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Center for News Literacy

How do you show your audience skills they can develop to help journalism thrive? This center trains next generation news consumers "to think critically about what they read, watch, and hear.”

100 Reporters

A deliberate experiment connecting professional journalists, citizens and whistle-blowers; a source of stories on corruption worldwide; potential inspiration for your own reporting and engagement.

Mobile Media Toolkit

Use your phone to help you report, publish or broadcast smarter with mobile tools. This Knight funded project offers special pages for pros, citizen journalists and news/media organizations.

SeeClickFix

A powerful crowdsourcing tool, SeeClickFix documents issues that “become the seeds for news stories, investigative reports, and citizen advocacy pieces.” Check out their text and map widget!

PBS MediaShift

Mediashift correspondents report how new online communication tools are changing the media world. Analysis and a daily "must reads" feed.

The Economist Future of News Series

The Economist presents a rich bundle of perspective on the business of news past, future and present.

Public Insight Network

Creating a way for citizens to participate in news and reporting, PIN counts over 120,000 people in their network, with new funding to add 100,000 more while working with 45 newsrooms nationwide.

An interview with Mike Fancher, author of “Re-Imagining Journalism: Local News for a Networked World”

Across the field of journalism we’ve had an “information infusion” from a broad range of sources over the summer. Analysis, review and reporting from the likes of PEW, Knight, the Economist, Clay Shirky, the FCC’s recent 450+ page report furthering the analysis Knight Foundation started two years ago, and CJR’s recent write up “What We...

Re-Imagining Journalism: Local News for a Networked World

Mike Fancher’s policy paper, commissioned by the Knight Foundation and the Aspen Institute, outlines five critical ingredients to support local journalism.

Living Voters Guide

A “citizen powered” voters guide; a “public square” for discussing ballot measures. Easy to contribute, to see what others think, and to get alerts about new information as the election evolves.
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