Knight News Challenge

KNIGHT NEWS CHALLENGE Data compiled by Daniel Bachhuber, Chris Amico, Will Mitchell and Max Linsky by the numbers Graphic created by Lauren Rabaino Published on April 17, 2011 Data about the Knight News Challenge funded project is limited. In preparation for the Hardly Stricly Young conference at the Reynold's Journalism Institute, we we wanted to pull together data for people to talk about beyond pure anecdote. We sent out a survey to all of the 63 project leads, which went live Monday evening, April 11, 2011. A total of 40 participants responded. These are a few of the findings. The following data is based on projects funded from 2007-2010. KNC projects funded Total amount of money awarded 63 $21,944,500 By Location Top-funded cities Cambridge, MA New York, NY Chicago, IL San Francisco, CA $5,494,000 $2,734,500 $1,892,000 $1,082,000 The Breakdown By Category By Organization Type By Venture Type Bacation Trends over time What they're saying Select user responses from our survey. By Category How were you successful with your project? 8 million "We've continued the project well beyond the duration of Knight's support, seeking other foundation funding and donations from 7 million 6 million Software Smillion Education 4 million 3 million individuals to allow us to 2 million support innovative new 1 million media efforts in different corners of the developing world." 2007 2008 2009 2010 By Organization Type What challenges did you face with your project? "Biggest failure to date is that we simply haven't succeeded in sparking any 4.5 million School 4 million Non-profit 3.5 million For-profit sustained, large-scale public involvement/contribution. 3 million Other/unknown 2.5 million Exploring why that is and what we can do to change it is where we're at right now." 2 million 15 million 1 million 5 million In your opinion, what are the ways does the Knight News Challenge need to be improved? 2007 2008 2009 2010 "Systems needed to be put in place to evaluate the By Venture Type open-source code generated through the News Challenge and identify ways to make it more widely deployed." 8 million Startup 7 million Side project 6 million Expansion 5 million 4 million 3 million "Knight needs to help News Challenge ideas turn into sustainable institutions." 2 million 1 million 2007 2008 2009 2010 Questions? Contact dodanielbachhuber.com Published April 17, 2011