The head of Knight’s journalism initiatives talks about who it funds and how it tries to give its projects life beyond a grant’s expiration date.
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Articles tagged Knight News Challenge (122)
February 20, 2013
January 28, 2013
The Knight News Challenge winner creates mobile surveys to help communities increase input from residents on important issues.
January 24, 2013
Activists, journalists, and others could use the mobile tool kit to share information on SIM cards the way files are shared on thumb drives.
January 22, 2013
The InformaCam app, which uses metadata to help authenticate videos and photos, is being developed with funding from the Knight News Challenge.
January 18, 2013
There might not by Internet access out in the fields, but WeFarm hopes that SMS and a human network built on translation and information sharing can let farmers get more out of their land.
January 17, 2013
Money from the Knight News Challenge will be used to grow Wikipedia Zero, a project that makes the site more accessible on feature phones.
January 17, 2013
The common thread through several of the eight winners: turning underpowered phones into information engines.
October 4, 2012
Developed by Code for America fellows, the Knight News Challenge winner allows people to create, collect, and manage data.
October 3, 2012
Developers from The Chicago Tribune, WNYC, and The Spokesman-Review will expand Census.IRE.org to include more data.
OpenStreetMap gets its first major investment with a $575,000 Knight News Challenge grant.
September 26, 2012
Standardized state-by-state elections database gets a Knight News Challenge boost.
September 24, 2012
The Knight News Challenge winners want to help radio producers archive and organize their raw tape with simple web-based software.
September 20, 2012
The new class focuses on a set of tools for journalism and community information.
September 6, 2012
Some projects, like DocumentCloud and Ushahidi, were widely adopted in the media. Others stumbled due to technical problems or resistance from partners.
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