These 6 Knight Foundation News Challenge Winners Make Journalism More Social
Every year, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation awards funding and mentoring to a handful of innovative new ventures that promote good journalism in the Digital Age. The six winners of this year’s “Networks” challenge, announced today at the MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference in Cambridge, MA, use existing social platforms like Twitter and Ustream to keep communities informed in new ways.
Every year, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation awards funding and mentoring to a handful of innovative new ventures that promote good journalism in the Digital Age. The six winners of this year’s “Networks” challenge, announced today at the MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference in Cambridge, MA, use existing social platforms like Twitter and Ustream to keep communities informed in new ways.
Popular themes included new ways for news organizations to get feedback on their content, smarter aggregation tools for readers and viewers, and new tools for citizen journalists to protect their identities and organize their communities in the event of a crisis.
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