Knight News Challenge | $2.74 Million Awarded to 12 Grantees Who Will Impact Future of News
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 receive $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… READ IT