There are an estimated 7-billion of us. Between us, its other inhabitants, the big black bit around it and Mother Earth herself, there’s never a dull moment, news happens organically, all the time.
The news machine is an efficient one, the cogs — reporters, news agencies and so on — have become invisible. It seems seamless, news follows us everywhere, the machine works, but that doesn’t stop brilliant minds — internet entrepreneurs, emerging media innovators and legacy newsrooms — from attempting to push it forward, especially in the digital age.
The Knight News Challenge is part of Knight Foundation’s US$100-million plus Media Innovation Initiative. The initiative seeks new ways to meet community information needs in the information age. In the five years of its existence, Knight Foundation reviewed more than 12 000 applications and funded 76 projects for a total of US$27-million.
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