The following blog post, written by Susan Mernit, details the launch of a Knight Community Information Challenge winner. Photo credit: USDA Forest Service, Coconino National Forest. Through July 1 we are accepting applications for the Knight Community Information Challenge, which provides matching funding to community and place-based foundations supporting news and information projects. It’s live! After eight months of […]
Article · May 2, 2013 by Susan Mernit
The following is cross-posted from the Knight Digital Media Center’s blog. Above: a Floodlight series by EdNews Colorado examines the effort to turn around the nation’s lowest-performing schools. What can a data-driven local foundation with a strong social justice mission do to empower the many non-profit and community organizations they work with to have an easy way to tell […]
Article · January 2, 2013 by Susan Mernit
Gloria’s restaurant in Gert Town, 2007 photo by http://nova-in-nola.blogspot.com. The City of New Orleans Inspector General is probing a local nonprofit organization following a series of investigative articles published by The Lens, a Knight Community Information Challenge grant winner. According to The Lens, the financial documentation for the Gert Town Revival Initiative is quite incomplete […]
Article · May 31, 2011 by Susan Mernit
By Susan Mernit In the hardscrabble city of Akron, staffers at the Akron Community Foundation are putting the finishing touches on of The Akronist, a citizen media web site that will give local citizens both the tools and a platform to make their voices heard. Back in 2009, Akron Community Foundation VP Donae Eckert applied for […]
Article · May 2, 2011 by Susan Mernit
The recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan has only emphasized the intense need for strong public policy planning for our most populated regions of the US. Back in 2009, The Silicon Valley Community Foundation applied to The Knight Community Information Challenge for support to help answer the questions of what the San Francisco Bay area […]
Article · March 14, 2011 by Susan Mernit
Did you know that, in California, more than one in three people are Latino,? And that Los Angeles county and surrounding areas have one of the largest number of young Latinos under 35 in the state? Nevertheless, when data collection for the 2010 Census began last March, organizers at national non-profit Voto Latino recognized that […]
Article · February 25, 2011 by Susan Mernit
“The American barn raising tradition arose out of necessity. Neighbors came together to help neighbors build an essential element of family and community life because constructing such a large building required many hands. No one can do it alone. “ These are the opening words of the brand, spanking new About page of ACTion Alexandria, […]
Article · February 9, 2011 by Susan Mernit
For those who are building, launching and operating community-focused web sites, measuring community engagement is critical. But getting started with web analytics tools can be daunting, especially with a small team. During the past month, Knight Community Information Challenge grantees have been meeting in a small community of practice on the topic of Community Engagement, […]
Article · February 2, 2011 by Susan Mernit