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Philadelphians gain greater access to digital literacy classes, affordable high-speed Internet and low-cost computers
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Knight commits $9 million to civic technology and engagement
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Girls Who Code expands tech education program to three cities with Knight Foundation funding
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Knight Foundation invests $1.3 million in technology that empowers communities
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Citizens redefining philanthropy in Philadelphia
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Favortree uses mobile phones to ‘Play it Forward’
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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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Helping communities be Neighbor.ly
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#HackForChange looks to create solutions to community challenges
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Benevolent: Building social capital toward community progress
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Bright spots in community engagement: Philadelphia - 'Civic Fusion' at work
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Engage Philadelphia: What happens when tech entrepreneurs and city leaders collaborate
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GovLab @ NYU “Experiment” goes from awkward to exceptional
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No taxation without participation: Making governments more open and accountable
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GovLab's 'Experiment' brainstorms ways to make engagement work
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Knight welcomes Carol Coletta as new vice president
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Informed and engaged communities through placemaking: building off Soul of the Community
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Knight Foundation goes live with new portal for grantees
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Messing with Texas: empowering citizens to push for open government
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Code for America comes to Akron
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Ideas into action: Knight helps TED develop engagement platform
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Knight doubles down on tech’s potential to connect communities for action
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A Tech for Engagement road show: Knight goes to TED
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Empowering young women in tech
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Advice to next generation journos: be fair, just & honorable
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Civic incubator looks to speed rate of innovation
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Why journalists need to get behind the #opendata movement
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Seven ways to civic engagement: Insights from Detroit and beyond
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Building Philly’s open data movement
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Apps for engagement and innovation
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The power of tech to build a 21st century government
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Change by Us: breaking down boundaries between residents and decision-makers
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Taking small steps for large-scale community change
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Opening up City Hall with OpenGovernment.org
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Using tech to transform democracy
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Knight Foundation’s National Program strategy
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#DetroitShowcase: Innovators show off tech for engagement projects
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Community/place-based #foundations: Don't miss opportunity for #funding community info. 7/1 deadline http://t.co/FZcoIFuXiZ #philanthropy
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Join @thestagemiami this Thursday 6pm ET for live stream of #TEDGlobal http://t.co/BL59ZCZwDQ v @matthaggman #Miami #TED
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Showing @Google #Journalism fellows all #Miami has to offer: @thelabmiami @WLRN @guide @univision @MiamiHerald & more http://t.co/Yk1odA9JtZ
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.@MiamiFoundation's #GiveMiamiDay is back! Log on to http://t.co/cGLODbHTbE today at 11am to watch reveal of official date. #philanthropy
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MT @MapBox: Join us for a post @SOTMUS happy hour tonight -- 6:30pm at Irish Bank pub: http://t.co/DrRIF61eDF #osm
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Get funded with @SunFoundation's new #opengov grants http://t.co/h5xpCMIf2W #gov20
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.@TheMiamiRail on @TheLabMiami: "an effort to fill a void in a city with vibrant energy but few conductors" http://t.co/OvVP4DOjKX #Miami
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Community #foundations test mobile to inform residents. Apply by 7/1 for current Knight Community Info Challenge http://t.co/cfI6epEYgO
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Business side staffing needs are a top priority for #nonprofit news outlets http://t.co/sukmRqBk1J v @pewresearch
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Teaching at-risk youth life skills to succeed: story of a @BmeBaltimore #leadership award winner http://t.co/MxZf5jHW3L v @BMECommunity
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First-ever @Google #journalism fellows visit #Miami, explore the city's tech startups http://t.co/Yk1odA9JtZ via @louiegilot @WLRN
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MT @EricNewton1: @PolicyMic tops list of great sources of news/commentary for Millennials http://t.co/mLVeevxKgE
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MT @jsb: @waldojaquith: @SunFoundation providing #OpenGov grants again! Gave me 1st-ever funding. Do something great http://t.co/h5xpCMIf2W
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.@pewresearch survey offers lessons for funders of #nonprofit news start ups http://t.co/WU8m98ln9w v @KDMC by @michelemclellan
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MT @matthaggman: Join us Thurs evening at @thestagemiami for @TEDxMiami live stream of talks from @TEDGlobal http://t.co/ZY913YIpJX
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MT @pewresearch: Nearly 3/4 of nonprofit #news outlets that got big startup grants said those had expired http://t.co/uS9i4fporx
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New @pewresearch report provides lens into a “fragile” #nonprofit news industry http://t.co/sukmRqBk1J #journalism
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Are you #interning this summer? Help @ProPublica tell your story via @kickstarter http://t.co/KXN7G3qdZR #kickstarter
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Funders find civic #engagement increases with news & information projects http://t.co/bYdo7He9We #philanthropy #infoneeds
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Leaders in #innovation have similar traits/values that cities like #Miami can adapt into their idea culture: http://t.co/GU8FNL25uK #socinn
