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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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RT @ibarguen: Dinner at the Barnes Philadelphia. http://t.co/tsWJIyOx
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The Three E's of Social Entrepreneurship & Why it Pays to be "Bilingual" http://t.co/bbQzhUMu #socent #AS2012 via @Ashoka
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MT @Poynter: Journalism schools should create "teaching hospitals," says @knightfdn's @ericnewton1: http://t.co/C8k9nM4s Worth weekend read
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#connect2compete gets started with inexpensive #broadband & digital tools in San Diego http://t.co/iywVzpQv via @andysherry
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.@NEAarts chairman blogs about his trip to #Macon & its Opera House: "it'd be the pride of any city" http://t.co/XgEAJsUQ v @knightmacon
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.@IrvineFdn discusses its approach to foundation-wide assessment http://t.co/Zappy8jp via @jonsotsky #philanthropy
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Challenging #journalism schools to adopt 'teaching hospital' model to create greater community engagement http://t.co/IP3I9W1Q v @NiemanLab
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Via @CitizenEffect: Results are in for @wdet @Detroit4Detroit $50k Airtime giveaway! http://t.co/3s1untE2 #Detroit cc @ModelD @MichiganCorps
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RT @andysherry: Games4change! RT @dthorman @knightfdn supported @communityplanit launches in Detroit. Off to great start wtih 1,000 players.
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.@mob_org is investing in hyperlocal, #millennial-led projects to increase civic engagement. What's your idea? http://t.co/ld8TctiT
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Bonsái, Chilean winner of Grand Prize in Knight Ibero-American Competition, opens commercially in Miami this weekend http://t.co/xBEKjvSt
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Detroit’s momentum in all things creative, civic & entrepreneurial is real, but there must be chances for it to grow http://t.co/Y7BLFIfT
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Strengthening a city's regional economy makes its neighborhoods better places to live, work & access opportunity http://t.co/fgFeHsR2
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RT @ibarguen: Amazing Lang Lang about to play an encore at Knight concert Hall, Miami. http://t.co/3LC73ayA
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Exploring creative #placemaking, its potential outcome problems & change theories http://t.co/ALf5Jr3y by @huffingtonpost ht @jonsotsky
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The digital age is most profound development since movable metal type brought age of mass communication - @EricNewton1 http://t.co/0pV86QS7
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RT @codeforamerica: Introducing Engagement Commons [beta]: Get your community civically engaged. http://t.co/VOOeCdeT #gov20 @CivComs
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RT @andysherry: #Journalism Reloaded: Why journalists should think about business models http://t.co/xwBorgtl via @ellnmllr
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RT @rsjaitly: Celebrating Detroit's entrepreneurial citizen philanthropists at @Detroit4Detroit's #CrankUpTheCause http://t.co/HE3WFSBN
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What's the next big thing in digital news #innovation? Find out 5/22 in Chicago http://t.co/g3BdRUjN via @paleycenter
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MT @Gallerist_NY: Tonight at 7:15 p.m. we'll be streaming Ragnar Kjartansson’s live performance from @mocanomi http://t.co/wou9kJjF
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Opening reception tonight @mocanomi with performance by Ragnar Kjartansson will be livestreamed. Tune in http://t.co/RI73xyN0 #arts
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Online platform & festival will connect wider community with a city's growing creative movement http://t.co/kObNS8JK #arts #innovation
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Africa's 1st #innovation contest to promote development of digital media products & innovations - now accepting apps http://t.co/j3qJTw2m
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A lot of folks have ideas around #dataviz #opendata #bigdata ... can't wait to see them in 2nd round of #newschallenge! http://t.co/Qs6Dttgm
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.@chuckleavell performs a Random Act of Culture™ in #Macon, surprises @NEAarts chairman & gives crowd goosebumps! http://t.co/jFtCInYk
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.@Fi2W, which provides training for ethnic media #journos, wins big at Ippies awards http://t.co/x8YBurJH by @lisawilliams cc @nycommtrust
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In St. Paul, light rail line to connect Twin Cities is making progress to strengthen local communities http://t.co/EcaSt1Lm via @pollytalen
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"Did you listen to records?" kids ask their parents when seeing @miamiartmuseum's "The Record" exhibition http://t.co/GMmD7BPP #vinyl
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MT @digiphile: Timely RT @knightfdn Next #newschallenge focus on data. Open 5/31 http://t.co/cWt4gSfv @jsb gives preview
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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For an investigative reporting team to provide in-depth reporting for media outlets across Colorado
Black Hills Knowledge Network
For Knowledge Network, an "everything Black Hills" information hub created by local journalists and librarians
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. Follow the seminar blog on KnightBlog.
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