The Knight Prototype Fundsupports early-stage ideas related to media, data and information, nurturing them to the prototype stage. Last week Knight announced the latest round of winners.
DocumentCloud, which provides reporters and researchers access to a catalog of 1.1 million documents, is adding new paid features to what will remain a core free service. Add-ons include a mobile-friendly document viewer and automated analysis tools.
A total of $3.4 million has been awarded to 19 projects focused on the theme of an open Internet, covering everything from increased Wi-Fi access at libraries to deepening our understanding of rights when access archives.
The Knight News Challenge winners will be announced tomorrow at the 2014 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference. Tune into the livestream Monday morning at 10:45 a.m. ET to find out which of the 652 entries were chosen.
Just launched in New Jersey, The Local News Lab encompasses six local journalism sites and will work to bolster revenue models of both nonprofit and for profit news. The goal is sustainability in the local news ecosystem.
UNITY: Journalists for Diversity has extended the deadline for its student reporting fellowship, open to full-time college students and recent graduates. The new deadline is Thursday, June 5 at 5 p.m. EST.
The Online News Association is now accepting entries for the 2014 Online Journalism Awards, which recognize major media, international and independent new sites as well as individuals who produce innovative work in multimedia storytelling.
The social journalism hackathon at KQED is meant to stimulate strong context in news stories by using digital platforms. The event is Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1 at the KQED studio.
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