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National contest offers community foundations funds for local information projects
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Knight Foundation appoints Carol Coletta as Vice President/Communities and National Initiatives
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Building on Success, Knight Foundation Expands Support for Community Foundation-Backed Information Projects
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Foundations give local news and information projects a boost
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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 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 Akron? 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 San Jose / Silicon Valley? It May Create Economic Growth, Gallup Study Says.
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Got Love For Macon? 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
Knight Blog
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Civic engagement increases with news and information projects, funders find
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Insights and info on applying to the Knight Community Information Challenge
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Community Foundations test mobile to inform residents
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Community Foundations open up data to citizens
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Northern Arizona team launches emergency service alerts
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Funders find good information promotes social change
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Opportunity for funding Open Gov, information tools in Knight Community Info Challenge
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How the Chicago Community Trust and OpenGov Chicago are creating a new type of accountability journalism
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New focus, opportunity for funding in community news and information
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Simple mobile tools yield community impact in Grand Rapids
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Metrics webinar for community foundations, nonprofits and journalists
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Knight welcomes Carol Coletta as new vice president
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The power of partnerships in strengthening community information
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Building a new journalism school? Build the newsroom first
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What’s Up: Turning local news into information empowerment
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Knight Foundation goes live with new portal for grantees
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Partnership boosts accountability in New Orleans
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Using environmental info to spark action
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Missed #infoneeds conversation at Knight's Media Learning Seminar? Here's full coverage
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In first public comments since plagiarism scandal, Jonah Lehrer blames "arrogance, need for attention" for lies
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Going from sustainability to “thrivability”: success stories from Sundance, The Texas Tribune and KCRW
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Knight Media Learning Seminar 2013: Day One
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How human-centered design thinking can transform community media
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Community foundations share moments of truth
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Six lessons on how community foundations met #infoneeds, empowered citizens
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Expanded commitment to community information needs
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Libraries go from building collections to making connections
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A paper town goes digital
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Nine insights on taking community information projects from idea to impact
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Tune in to Knight’s Media Learning Seminar via livestream, Twitter
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Turn civic health data to useful apps/visualizations: have impact on public decision-making http://t.co/t0geH1yYEQ @CivicData deadline 5/19
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.@knightarts finalists show depth of #Miami’s #cultural community, diversity of leaders & outside-the-box ideas http://t.co/QhoY4fxUNz
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50 black male leaders honored tmrw in #Detroit #Philly #Baltimore. Follow along with @bmecommunity #bmecommunity http://t.co/7CE8mGlkFu
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#FF to some of our grantees building more informed/engaged #SanJose & #SV: @ZERO1_ART @SomosMayfair @siliconvalleycf http://t.co/7soMxnDzbF
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Tomorrow morning 10:30 am @bmedetroit @bmebaltimore @bmedetroit honor #leadership winners. Follow #bmecommunity! http://t.co/7CE8mGlkFu
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Civic engagement increases with news & information projects, funders find http://t.co/bYdo7He9We #philanthropy #infoneeds
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#techjobs MT @bthewirz: Great opportunity, amazing team + disruptive tech @captricity is hiring! https://t.co/yScKB59riI cc @knightfdn
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Believing in power of tech & collaboration as impetus for community building http://t.co/ncY9tEKBH8 by @SFlaBizJournal v @matthaggman
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Digital Public Library raises questions of ownership, permanence, access http://t.co/CIslAm8YFy v @p2173 @dpla #libraries
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Where art & tech meet big government data: #HackForChange #Miami http://t.co/1dliYczYwV v @ndahlberg @thelabmiami
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Funding opportunity for community #foundations: Knight Community Information Challenge deadline 6/1 http://t.co/kOrE3ZhGbr #philanthropy
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RT @jcanales: Congrats, Alberto! RT @TimOlsonSF: PBS honors @ibarguen with Be More award #pbsam @knightfdn http://t.co/abUmkMjjf8
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Finding opportunities & addressing needs in #SanJose http://t.co/7soMxnDzbF v @knightsilicnvly #SV #philanthropy
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“BMe is based on a simple truth: there are thousands of black men who are assets to their #communities” - @TSatKF http://t.co/uCketrD2iA
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We're hiring a systems #analyst. Find out more details & apply: http://t.co/P8cv6Y5bY5 #hr #jobs
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Making it so that everywhere you go in S. Florida, you have an encounter with #arts http://t.co/QhoY4fxUNz The @knightarts finalists.
