The 2014-15 winners of the John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University have been announced. Twelve U.S. journalists were selected from among 139 applicants, and eight international winners came from 352 applicants from 85 countries.

This year, U.S. winners were journalists hailing from several mainstream media outlets, including the New York Times, Boston Globe and Wall Street Journal -- indicating the intention of bringing innovation quickly and directly into use in the field. The fellows will each address a unique "journalism challenge," with some that will bolster innovation for community news. 

Some of this year's more community-focused fellowship projects are:

• Christina Passariello, senior reporter, Wall Street Journal in Paris, will develop a crowdsourced website mapping the global garment industry.
• Michael Morisy, editor The Boston Globe's Beta Boston, will refine and document sustainable models for crowdsourcing and crowdfunding, among other news tools.
• Yvonne Leow, senior associate, North Base Media, will develop a tool that visualizes a newspaper’s historical data to help journalists better cover their communities.

The international Knight fellows will be tackling a broad range of journalism challenges, covering everything from increasing the ranks of women in newsrooms to improving science journalism in China. One innovative digital project by Carolina Guerrero, executive director of San Francisco's Radio Ambulnate, will focus on creating an online Spanish-language online toolkit for independent radio producers in Latin America.

Through the Knight Stanford Journalism Fellowships, the Knight Foundation supports passionate journalists, innovators, and entrepreneurs as they create the new models, tools and approaches that are redefining journalism. Applications for the 2015-2016 academic year will open this fall.