Tomorrow, June 17, Knight Foundation will announce the newest winners of an international contest to fund the best digital ideas to transform community news. It’s called the Knight News Challenge.
The announcement – very timely, considering the media industry’s pressing needs for experimentation – will take place at a gathering of some of the country’s brightest digital innovators at MIT in Boston. The close to 100 participants will convene for the conference where they will exchange ideas and hopefully inspire new projects. Many of them are past News Challenge winners, all of them have a daily impact on the future of news.
The conference will be held in the impromptu barcamp format, with attendees determining the topics for breakout meeting collaboratively in advance of the conference and at it.
To attend the conference please contact Andrew Whitacre at awhit@MIT.EDU
Conference schedule (also at http://civic.mit.edu/knightconf)
Wednesday June 17th
Stata Center, Room 141
2:00pm – 3:00pm 2009 Knight News Challenge Winners Announced
Stata Center, Kirsch Auditorium (Room 123)
3:00pm – 4:00pm Meet the 2009 News Challenge Winners
Stata Center, Lobby
3:00pm – 4:45pm Registration
MIT Media Lab, Lower Atrium
5:00pm – 5:15pm Welcome and Opening Remarks
MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater
5:15pm – 6:30pm Plenary: «News, Nerds and Nabes»: How Will Future Americans Learn About the Local?
MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater (Atrium Level)
6:30pm – 8:00pm Dinner
Thursday June 18th
MIT Media Lab, Lower Atrium
8:00am – 9:00am Breakfast and Registration
Stata Center, Lobby
9:00am – 10:30am Plenary: «Flesh and Bits: Information, Representation, Action» with Chris Csikszentmihályi, Ben Fry, Matt Carroll, and Martin Wattenberg
Stata Center, Kirsch Auditorium (Room 123)
11:00am – 12:30pm First Barcamp Session
Various classrooms
12:30pm – 1:30pm Lunch
Stata Center, Lobby
2:00pm – 3:00pm Second Barcamp Session
Various classrooms
3:30pm – 5:00pm Third Barcamp Session
Various classrooms
5:00pm – 6:00pm Demos by News Challenge Winners and MIT
Stata Center, Lobby
6:00pm – 7:00pm Cocktails and Networking
Stata Center, R&D Pub, 4th Floor
7:00pm – 8:30pm Dinner
Stata Center, R&D Pub, 4th Floor
Friday June 19th
Time Session Location
8:00am – 9:00am Breakfast and Registration
Stata Center, Lobby
9:00am – 10:00am Demos by News Challenge Winners and MIT
Stata Center, Lobby
10:15am – 11:15am Plenary, Best of the Barcamps
Stata Center, Kirsch Auditorium (Room 123)
11:30am – 12:30pm Plenary, Concluding Remarks
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