$2.74 Million Awarded to 12 Knight News Challenge Winners
Posted on | June 17, 2010 | No Comments
Cambridge, Mass. (June 16, 2010) – Twelve media innovation projects have been named the 2010 winners of the Knight News Challenge, a contest that funds ideas that use digital technology to inform specific geographic communities.
The winners will share a total of $2.74 million as part of the fourth round of the five-year international contest.
Among the winning ideas are two easy-to-use tool sets for journalists and bloggers to illustrate raw data visually – one of the most promising new areas of digital journalism. One project (Tilemapping) was field-tested in Haiti, to map where aid was needed after the earthquake.
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Knight News Challenge Winners, In Brief from Knight Foundation on Vimeo.
Get Your Ideas Ready for the 2011 Knight Challenge Awards
You’ve got ideas, too, and you’ve got time to prepare for the 2011 Knight Challenge. Applications will be open this fall, and anyone can apply, worldwide. Displaced Journalists will keep you updated. The News Challenge is part of John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Media Innovation Initiative.
The annual News Challenge grants go to innovators who use new or available technology to distribute content in local communities. There are three important guidelines:
- Use digital, open-source technology.
- Distribute news in the public interest.
- Test your project in a local community.
Displaced Journalists will keep you informed. However, you’ll find everything you need to plan and apply on the Knight News Challenge website.
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