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Detroit initiatives advance contemporary public life
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City of Macon Welcomes Code for America Fellows
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Knight Foundation brings Code for America to Detroit, Macon and Philadelphia
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Knight Foundation, TakingITGlobal, and the Global Youth Action Network launch new initiative to strengthen Youth Movements
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New tech initiative to help engage and empower San Jose and Silicon Valley community
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Texting to turn-on teens to doing good
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Mobilize.org to Expand to New Cities with $1 million from Knight Foundation
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Knight Foundation and Mozilla Partner to Spur Media Innovation
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Sunlight Foundation to Launch "National Data Apps" with grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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Game-based Civics and News Literacy Curriculum Expanded with Knight Foundation Support
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New Knight Foundation Initiative Aims to Inspire Community Action through Technology
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Voters to Directly Ask Candidates Questions in Upcoming November Elections Interactive Website Gives Voice to Residents in 11 States
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Shorty Award Winners Unveiled In New York City
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Media Advisory: FCC & Knight Foundation Host Digital Inclusion Summit at Newseum on March 9
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Shorty Awards Announce Twitter Finalists and Category Sponsors
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Top Twitter Users to be Honored by Shorty Awards and Knight Foundation
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Internews to Deploy Media Assistance in Support of Haiti’s Information Needs
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Crowd-Funded Journalism Comes to Los Angeles
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San Jose Harnesses Web 2.0 Technology to Help Determine City's Future and Growth
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Top Twitter Users to be Recognized by Shorty Awards and Knight Foundation
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Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen Addresses Economic Outlook
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Inventor of Web Announces Creation of Foundation to Bring the Web to All People
Knight Blog
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Code for America's recruits for civic startup accelerator
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Five lessons learned from a social entrepreneur
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Code for America recruits for 2013 fellowship program
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Participating in today’s public square
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The Civic Commons shows impact in Northeast Ohio
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Annual TED prize awarded to the city of the future
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Knight Foundation and its partners in Technology for Engagement attend TED2012
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Knight Chairs in Journalism share new projects and ideas
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Four ideas on how tech can increase civic engagement
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Behind the scenes of @communityapps
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Apps for Communities: making local information actionable
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Why Change By Us is perfect for Philadelphia
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Behind the scenes with Apps for Communities
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Change By Us launches in Seattle
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Code for America's Jen Pahlka on the selection of Detroit, Macon and Philadelphia as partners for 2012 program
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Jumo, Good Magazine join forces
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Announcing judging panel for Apps for Communities
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Have a good idea for local change? Share it at Likeminded.org
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CTOs from leading nonprofits gather to discuss technology and engagement
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At TED, panel looks at ways to use technology to engage communities
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Chris Hughes: For nonprofits, experimentation with technology goes a long way
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Chris Hughes: Something meaningful together
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Knight Technology for Engagement grantee, Chris Hughes, talks online communities, Jumo with Stephen Colbert
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Launch of 'Jumo' Is Only the Beginning for Knight Technology for Engagement Initiative
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New Knight Initiative Funds Ideas That Use Technology to Inspire Community Action
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'Oscars of Twitter' honor short, real-time content producers
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Knight is seeking a social media superstar
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A Serious Look at Serious Games
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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
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To support our strategy of investing in citizen-centered solutions in three Knight communities by piloting the Code for America model, which deploys technology professionals to develop original solutions that engage citizens in community challenges
SoChange
To create a software platform that aggregates consumer buying power and lets them direct it toward businesses that behave in socially responsible ways
Code for America
To build an online catalog of applications that local governments and community leaders can use to locate, understand and deploy the best available tools for community engagement
About our Technology for Engagement strategy
While the Web is often the place to express opinions on important issues, the clicks and comments don't always translate into a movement to better communities.
This initiative funds ways to take technology a step further, using it as a tool to inspire and facilitate on-the-ground action.
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Damian Thorman
National Program Director
