Watch live streaming video from knightfoundation at livestream.com Yesterday, in the Turning Data into Narrative session, panelists discussed how data can generate or support narratives. Many of the data narratives discussed drew explicitly or implicitly on government-derived datasets, with Dan O’Neil of Smart Chicago suggesting journalists should spend less time […]
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Watch live streaming video from knightfoundation at livestream.com Mitch Resnick, director of the Media Lab’s Lifelong Kindergarten group, introduces the panel by describing the culture of the Center for Civic Media and the Media Lab at large. There isn’t a central planning committee that assigns projects to the students and […]
knightfoundation on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free Note: This was written with the significant help of Amy Johnson Introduction Ethan introduced the panel (the final one between us and cocktails!) by offering that they have saved the best for last: stories and fables. It has been pointed out that it’s a […]
Today, the Knight Foundation announced winners of the latest Knight News Challenge, which was focused on on Networks. Watch live streaming video from knightfoundation at livestream.com Signalnoi.se(I missed this one, but it looked awesome. It waspresented by Haroon Meer and Mohamed Nanabhay from Al Jazeera) BehavioNadav Aharony of Behavio asks […]
Knight Prototype Fund The Knight foundation has just launched a prototype fund (Knight Challenge prototype fund), in an attempt to shorten the pace of grantmaking. The prototype fund takes 60 to 120 days and offers less than $50,000 dollars to help groups take an idea into prototype. The goal is […]