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The keys to a more open and transparent democracy include increased broadband access and a steady flow of government data into online communities, according to two white papers released by the Knight Commission … Alex Howard, Government 2.0 Correspondent for O’Reilly Radar, provided a good wrap-up of last week’s Roundtable on implementing the recommendations for government transparency and creating community hubs.
Winners 2007-08-09-10 | Knight News Challenge
The Knight News Challenge, an international media innovation contest, is evolving – and will be offered three times, with three different topics. The first challenge will be centered on networks, and will accept applications Feb. 27 - March 17.
Overview The time has come for new thinking and aggressive action to ensure the information opportunities of America’s people, the information health of its communities, and the information vitality of our democracy. Information technology is changing our lives in ways that we cannot easily foresee.
Read the Report and Comment | KnightComm
In the last few years, mapping has become an increasingly important element among the winners of the Knight News Challenge. Five of the 12 projects which won grants in 2010 involved mapping in some form: TileMapping by DevelopmentSeed of Washington DC; CitySeed by Arizona State University's New Media Innovation Lab in Phoenix; CityTracking by Stamen Design out of San Francisco;' GoMap Riga by two Latvians ; and LocalWiki by the founders of Davis Wiki of Davis, California. In addition, a 2009 grantee, Ushahidi also made its reputation through crowd-sourced crisis mapping.
Mapping Tools Increasingly Important to Informed and Engaged Com
The New York Times has just entered the location-based content distribution game via Foursquare , which is fast becoming the vehicle for experiencing editorial content when and where it matters most.
The New York Times and Foursquare Partner for the Olympics
Walking Papers
Print maps, draw on them, scan them back in and help OpenStreetMap improve its coverage of local points of interests and street detail.
If you hear sirens in your neighborhood, you should know why. Crimespotting makes this possible with interactive maps, e-mail updates , and RSS feeds of crimes in areas that you care about. We’ve found ourselves frustrated by the proprietary systems and long disclaimers that ultimately limit information available to the public.
Oakland Crimespotting
LocalWiki
In 2004 we started the Davis Wiki , an experimental project to collect and share interesting information about the town of Davis, California, editable by anyone, that soon became the world's largest and most vibrant community wiki.
Welcome to the community wiki for Davis, California, USA!
Davis Wiki - The definitive resource for Davis, California
Completing the challenge above proves you are a human and gives you temporary access.
Windy Citizen
Lightstalkers and Demotix | Demotix.com
Here at Demotix, we provide a platform to tell the stories which are important to you, helping us to illuminate the dark areas in international reporting.Edit online anytime, anywhere with anyone
Stroome
Stroome began, like so many cool things do, with talking fish.