Front Porch Forum

To create open-source software for neighborhood news

James L. Knight School of Communication at Queens University

To name the James L. Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte and establish its special endowed mission of teaching digital and media literacy to students and the community

PRX StoryMarket

To create StoryMarket, a crowd-funding platform for public radio, so citizens can pay for the professional production of stories they would like to see in the news

Tow-Knight Center in Entrepreneurial Journalism

To establish the nation's most intensive program of its kind at the City University of New York with the Tow-Knight Center in Entrepreneurial Journalism

NowSpots

To develop open-source software allowing "real-time advertising" that can be updated at any time by local business using social media

Knight-Mozilla News Technology Fellowships

To establish the Knight-Mozilla News Technology Fellowships, to accelerate media innovation by embedding technologists in news organizations

CityTracking

To build a web service and open source tools to display public data in easy-to-understand, highly visual ways

Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy

To advance a detailed national policy discussion of the findings of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy

Knight News Innovation Lab

To create the Knight News Innovation Lab at Northwestern University to accelerate media innovation in the Chicago area

SnagFilms

SnagFilms is a company dedicated to ubiquitous distribution of non-fiction (documentary) and independent films. The company enables better, faster and cheaper distribution of this content, broadening the audience for the films and generating additional revenues for the filmmakers, who can then go on and create more films.

Investigative News Network

To establish the Investigative News Network, with the founder of the Voice of San Diego and other foundations, as an entrepreneurial organization

Wesleyan Media Project

To support the Wesleyan Media Project's analysis of broadcast advertising during the 2010 election