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How civic #entrepreneurship is re-energizing #Detroit - lessons from the field http://t.co/WiAyr9Ul8V v @leagueofcities #socent #socinn
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Community #foundations are discovering good info promotes social change, opening up data & experimenting with mobile http://t.co/a1vtIexBRk
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.@GirlsWhoCode hosts Inaugural Teacher Training Workshop in NYC to prep for summer’s programs http://t.co/JscDZuopps #changetheratio
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10 ways civic hacking is good for cities http://t.co/SRG1rtt5ax v @codeforamerica #hackforchange #cfabrigade
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MT @ccoletta: Miami Nice (and @matthaggman nice) is good for entrepreneurship. http://t.co/uw1O8rRhNe @knightfdn #socent
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MT @cksopher: Anyone working with audio: @PopUpArchive launched beta of archive management system. They are awesome http://t.co/b7COdtTRbn
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"There are thousands of black men who are assets to their communities" - @TSatKF http://t.co/FnPftf8bkr v @BMECommunity @BMePhilly
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Insights & info on applying to the Knight Community Information Challenge http://t.co/a1vtIexBRk #infoneeds #philanthropy
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Nearly $200k awarded for community strengthening efforts in #Baltimore http://t.co/mIlvx9lwpK via @baltimoresun @BmeBaltimore
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As consumers increasingly use phones 2 access news & info, #foundations take engagement efforts #mobile http://t.co/cfI6epEYgO #philanthropy
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Less than a week to submit your idea to the @CivicData Challenge. Make civic data useful! http://t.co/t0geH1yYEQ #opendata #dataviz
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Legal Hackathon supports #Miami’s #startup culture http://t.co/6nvniMExEg v @PipelineMIA @LegalHackMiami #atthack
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Mobile experiments to inform residents about #environmental issues: a look at @GrowWNY @CFGB @cleanairwny http://t.co/cfI6epEYgO #WNY
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#Leadership award winners: 20 #Philly brothers receive $200k for their community projects, via @BMEPhilly http://t.co/bc5TaOykZR
Publications
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Case studies: How four community information projects went from idea to impact
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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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Knight Community Information Challenge Assessment
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Impact: A Guide to Evaluating Community Information Projects
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Community Information Toolkit Version 1.0 Preview
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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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‘Citizen Scientist Project’ aims to educate Key Biscayne residents about island’s environment
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Beyond Lehrer: Some optimism in Miami around foundations helping fill community info needs
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Knight Foundation extends community information project
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Knight commits nearly $10-million more to community news efforts
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YSU NewsOutlet awarded $300K from Knight Foundation
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WWNO And three news partners win Knight Foundation grant
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Lens co-founder wins award for report on NOPD victim policy
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Winners announced in MN Idea Open Challenge III
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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 103)
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To spread a deeper understanding of key community issues and challenges by engaging citizens in problem solving efforts
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To introduce donors to funding news coverage at the high-quality MinnPost.com
TheDuSu.com
For theDuSu.com, an information hub by young people, for young people focusing on their issues and what connects them to Duluth and Superior
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. The KCIC application period is open now until June 1, 2013.
Staff
Carol Coletta
VP/Community and National Initiatives
Trabian Shorters
VP/Communities (in transition)
Bahia Ramos
Director/Community Foundations
Susan Patterson
Program Director/Charlotte