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#infoneeds winners find news & info projects increase civic engagement. Apply to this year's challenge (7/1 deadline) http://t.co/bYdo7He9We
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Check out what's new at Knight in the arts, communities & journalism/media innovation http://t.co/dyBlbTF26i #philanthropy
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Community & place-based #foundations: Apply for #funding via Knight's Community Information Challenge. 7/1 deadline http://t.co/hWfVm5GRU5
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MT @MapBox: Launched in time for @sotmus: #OpenStreetMap data report 2013, showing 9 yrs of incredible growth http://t.co/KE4JCtcxUN #osm
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Biographer @WalterIsaacson shares lessons from great entrepreneurs http://t.co/GU8FNL25uK v @JennaBuehler #socent
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How #storytelling & data can lead to community change http://t.co/rfCrGLU6ue
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#PDF13 join @bthewirz @StacyDon & other for a convo on civic #startups & the for-profit sector, today 2 pm breakout http://t.co/icB9E2aEHj
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Want to help @TurboVote build 21st century #elections? They're hiring http://t.co/v9wuFrHQKS ht @bthewirz
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Are you a community #foundation applying to our #infoneeds challenge? Here's what you need to know http://t.co/DEWFQrexxW #philanthropy
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MT @EricNewton1: Young journos from Tampa Bay Times, Washingtonian, CNN Digital win Livingston Awards, lucky to see http://t.co/BDry3Zfy67
Publications
In The News
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A platform to help people climb out of poverty, step by step
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Up and comers: the agrawal twins, reshma saujani and rachel shechtman
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Benevolent is like Kiva for the Silicon Valley's working poor
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It’s not charity– it’s community, says the founder of Benevolent
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‘Crowdfunding’ site uses donations to lend a helping hand
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Benevolent’s approach to crowdfunding lifts low-income Americans out of poverty
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Can Silicon Valley beat poverty with crowdfunding?
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Knight Foundation and Fisher family fund nonprofit startup, Benevolent
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Techy girls gaining ground
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Group tells teen girls computer programming isn't just for guys
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Innovative program promotes new technology in the classroom
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West Charlotte students receive 2,000 laptops from Project LIFT
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West Charlotte students get 2,000 free laptops
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Knight Foundation gives $9 million to support civic technology
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Knight Foundation gives $9M to TED, Code for America, and NYU to foster technology in democracy
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Foundation pushes technology’s ability to transform government
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Notebooks, training go to Project LIFT
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Teaching girls to code
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‘Girls Who Code’ expanding to Detroit, other cities with Knight Foundation funding
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Girls Who Code expands across the US with summer programs in Detroit, San Jose and Miami
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Targeting gender gap in tech, Girls Who Code expanding to Miami
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Tech for Engagement: mapping the field
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Transforming democracy through digital technology
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Millennials: The new American dreamers
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Change By Us, OpenGovernment.org: Knight Foundation invests $800k in local civic engagement tools
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Code for America unveils Macon apps
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Civic engagement projects to expand, thanks to Knight grants
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New Grant to Open Legislatures, Make Cities More Interactive
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Code for Oakland: The people's hackathon builds a civic web Saturday
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FavorTree - New app uses gamification for social good
Featured Projects (3 of 36)
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To fund the 2,000th KaBOOM! community-built playground at Imagine Southeast Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. in June 2011
Put TED Ideas into Action
To partner on a program that will leverage the full TED platform to empower individuals to take collective action on "ideas worth doing" and expose TED's audience to Knight's tech for engagement strategy
Neighbor.ly
To support the refinement and deployment of a new crowdfunding platform that addresses community-wide needs in two Knight communities.
About our Tech for Engagement strategy
Knight’s Tech for Engagement initiative seeks to use the power of technology to bring people together to shape their future.
Knight believes technology has the potential to transform democracy by enabling citizens to directly engage with neighbors and leaders in ways we have not yet imagined. So far, there has been visible progress, with online tools gathering ideas and opinions on civic issues, and open platforms making some government functions more efficient. But fulfilling the true potential - to engage citizens in solving the major challenges of their communities - remains ahead of us.
Through our investments, Knight wants to push the field forward, seeking ways to use technology to create citizen-centered solutions. Technology-powered engagement can represent a new level of citizenship, one that strengthens democracy and leads to transformational community change.
The initiative funds in three areas:
1) Deepening public participation: We are looking for ways technology can help develop deeper neighbor-to-neighbor connections, facilitate community dialogue, or make it easier for residents and leaders to create solutions to our thorniest challenges.
2) Opening government: We are seeking to accelerate the movement of positioning government as less of a service provider, and more of a platform that empowers people to better their communities. Our funding supports sustainable tools and projects positioned to scale.
3) Building infrastructure for the field: To date, the Tech for Engagement field is creative, skilled and passionate, but small. We want to help build a cohesive network of individuals and organizations that contribute to this work, and recruit more technologists and social change leaders to take part.
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Damian Thorman
National Program Director
