Unique journalism-engineering partnership seeks to speed local media innovation. Evanston, Ill, February 3, 2011 — Responding to the critical need for dramatic improvements in the digital tools used ...

It’s easy to use the word invest a lot when talking about how the Knight Foundation funds journalism and information-needs-of-communities projects. Less than a month ago, we were talking about how ...

The Local News Lab launches today, supported by a $2 million grant awarded by the Knight Foundation in February. The site will showcase the progress of six New Jersey-based local journalism sites ...

Journalism and engineering students at the Knight Lab are building easy-to-use applications that help journalists tell better stories. In July 2012 Colorado was wracked by the terrifying news that a ...

Northwestern University’s Knight Lab recently got a nod from the Pulitzer Prize Board, if only by association. In handing out the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting this month, the prize committee ...

What started as an idea for creating tools for local media in Chicago three years ago has evolved into an innovation hub for the global journalism and technology community. The Knight Lab at ...

This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here. Six tools from the Northwestern University Knight ...

“These investments show just how important continued support for publishers of color remains in the industry,” said Jim Brady, Knight’s vice president of Journalism. “Many legacy Black newspapers ...