Presentation of Winners, May 14, Las Vegas
This is Heidi Miller from the Knight News Challenge, spreading the word about open source development and communication innovation. And we're talking with past KNC winners to explore how they succeeded in getting funding for their great ideas. Today's new idea is from Adrian Holovaty, founder of Everyblock.
Knight News Challenge contest open to anyone anywhere. Applications due Nov. 1
MIAMI – Innovators from around the globe have two more weeks to submit an application to the 2009 Knight News Challenge digital innovation contest. Applicants have a chance to win up to $5 million. The deadline is Nov. 1.
David Cohn interview, founder of Spot.us
Heidi Miller of the Knight News Challenge recently interviewed past Knight News Challenge winner, David Cohn, to explore how he succeeded in getting funding for his great idea for digital communication innovation.
Hi, guys, this is Heidi Miller with the Knight News Challenge, spreading the word about open source development and communication innovation. And we’re speaking with past Knight News Challenge winners to explore how they succeeded in getting funding for their great ideas. Today’s new idea is from David Sasaki, founder of Rising Voices.
MIAMI – The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has launched the third year of the Knight News Challenge, a contest awarding as much as $5 million for innovative ideas using digital experiments to transform community news and information exchange. The deadline for applications is Nov. 1, 2008.
Miami (August 7, 2008) — Fifty coaches are standing by online to help innovative thinkers apply for the Knight News Challenge, a $5 million-a-year contest to move journalism into the 21st Century. The coaches — made up of past jurors and winners — will give News Challenge hopefuls a better chance of winning up to $5 million in prizes annually. They also hope to attract a more diverse range of ideas.
LAS VEGAS — CNN.com today accepted the Knight News Innovation EPpy for its interactive, international, engaging and effective web site. The award, announced as part of the EPpy Awards ceremony at the Interactive Media Conference & Tradeshow, is sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
LAS VEGAS — Sixteen ideas to fund innovative digital projects around the world were awarded $5.5 million dollars today from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the World Wide Web, accepted one of the awards for a project that will create a technology to give users more information about the origins and sourcing of digital content.
