Knight News Challenge: Casting the Net Wide for Innovation
June 15, 2010 knightfoundation 147 other publications
Although the News Challenge – $25 million over five years – represents only a fraction of Knight’s work, it has become a signature program, an unmistakable sign of its earnestness about finding new, digital ways to replace the news that citizens used to get from local newspapers, television and radio. It has spawned similar Knight grant contests, including the $24 million Community Information Challenge and a $20 million Knight Arts Challenge in South Florida, built on “what we did and learned with the News Challenge,” Kebbel said.
Although the News Challenge – $25 million over five years – represents only a fraction of Knight’s work, it has become a signature program, an unmistakable sign of its earnest...
