Kudos to Homicide Watch for exceeding its Kickstarter goal. I was among those who donated. But I have to confess to a lot of head -scratching over all the rallying cries, berating national foundations for not supporting a good local news site. The fact of the matter is, the founders are leaving the start up
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A Gee-Whiz Day for Journalism Innovations
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Sep. 8, 2011 in Blog
A good 120 people braved heavy rains to attend yesterday’s Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. They were richly rewarded. They saw new engagement ideas, data libraries, plus open-source and social media tools.
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2011 Knight-Batten Awards and Symposium for Innovations in Journalism
Posted by J-Lab on Sep. 7, 2011 in Summits
| The Newseum, Washington, D.C.
Join us for New Gateways to News and hear from the 2011 Knight-Batten award winners.
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Remarks by Jan Schaffer at the Knight-Batten Awards and Symposium
Remarks by J-Lab executive director Jan Schaffer at the Sept. 7, 2011 Knight-Batten Awards and Symposium for Innovations in Journalism, held at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.
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Stepping Up the Pace of Innovation
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Sep. 15, 2010 in Blog
The level of creativity was dizzying at this year’s Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. The winners are already taking their prize-winning ideas to the next level. Meanwhile Grand Prize winner The Sunlight Foundation is taking its “data jamming” mindset into new frontiers, breaking news at the symposium with its latest plans.
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Sunlight Foundation Wins $10,000 Innovations Award; Six Collaboration Pioneers Awarded $1,000 Each
Posted by J-Lab on Sep. 14, 2010 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Sunlight Live, the Sunlight Foundation‘s innovative blending of data, streaming video, liveblogging and social networking today was awarded the $10,000 Grand Prize in the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. Six projects that pioneered unique collaborations to advance digital engagement each received $1,000 Special Distinction Awards. Honored at a morning symposium at
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The Knight-Batten Awards: New Recipes for Journalism
Posted by Jan Schaffer on Jul. 19, 2010 in Blog
We never know what will rise to the top each year in the Knight-Batten A wards for Innovations in Journalism. But we do know that it will define a significant trend in the rapidly evolving media landscape. This year, without a doubt, the innovations clustered around the process of journalism – not just the finished
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Sunlight Live’s Real-Time Participation Wins $10,000 Knight-Batten Innovation Award
Posted by J-Lab on Jul. 19, 2010 in Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – Sunlight Live, the Sunlight Foundation‘s innovative blending of data, streaming video, liveblogging and social networking – first used at February’s bipartisan health-care summit – is this year’s $10,000 Grand Prize winner in the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. Sunlight Live attracted nearly 43,000 viewers, 9,800 livebloggers, and more than 1,300 tweets.
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New York Times Wins $10,000 Knight-Batten Innovation Award
Posted by J-Lab on Sep. 17, 2009 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. The New York Times received top honors today in the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism with six striking entries that netted the $10,000 Grand Prize for a dynamic body of work. Six other winners were awarded $1,000 prizes for diverse ideas that used digital tools to supply data, embed links, track Web
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New York Times Wins Top Knight-Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism
Posted by J-Lab on Jul. 23, 2009 in Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The New York Times swept top honors in the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism with six striking entries that netted the $10,000 Grand Prize for a dynamic body of work in the past year. “This year’s winner shows that even the biggest, most prestigious news organizations can create just the kinds
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