AUSTIN, TEXAS – July 22, 2015 – Twenty-two projects that seek to provide voters with better information and increase their participation before, during and after elections will receive $3.2 million as winners of the Knight News Challenge. The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation made the announcement today at a convening hosted by the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at The University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication. more here: http://kng.ht/1gMuLFw

1. Knight News Challenge: Elections
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How might we better inform voters
and increase civic participation
before, during and after elections?

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Knight News Challenge: Elections
John Bracken
Knight Foundataion
VP/Media Innovation

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Knight News Challenge: Elections
Knight News Challenge on Elections
2015 Winners

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WINNER
‘2016 Political Ad Tracker’
Internet
Archive
@internetarchive
Roger Macdonald
@r_macdonald
Tracey Jaquith
@tracey_pooh
Dan Schultz
@slifty

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WINNER
‘California Civic Data Coalition’
California Civic Data
Coalition, a
partnership of The Los
Angeles Times, Center
for Investigative
Reporting,
Investigative
Reporters and Editors
and Stanford
University
Ben Welsh
@palewire
Cheryl Phillips
@cephillips
Aaron Williams
@aboutaaron
Jennifer LaFleur
@j_la28

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WINNER
‘Campaign Hound’
Reese News Lab,
University of North
Carolina
@reesenewslab
John Clark
@johnclark
Sara Peach
@sarapeach

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WINNER
‘Civic Engagement Toolkit
for Local Election Officials’
Center for
Technology and
Civic Life
@HelloCTCL
Whitney May
@whitneymaybe
Tiana
Epps-Johnson
@tianaej
Whitney
Quesenbery
@whitneyq
@civicdesign

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WINNER
‘Informed Voting from Start to Finish’
E.thePeople
@etppl
Alex QuinnSeth Flaxman
@sethflaxman
Kathryn Peters
@katyetc
Whitney
Quesenbery
@whitneyq
@civicdesign

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WINNER
‘Inside the 990 Treasure Trove’
Center for
Responsive Politics
in partnership
with Guidestar
@OpenSecretsDC
@GuideStarUSA
Robert Maguire
@robertmaguire_

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WINNER
‘Revive My Vote’
Marshall-Wythe
Law Foundation
@ReviveMyVote
Mark Listes Rebecca Green

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WINNER
‘Sharp Insight’
Youth Outreach
Adolescent
Community
Awareness
Program
@YOACAPphilly
Duerward Beale

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WINNER
‘The Next Generation Beyond Exit Polls’
The Associated
Press
@AP
@AP_Politics
Sally Buzbee
@SallyBuzbee
David Pace
@dhpace
Emily Swanson
@EL_Swan

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WINNER
‘Vote-by-Smartphone’
Long Distance Voter
@AbsenteeBallots
Debra Cleaver
@debracleaver

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Knight News Challenge: Elections
Knight News Challenge on Elections
2015 Prototype Fund Winners

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Knight News Challenge: Elections
Chris Barr
Knight Foundation
Director/Media Innovation

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PROTOTYPE
‘Accessible Voting for Everyone’
University
of Florida
@FloridaEngineer
Juan Gilbert
@DrJuanGilbert

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PROTOTYPE
‘Erase the Line’
D.C. Board
of Elections
@DCBOEE
Margarita
Mikhaylova

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PROTOTYPE
‘Judge Your Judges’
WNYC
@WNYC
Kat Aaron
@kataaron
John Keefe
@jkeefe

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PROTOTYPE
‘Lenses’
NYC
Media Lab
@nycmedialab
Mark
Hansen
@cocteau
R. Luke
DuBois
@rlukedubois
Justin
Hendrix
@justinhendrix
Amy Chen
@iamamychen
Kareem Amin
@kareemamin

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PROTOTYPE
‘OpenJudiciary.org’
Free Law Project
@FreeLawProject
Michael Lissner
@mlissner
Brian Carver
@brianwc

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PROTOTYPE
‘Prompt Data Query’
Center for
Responsive Politics
@OpenSecretsDC
Sarah Bryner
@aksarahb

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PROTOTYPE
‘Rhode Island Civic Fellowship’
Rhode Island
Secretary of State
Secretary of State
Nellie Gorbea
@RISecState

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PROTOTYPE
‘Silent Targeting, Loud Democracy’
University
of Wisconsin
@DiMAP_UW
Young Mie Kim

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PROTOTYPE
‘Tabs on Tallahassee by the Orlando Sentinel’
Orlando Sentinel
@orlandosentinel
Charles Minshew
@CharlesMinshew
Andrew Gibson
@AndrewGibson27

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PROTOTYPE
‘The Iowa Electorate’
The Des Moines
Register
@DMRegister
Amalie Nash
@AmalieNash

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PROTOTYPE
‘Up for Debate Ohio!’
Jefferson
Center
@JeffersonCtr
Kyle Bozentko
@kylebozentko

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PROTOTYPE
‘Voter’s Edge’
MapLight
@MapLight
Michael Canning
@votersedge

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Knight News Challenge: Elections
Congratulations to the winners