Knight Foundation

Informed & Engaged Communities

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Newsource: The Santa Barbara Journalism Initiative

To provide independent, in-depth investigative news and analysis, with an emphasis on content relevant to the county’s substantial Latino community, the Santa Barbara Foundation will launch a new journalism initiative called Newsource.

Northwest News Cooperative

To better serve the information needs of rural Oregon news organizations, The Oregon Community Foundation will create a cooperative news network where partners – including Oregon Public Broadcasting and local newspapers – will be able to share content. 

Public Data Project

To encourage the more effective use of data in reporting, The Boston Foundation will train journalists and community members to access information and create compelling data visualizations that can be embedded in news stories and on blogs and websites.

Public radio station WWNO

To increase local news reporting in southeast Louisiana, the Greater New Orleans Foundation will help expand the city’s NPR affiliate, WWNO. 

The NewsOutlet.org

To produce an investigative report on gas- and oil-well drilling, The Raymond John Wean Foundation will help enable a new operating partnership between the NewsOutlet.org and a local National Public Radio affiliate. 

The Notebook

To help a Philadelphia Public Schools news site better connect with its audiences, Resources for Human Development will enable The Notebook to produce more content in accessible and usable forms. 

WyoFile

To provide more critical information to residents, the Wyoming Community Foundation will partner with WyoFile.com to build its capacity and readership. 

CitizenAtlas

For CitizenAtlas, a digital tool to help real people tell real stories based off of public data

Colorado Data Commons

For Colorado Data Commons to take public data and make it easy for citizens to access and use

Community News Commons

For Community News Commons, a grassroots project to engage, mentor, train and empower citizen journalists

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