Knight Foundation

Informed & Engaged Communities

Browse Knight-Funded Ideas

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Hollaback

To develop a pilot of a mobile application designed to allow individuals to report street harassment.

Geomancer

To create a prototype system to allow journalists to easily combine datasets based on geographic information.

The LAMP

To build an online video editor for use in media criticism and education.

eCitizens.org

To develop software that provides real-time alerts by email of city council agendas, minutes and support documents by keyword or topic

Data Toys

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

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.

The Rashomon Project

To develop a tool for organizing multiple videos recorded at a public event into a single timeline

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