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National contest offers community foundations matching funds for local news and information projects
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Community foundations increase impact by supporting local news and information projects
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Knight Foundation supports international legal fund for journalists
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Free Library Technology Hot Spots Grand Opening at Heavenly Hall Annex
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Social Networks in 2015: How Will People Connect for the Greater Good?
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New “How-To” Guide For Funders Offers Tips on Journalism and Media Grant Making
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Knight Survey: Nearly Half of Federal Agencies Lag in Responding to FOIA Information Requests
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Rishi S. Jaitly Will Lead Foundation’s Grant Making in Detroit
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Knight News Innovation Laboratory launches at Northwestern University
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Increased Wireless Internet Access, New Computers Will Welcome Users at Centre County Library Branches
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National Contest Calls on Community Foundations for Local News and Information Experiments
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Berkman Center to Launch First Detailed Study of Mobile Giving
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Les nouvelles technologies ont aidé de façons novatrices les secouristes du tremblement de terre de Haïti (French)
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Got Love For Your Community? It May Create Economic Growth, Gallup Study Says
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Three Cities Use Surprising Survey Findings to Stir Passion for Their Communities - and Possibly Economic Growth
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Got Love For Macon? It May Create Economic Growth, Gallup Study Says.
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Got Love For St. Paul? It May Create Economic Growth, Gallup Study Says.
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Got Love For Akron? It May Create Economic Growth, Gallup Study Says
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Got Love For San Jose / Silicon Valley? It May Create Economic Growth, Gallup Study Says.
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Got Love For Detroit? It May Create Economic Growth, Gallup Study Says.
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Got Love For Philadelphia? It May Create Economic Growth, Gallup Study Says.
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Got Love For Miami? It May Create Economic Growth, Gallup Study Says.
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Got Love For Charlotte? It May Create Economic Growth, Gallup Study Says.
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Underserved Philadelphia Neighborhoods to Gain Crucial Internet Access
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Locally Focused Foundations Increase Support for Community News and Information Projects
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Open Government Effort Boosted with Knight Foundation Grant
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Digital Publisher New CEO of Investigative News Network
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High-tech mobile library will bring free broadband access to the valley
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Foundations Deepen Partnership to Advance an “Informed, Engaged" Biloxi
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Foundations Deepen Partnership to Advance an “Informed, Engaged” Milledgeville
Knight Blog
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Feet in Two Worlds reporters win ethnic media awards
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Student journalist in Ohio wins award for investigative reporting
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News partnership explores the rural Dakotas
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Report offers funders ways to strengthen funding in mobile, tech
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Silicon Valley Community Foundation engages people in planning for Bay Area growth
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Radio show gives community a voice in addressing environment and health issues
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Minnesota Philanthropy Partners uses info projects to engage people around important issues
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Community foundation helps bridge Boulder’s achievement gap
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Bats and carbon footprints - how a community foundation is using info to bring people together around the environment
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How one community foundation funded a new journalism powerhouse
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Community Information Challenge application is a two-stage process
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Lessons and insights learned in building community partnerships
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Missed the conversation on news and info at the Media Learning Seminar? Here's full coverage
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Zuckerman: How to use media to amplify community voices
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Day two from @knightfdn's Media Learning Seminar, on Storify
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Lessons learned from using the Community Information Toolkit
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Day one from @knightfdn's #infoneeds seminar, on Storify
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Ideas you can steal: Community information projects that worked
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@dangillmor: Six ways foundations and groups can help keep communities informed and engaged
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How to keep up with Knight Foundation's Media Learning Seminar
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How a student news project helped make an impact through partnerships with local media
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KCIC winners receive more than a grant
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For community foundation media projects: Rules of the road for partnership
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How and why community and place-based foundations are becoming players in the news and information field
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Livestream: Media Learning Seminar features foundation leaders and tech experts
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Knight Circuit Riders can help you refine your KCIC idea
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Local news partnernship eligible for Community Information Challenge
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Knight Community Info Challenge winners reflect a broad range of ideas and projects
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Community Foundation of Greater South Wood County changes name to reflect the scope of its work
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Foundations that focus on a place are eligible for the Knight Community Information Challenge
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For those wondering about #newschallenge on networks, winners will be announced June 18 @civicmit conference http://t.co/Qs6Dttgm
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Leveraging online activity to drive offline action http://t.co/FtOeWory via @Detroit4Detroit
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Why data for 2nd #newschallenge? We r challenged w making sense of increasing amounts of info created http://t.co/Qs6Dttgm #bigdata #dataviz
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Project which partners student journalists w/ established media organizations wins reporting award http://t.co/9YiOnTI7
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.@MTV, @knightfdn & news organizations team up to produce fantasy-football-style-election game http://t.co/L5yKc9J1 via @NiemanLab
