Census.IRE.org

To update and expand Census.IRE.org, a tool for journalists to easily find Census and other information about communities

Knight International Journalism Fellows

To launch a new, revamped round of Knight International Journalism Fellows

Open Elections

To create a comprehensive, open database of election results in the United States  

Pop Up Archive

To create open-source software for organizing and publishing archival content from small and independent content producers

Safecast Radiation & Air Quality

To build a network of low-cost air quality monitoring devices and data collection in Los Angeles and Detroit, and scale radiation monitoring globally

Community crime watch neighborhood portal

To build software to help local law enforcement agencies collaborate with neighborhood crime watch groups

Data Toys

To create several prototypes for data toys: experimental, digitally-enabled devices that allow users to explore data and systems through play

Open Gender Tracking Project

To build software that will track the gender balance in published news stories

FOIA Machine

FOIA Machine will aid journalist and private citizens in accessing millions of important governmental documents around the world that are covered by freedom of information laws (which exist in more than 90 countries). 

GroundTruth

GroundTruth is a communications platform designed to help journalists, researchers and community organizers establish engagement with people who have valuable expertise via text messages and mobile phones.

Kon*Fab

The mission of Kon*Fab is to explore news and information through a more serendipitous discovery.

UNICEF Data Severity Index

The Data Severity Index will increase the efficiency of government action by prioritizing disaster risk reduction data and allowing for more intelligent filtering.