Does this mean Wikinews might get an app for Android and iOS? ;-) On Jan 17, 2013 4:41 PM, "Matthew Roth" <[email protected]> wrote:
> (This press release is also available online at: > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_Knight_News_Challenge_winner > ) > > Wikimedia Foundation named winner of Knight News Challenge > > $600,000 in Knight Foundation funding supports innovation across > Wikimedia mobile initiatives > > SAN FRANCISCO, CA - January 17, 2013 - The Wikimedia Foundation was > named a winner in the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight > News Challenge for its efforts to expand and improve Wikimedia's > mobile projects. The Wikimedia Foundation is enhancing the Wikipedia > mobile experience and making it easier to access Wikipedia, > particularly for readers in developing countries. > > As mobile technology is increasingly the primary opportunity for > billions of people around the world to access the Internet, the > Wikimedia Foundation is working to remove the two biggest hurdles to > access free knowledge: cost and accessibility. The News Challenge > grant will be utilized in four areas: > *Improving the way that users experience our mobile platform on feature > phones; > *Expanding Wikipedia Zero, which gives mobile users free access to > Wikipedia on their phones; > *Developing features to improve the mobile experience regardless of > how feature-rich the device is, including new ways to access Wikipedia > via texting; > *Increasing the number of languages that can access Wikipedia on mobile. > > The Wikimedia Foundation is one of eight mobile projects to receive a > total of $2.4 million today through the Knight News Challenge, which > accelerates projects with funding and advice from Knight's network of > media innovators. A full list is at knightfoundation.org. > > "Knight Foundation's funding will support us making the mobile version > of Wikipedia easier to use, as well as enabling us to expand Wikipedia > Zero, our project with mobile operators that lets their customers > access Wikipedia for free," said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of > the Wikimedia Foundation. "I'm very happy Knight has chosen to support > us; it's an important affirmation of our mobile work." > > Knight Foundation, the nation’s leading funder of journalism and media > innovation, is committed to promoting democracy by supporting informed > and engaged communities. Founded by newsmen John S. and James L. > Knight, the foundation launched the Knight News Challenge in 2007 to > find the next generation of innovations that help communities get the > information they need. > > "Wikipedia has helped define the way that people collaboratively > create content. Making the site available to more people across the > world will help foster and spread that culture," said John Bracken, > director for journalism and media innovation at Knight Foundation. > > The $600,000 News Challenge grant is for two years and follows a > general support grant of $250,000 that Knight Foundation awarded to > the Wikimedia Foundation in December 2012. > > The Wikimedia Foundation and the other winners of the challenge will > present their projects via live Web stream at 12:30 p.m. ET/ 10:30 > a.m. MT Friday, January 18 at knightfoundation.org/live, from a > gathering on the future of mobile at Arizona State University. (Follow > #newschallenge on Twitter.) > > About the Wikimedia Foundation > > http://wikimediafoundation.org > http://blog.wikimedia.org > > The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization that operates > Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore Media Metrix, > Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia Foundation > receive more than 483 million unique visitors per month, making them > the fifth-most popular web property world-wide (comScore, November > 2012). Available in 285 languages, Wikipedia contains more than 24 > million articles contributed by a global volunteer community of > roughly 80,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the > Wikimedia Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded > primarily through donations and grants. > > Press contact > Jay Walsh > Senior Director, Communications > Wikimedia Foundation > Tel. +1 415-860-8166 > [email protected] > > About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation > > Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality > journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster > the arts. The foundation believes that democracy thrives when people > and communities are informed and engaged. For more, visit > knightfoundation.org or newschallenge.org > > Press contact > Andrew Sherry > VP for Communications, Knight Foundation > Tel. 305-908-2677 > [email protected] > > (To unsubscribe from Wikimedia Foundation press releases, reply with > "unsubscribe" in the subject line.) > > > _______________________________________________ > Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately > directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia > community. 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