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If system of current journalism education is blocking you, @EricNewton1 suggests ways "to blow it up" http://t.co/pf1L8sWX
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Excited to announce next #newschallenge will focus on data. Open for apps May 31. http://t.co/cWt4gSfv @jsb gives preview
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.@AmaraSubs uses tech to allow people anywhere to translate audio so that video can be understood in many languages http://t.co/BJwGAjg5
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.@PublicLab spends 2 days doing aerial #mapping in Louisiana at Big Branch & Wetlands Conservancy. Great photos! http://t.co/yZNiESyW
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See the faces & read the bios of some of @CivicData's judges on Facebook http://t.co/3y8d6ZTL #dataviz #opendata
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Using the web to engage supporters in success of community's growing movement of young, civic-minded entrepreneurs http://t.co/5SzBRkD2
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RT @DAFrizzG: #whyilovephilly people turn mausoleums into Art galleries:" Message & Medium" at @PhilaMOCA - http://t.co/dQOKTmSW
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@ByManuelValdes Ha! Well there's @AmaraSubs in case that method proves to be ineffective ;) http://t.co/jQQT4NXz
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When an online video is posted in language you don’t speak, how do you enjoy it? @AmaraSubs solves the problem http://t.co/jQQT4NXz
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.@EricNewton1: Positive #journalism education trends happening in spite of rather than because of underlying structures http://t.co/CU2u1din
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.@knightfdn funds Detroit Creative Corridor Center to connect creative individuals & institutions http://t.co/prDE2jw6 v @positivedetroit
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MT @ibarguen: Detroit is new Berlin. Finding ways to bring in new people to grow its creative community http://t.co/u3DyNeHz #arts @rsjaitly
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RT @bthewirz: Congrats to both @TexasTribune and @RGibbs, this is going to be dope-- QRANK Creator Joins Trib Team http://t.co/WfSpnM2s
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The @BMEChallenge brings together #Philadelphia's black male leaders http://t.co/6W0g8tjw via @DAFrizzG #leadership
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Design the city of your future! Today is the deadline to enter #TED's @TheCity2_0 competition http://t.co/yzzGWlJN via @Ashoka
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Helping #Detroit's creative entrepreneurs engage local supporters with @detroitcreative http://t.co/Y7BLFIfT via @rsjaitly #socent
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MT @ASCCharlotte: There are $275k worth of matching opps on @power2give right now! Have your donation matched $1 for $1 http://t.co/THZSME8g
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.@waldojaquith on how to decode state law histories, so that material can be provided in plain English http://t.co/oROenHff v @PBSIdeaLab
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Digital platform created by @Knightfdn #journalism fellow uses #opendata to monitor Amazon rainforest http://t.co/pMRYaOAn ht @Rosental
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MT @mayurhpatel: Email still matters 4 #opengov when 92% adults online use email. New study on public sector practices http://t.co/wJIiFXg5
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MT @dthorman: In NYC @fordfoundation to discuss using tech to improve service delivery. Great need to develop tech that disrupts systems
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MT @maconsymphony: Check out Knight Foundation's blog, currently featuring MSO's latest Random Act of Culture http://t.co/orRzxVfq
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New collaborative effort led by @USCAnnenberg will explore media diversity in Southern CA http://t.co/TDLDLZxM
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Here's more about what they're up to http://t.co/6GmZfqZw MT @Cronkite_ASU: Welcoming J students from 12 universities for start of @News21
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How the #arts can help build community, lead to prosperity & economic development http://t.co/jFtCInYk via @knightmacon
Publications
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Collaboration and Connection
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Knight Community Information Challenge: 2011 Evaluation Findings
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Getting Local: How Nonprofit News Ventures Seek Sustainability
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Leadership Profile: Community Foundation of New Jersey
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Leadership Profile: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
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Leadership Profile: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
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Opportunities for Leadership: Meeting Community Information Needs
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Measuring the Online Impact of Your Information Projects
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General Assessment Resources & Tools
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Opportunities for Foundation Leadership: Meeting Community Information Needs 2010
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Community Information Toolkit Version 1.0 Preview
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Knight Community Information Challenge Assessment
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Impact: A Guide to Evaluating Community Information Projects
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How the Public Perceives Community Information Systems
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Creating Local Online Hubs: Three Models for Action
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Reports from the Field 2011
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State of Funding in Information and Media Among Community and Place-based Foundations
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Community and Place-Based Foundations and the KCIC
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E-FOIA Compliance Assessment
In The News
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Increasing Civic Engagement through Online Hyperlocal News
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Online news sites are not all about journalism - think of the money
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Nonprofit News Groups Face Uncertain Financial Future, Study Finds
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New Knight study identifies 3 surprising keys to nonprofit news business success
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Why I'm a philanthropy wonk
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Reporting Brooklyn: Beyond the Style Section
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3 Water Solutions Vying for $15K in MN Idea Open
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Brooklyn’s Latest Local News Site Aims For Gritty, Not Trendy
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Community Funds Are Offered New Ways to Measure Health of News Coverage in Their Cites and Towns
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Media leaders call on non-profits to aid journalism
Featured Projects (3 of 83)
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To spread a deeper understanding of key community issues and challenges by engaging citizens in problem solving efforts
Black Hills Knowledge Network
For Knowledge Network, an "everything Black Hills" information hub created by local journalists and librarians
I-News
For an investigative reporting team to provide in-depth reporting for media outlets across Colorado
About our Knight Community Information Challenge strategy
The Community Information Challenge engages community and place-based foundations in playing leading roles in meeting the information needs of their communities. Read more on the challenge. Read about the Media Learning Seminar. Follow the seminar blog on KnightBlog.
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