Summit in Atlanta, from Oct. 2-4, as part of our support for diversity within the innovation economy. The Platform Summit, being held at the Ray Charles Performing Arts Center at Morehouse College, […]
Article · October 1, 2015 by Nina Zenni
Photo credit: Flickr user Bob Mical The Knight News Challenge on Data is now closed. Thank you to everyone who submitted ideas and participated in the conversation. We received more than 1,000 submissions. Here’s what happens next. Through Oct. 20, we will review the submissions. During the review process, applicants and interested parties may join […]
Article · September 30, 2015 by Nina Zenni
The Knight News Challenge on Data is open through 5 p.m. ET Sept. 30 for your ideas on how to make data work for individuals and communities. It’s your chance to share in more than $3 million. With less than three days left, we want to provide you with some answers to commonly asked questions […]
Article · September 28, 2015 by Nina Zenni
Knight News Challenge: Data The Knight News Challenge on Data is now open for ideas through 5 p.m. ET Sept. 30. This News Challenge, our 14th, reflects Knight Foundation’s ongoing support for projects that use data for good to inform and empower people to make decisions about their lives, communities and democracy. In collaboration with […]
Article · September 8, 2015 by Nina Zenni
VP/Media Innovation John Bracken explains the 2015 Knight News Challenge on Data from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. The next Knight News Challenge will open for ideas on Sept. 8 with this question: How might we make data work for individuals and communities? In an increasingly data-rich world, we have new opportunities for people to interact […]
Article · August 26, 2015 by Nina Zenni
Photo: Virtual-reality storytelling demo at University of Texas at Austin. Today we’re announcing the latest recipients of support from the Knight Prototype Fund. Twenty-two projects will join scores of others who have taken ideas from concept to demo since we launched the fund in June 2012. Check out the full list below, which represents a […]
Article · August 4, 2015 by Nina Zenni
Knight Foundation is headed back to Austin, and this time we’re announcing the winners of the Knight News Challenge on Elections. We’ll deliver the news on Wednesday, July 22, during a one-day conference hosted by the Annette Strauss Institute of Civic Life at the Moody College of Communications at the University of Texas at Austin. […]
Article · July 17, 2015 by Nina Zenni
San Francisco photo by Michael Bolden on Flickr. Knight Foundation is headed to San Francisco this week to talk libraries. We believe libraries can be a platform for digital innovation and community engagement, and what better place for that conversation than the 2015 American Library Association conference being held there through Monday. Over the next […]
Article · June 25, 2015 by Nina Zenni