[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation named Knight News Challenge winner

Fri Jan 18 17:04:30 UTC 2013

+1 to what Fabrice said (not only myself but many others I know have
applied a couple of times)

Congratulations!

Oona

On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Fabrice Florin <fflorin at wikimedia.org>wrote:

> Congrats to everyone who worked on the Knight grant!
>
> As someone who applied three years in a row for a News Challenge grant, I
> can assure you this is no small feat. ;o)
>
> The News Challenge contest is very competitive, with thousands of
> applications submitted in each round from some of the top names in
> nonprofit journalism. So it's a testament to all your hard work that we
> were named a winner this year.
>
> Nicely done, you guys!
>
>
> Fabrice
>
>
> On Jan 17, 2013, at 11:09 AM, wikimedia-l-request at lists.wikimedia.orgwrote:
> > Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:20:45 -0800
> > From: Matthew Roth <mroth at wikimedia.org>
> > To: press-release at lists.wikimedia.org
> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] [PRESS RELEASE]
> >       Wikimedia       Foundation      named Knight News Challenge
> winner
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> > (This press release is also available online at:
> >
> https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_Knight_News_Challenge_winner
> )
> >
> > Wikimedia Foundation named winner of Knight News Challenge
> >
> > $600,000 in Knight Foundation funding supports innovation across
> > Wikimedia mobile initiatives
> >
> > SAN FRANCISCO, CA - January 17, 2013 - The Wikimedia Foundation was
> > named a winner in the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight
> > News Challenge for its efforts to expand and improve Wikimedia's
> > mobile projects. The Wikimedia Foundation is enhancing the Wikipedia
> > mobile experience and making it easier to access Wikipedia,
> > particularly for readers in developing countries.
> >
> > As mobile technology is increasingly the primary opportunity for
> > billions of people around the world to access the Internet, the
> > Wikimedia Foundation is working to remove the two biggest hurdles to
> > access free knowledge: cost and accessibility. The News Challenge
> > grant will be utilized in four areas:
> > *Improving the way that users experience our mobile platform on feature
> phones;
> > *Expanding Wikipedia Zero, which gives mobile users free access to
> > Wikipedia on their phones;
> > *Developing features to improve the mobile experience regardless of
> > how feature-rich the device is, including new ways to access Wikipedia
> > via texting;
> > *Increasing the number of languages that can access Wikipedia on mobile.
> >
> > The Wikimedia Foundation is one of eight mobile projects to receive a
> > total of $2.4 million today through the Knight News Challenge, which
> > accelerates projects with funding and advice from Knight's network of
> > media innovators. A full list is at knightfoundation.org.
> >
> > "Knight Foundation's funding will support us making the mobile version
> > of Wikipedia easier to use, as well as enabling us to expand Wikipedia
> > Zero, our project with mobile operators that lets their customers
> > access Wikipedia for free," said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of
> > the Wikimedia Foundation. "I'm very happy Knight has chosen to support
> > us; it's an important affirmation of our mobile work."
> >
> > Knight Foundation, the nation?s leading funder of journalism and media
> > innovation, is committed to promoting democracy by supporting informed
> > and engaged communities. Founded by newsmen John S. and James L.
> > Knight, the foundation launched the Knight News Challenge in 2007 to
> > find the next generation of innovations that help communities get the
> > information they need.
> >
> > "Wikipedia has helped define the way that people collaboratively
> > create content. Making the site available to more people across the
> > world will help foster and spread that culture," said John Bracken,
> > director for journalism and media innovation at Knight Foundation.
> >
> > The $600,000 News Challenge grant is for two years and follows a
> > general support grant of $250,000 that Knight Foundation awarded to
> > the Wikimedia Foundation in December 2012.
> >
> > The Wikimedia Foundation and the other winners of the challenge will
> > present their projects via live Web stream at 12:30 p.m. ET/ 10:30
> > a.m. MT Friday, January 18 at knightfoundation.org/live, from a
> > gathering on the future of mobile at Arizona State University. (Follow
> > #newschallenge on Twitter.)
> >
> > About the Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> > http://wikimediafoundation.org
> > http://blog.wikimedia.org
> >
> > The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates
> > Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix,
> > Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation
> > receive more than 483 million unique visitors per month, making them
> > the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November
> > 2012). Available in 285 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 24
> > million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of
> > roughly 80,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the
> > Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded
> > primarily through donations and grants.
> >
> > Press contact
> > Jay Walsh
> > Senior Director, Communications
> > Wikimedia Foundation
> > Tel. +1 415-860-8166
> > jwalsh at wikimedia.org
> >
> > About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
> >
> > Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality
> > journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster
> > the arts. The foundation believes that democracy thrives when people
> > and communities are informed and engaged. For more, visit
> > knightfoundation.org or newschallenge.org
> >
> > Press contact
> > Andrew Sherry
> > VP for Communications, Knight Foundation
> > Tel. 305-908-2677
> > sherry at knightfoundation.org
> >
> > (To unsubscribe from Wikimedia Foundation press releases, reply with
> > "unsubscribe" in the subject line.)
> >
> >
>
>
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> Fabrice Florin
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> Wikimedia Foundation
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