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Idea Lab Relaunches

Jan. 12, 2009, 4:58 p.m., Posted by Knight Foundation – 0 Comments

Congratulations to the Idea Lab on their site relaunch with a fresh look by Mule Design.

Knight News Challenge winners (a yearly ~$5 million contest to fund innovative ideas about news delivery) blog on the Idea Lab site about progress on their projects and relevant ideas in community news mechanisms; the site is edited by Mark Glaser of MediaShift.

MediaShift Idea Lab | PBS

Recent posts include Lisa Williams on reporting of the recent unrest in Oakland, Rich Gordon on News Mixer, and Jessica Mayberry on what community-owned media means.

What would you like the Idea Lab bloggers to write about?

@knightfdn supports @shortyawards

Jan. 12, 2009, 11:18 a.m., Posted by Knight Foundation – 0 Comments

We're happy to announce that Knight will offer travel grants for winners of the Shorty Awards (a contest to recognize users making an impact using the "microblogging" service Twitter) to attend the February 11, 2009 ceremony in New York. (You may request an invite.)

Twitter @shortyawards: Finals are now open through 1/23. Thanks to support from @knightfdn all the finalists are invited to the awards ceremony.

From the press release:

 


Since the launch of the Shorty Awards in December, tens of thousands of Twitter users have nominated their favorite Twitterers in 26 official categories (such as news, humor and politics) and in more than 1,500 user-generated categories. The five most-nominated users in each of the 26 awards categories are now Shorty Awards finalists. The final round of voting begins today and ends Jan. 23. The ceremony, at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood, will be the first gathering to bring top Twitter users together from all over the world.

 

Follow Knight Foundation on Twitter @knightfdn

Also, follow our new community site Knight Pulse @knightpulse and the Knight News Challenge @knc08

WNYC's The Takeaway Tells Roland Burris How to Get to the Senate Floor

Jan. 7, 2009, 10:21 a.m., Posted by Knight Foundation – 0 Comments

Knight is a funder of WNYC's morning radio multi-platform news program The Takeaway.

In between coverage about posted cheeky instructions for Roland Burris this morning:

 

The Democrats want to deny him, but The Takeaway's John Hockenberry takes to the telestrator to show Roland Burris how he can make it to the Senate floor and take a seat as Illinois' junior senator.

 

For more of The Takeaway, their site offers downloads of previous programs and frequent daily updates.