Media Innovation
Knight News Challenge: Data
Starting May 31 through June 20, we’ll be looking for ideas that help unlock the power of data, by collecting, processing, visualizing or otherwise making it available, understandable and actionable.
Featured
Evaluation: KaBOOM!
Playgrounds that build communities
A new Knight Foundation report finds that KaBOOM! projects help volunteers and local organizations cultivate the skills, confidence and inspiration to get more involved in their communities.
The Barnes Foundation
New beginning for art collection
The Barnes Foundation's new 93,000-square-foot facility on Philadelphia's museum mile will house its relocated world-renowned collection and educational space.
Universal Subtitling
Making Internet video global
Knight Foundation and Mozilla announce a $1 million investment in Amara, which makes video more accessible around the globe by simplifying the way to caption and subtitle it.
Detroit
Connecting creative entrepreneurs
The Detroit Creative Corridor Center will launch an online platform and festival allowing individuals and institutions to engage and partner with Detroit’s creative, entrepreneurial community.
Evaluation: BattleStorm and Macon Money
The impact of social games
Knight funded social impact games as pilot projects in two cities. They took place in real-time with real people in the real world and they supported ongoing efforts to tackle local issues.
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Foundation for Public Broadcasting in Georgia
To create Macon Public Radio to be housed in the Center for Collaborative Journalism at Mercer University as part of a unique community news partnership between a university, a newspaper and a public broadcaster
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We fund ideas …from people with the vision, tenacity, courage, know-how, and commitment to discovery to see them through.
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Get UpdatesNews Releases
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Report: Building playgrounds can spark community change
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Award-winning online news site launches print magazine
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‘Design in Detroit’ connects wider community with city’s creative movement
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New study to explore media diversity in Southern California
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Knight Foundation and Mozilla provide $1 million in funding to Amara, pioneer in crowd-sourced video translation
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San Jose’s Mayfair community looks to address challenges from within
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New research effort at Columbia University seeks best practices for digital reporting
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MTV to gamify the election with "Fantasy Election ‘12” with $250,000 grant from Knight Foundation
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Best ideas for the Philadelphia arts receive $2.76 million in funding
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New models for arts journalism become reality with NEA and Knight Foundation support
Knight Blog
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Helping cultivate the literacy skills of Philadelphia's youth
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Measuring and evaluating corporate civic engagement
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Looking at a new degree system for journalism education
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Voice of San Diego launches a magazine - yep, a magazine
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Online news site broadens efforts to engage the public
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Inside the Barnes Foundation’s grand opening
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Seeking innovation at home by learning from abroad
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Central Corridor Light Rail makes progress to strengthen community opportunities
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Announcing the next Knight News Challenge: Data
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Feet in Two Worlds reporters win ethnic media awards
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#dataviz tool: @overviewproject produces visualizations of document sets, but what do they mean? http://t.co/tMQpqYde by @jonathanstray
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MT @steveouting: @EricNewton1's new degree system for journalism education in info-graphic form: http://t.co/0bpkbiEc
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Giant, moving, human-powered sculptures roam Philly during 6th annual Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby http://t.co/5o6B2eMi #arts
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MT @jsb "Reasons 2 watch what @knightfdn is doing supporting #opengov" @digiphile talks #newschallenge w @michaelmaness http://t.co/1ycI0F9K
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RT @rsjaitly: Congrats! RT @DetroitLongTerm: #DETROIT247 on @communityplanit signs up 1000 players! @knightfdn @DetroitLibrary
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RT @kaboom: Our motto is, "It starts with a playground." This great infographic from @knightfdn shows you why: http://t.co/yKWZNC5t
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MT @DAFrizzG: #whyilovephilly Social entrepreneurs, great interview with @ElectNext CEO http://t.co/EdGDcHTJ #socent
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60%+ of pp on local planning committees said @kaboom helped them develop/improve skills in community change http://t.co/kNSNiE0o
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MT @HilaryHB: COOL new opening @knightfdn - program assoc in media/journalism http://t.co/PDcrnLXr lots of design thinkers there!
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@ekelechikelly @herrmannhull Thanks - we're glad you love the @kaboom #infographic! http://t.co/kNSNiE0o
Publications
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KaBOOM!: Playgrounds that Build Communities
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Social Impact Games: Do They Work?
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Connect Detroit: Lessons from one city's efforts to bridge the digital divide
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State of Funding in Information and Media among Community and Place-based Foundations - Feb. 2012
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Collaboration and Connection
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Knight Community Information Challenge: 2011 Evaluation Findings
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Real Time Charitable Giving
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News Improved: NPR’s Transition from Public Radio to Public Media
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Getting Local: How Nonprofit News Ventures Seek Sustainability
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Assessing Community Information Needs
In The News
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Central Corridor: All aboard the art train
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The Atlantic: In Praise of ProPublica
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Voice of San Diego adds monthly print magazine
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Carol Cain imagines Gen Y running a faster-paced Mackinac Detroit Regional Chamber conference
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‘Hidden in plain sight’
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Mozilla & Knight Foundation invest $1M in crowdsourced translation startup Amara
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Knight Foundation and Mozilla invest $1m in crowdsourced video translation project Amara
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NEA chairman praises Macon arts scene
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Macon Money: A social game in Georgia tries to bring residents together across traditional boundaries
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Troupe another way for New World’s Peter London to nurture dancers