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Jan 30, 2013 10:46 AM

Mobile News Projects Win Knight News Challenge

Ranging from projects that turn no-frills mobile phones into radio stations to applications that help newsrooms manage a deluge of incoming mobile content, eight media innovation ventures this week received a total of $2.4 million as winners of the Knight News Challenge: Mobile.

Coverage of the winning projects included AllThingsD, Fast Company, VentureBeat, PandoDaily, Social Times, New York Observer BetaBeat, TechPresident, Mediabistro, Jounalism.co.uk, and Columbia Journalism Review.

Permalink | Posted on Jan 30, 2013 at 10:46 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Nov 26, 2012 6:36 PM

Recovers.org Reshapes Disaster Relief in NYC

Recovers.org from Knight Foundation on Vimeo.

PKPR was proud to work with The Knight Foundation on promoting the amazing service that Knight News Challenge winner Recovers.org provided in New York City in the aftermath of super storm Sandy.

Developed by two sisters whose town was upended by a tornado last year, Recovers.org has been instrumental in jumpstarting recovery across the city, moving masses of people and goods from where they showed up to where they were needed most. Coverage ranged from Huffington Post (With Recovers.org, Two Sisters Revolutionize Disaster Relief) to Aol Government.

Permalink | Posted on Nov 26, 2012 at 6:36 PM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Sep 28, 2012 11:10 AM

Data Projects win Knight News Challenge

Six media innovation ventures that make it easier to access and use information on local communities, air quality, elections, demographics and more received a total of $2.22 million this week as winners of the Knight News Challenge: Data.

PKPR secured coverage for the winners in a wide range of outlets including TechCrunch, Fast Company, The Next Web, The Verge, Talking Points Memo, TechPresident, Columbia Journalism Review, and CivSource,

Permalink | Posted on Sep 28, 2012 at 11:10 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk

Jul 03, 2012 9:30 AM

Knight News Challenge Winners Unveiled

On June 18th at MIT in Boston, Knight Foundation announced that six media innovation ventures would be awarded more than $1.37 million as winners of Knight News Challenge on Networks. The winning projects build on existing networks, such as UStream or Twitter, to create new ways for informing and engaging communities.

PKPR focused its campaign on technology and startup reporters, securing coverage of the announcement in outlets such as the Boston Globe, GigaOM, The Next Web, The Wrap, MediaBistro, ReadWriteWeb, and Columbia Journalism Review.

In addition, PKPR conducted targeted outreach for each of the six winning projects, pitching reporters on related beats, such as online privacy or tablet innovation. This led to profiles or stories on individual winners, such as Behavio (Techcrunch, Fast Company, and PSFK) and WatchUp (The Economist, Mashable).

Permalink | Posted on Jul 03, 2012 at 9:30 AM by Jason Gordon

May 11, 2012 10:26 AM

Knight Funds New Video Translation Service

Aiming to strengthen the role of the Internet as an open platform for global learning, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Mozilla this provided $1 million in funding to Amara, a pioneer in crowd-sourced video translation.

With nearly 170,000 videos translated since its founding in 2010, Amara is one of the world’s largest video subtitling platforms. Its system is used by a wide range of leading news, media and education organizations, from PBS NewsHour to Khan Academy and Al Jazeera, to reach wider audiences and further global understanding. In addition, Amara volunteers use the system to independently translate popular videos – from President Barack Obama’s message to the Sudan to KONY 2012, which was translated into 35 languages in 4 days.

The Knight Foundation tapped PKPR to handle outreach for this announcement to technology media. Coverage of the announcement included TechCrunch, The Next Web, Pando Daily, BoingBoing, Portfolio, Xconomy, Crowdsourcing, Nieman MediaLab, and more.

Permalink | Posted on May 11, 2012 at 10:26 AM by Patrick Kowalczyk