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Knight-Mozilla OpenNews is about building an ecosystem to help journalism thrive on the open web. It's about producing next-generation web solutions that solve real problems in news. It's about supporting communities of developers and journalists as they make, learn and invent together. And it's about deploying fellows—and code—into news organizations to collaborate and innovate in new ways. | Knight-Mozilla OpenNews is about building an ecosystem to help journalism thrive on the open web. It's about producing next-generation web solutions that solve real problems in news. It's about supporting communities of developers and journalists as they make, learn and invent together. And it's about deploying fellows—and code—into news organizations to collaborate and innovate in new ways. | ||
== The Knight-Mozilla Fellowship == | |||
Beginning in 2012, OpenNews has placed Fellows in newsrooms around the world to code, collaborate, and contribute to the growing journalism technology ecosystem. The [http://mozillaopennews.org/fellowships/community.html fellowship community] continues to grow with five alumni from 2012 and eight Fellows currently placed with news organizations. | |||
=== News partners === | |||
A critical piece of the Fellowship program is the host news organization. Our news partners year by year: | |||
* '''2012''': Al Jazeera, BBC, Boston Globe, Guardian, and Zeit Online. | |||
* '''2013''': BBC, Boston Globe, Guardian, La Nación, New York Times, ProPublica, Spiegel Online, and Zeit Online. | |||
* '''2014''': La Nación, New York Times, ProPublica, Texas Tribune, and a joint fellowship placement with Ushahidi and Internews-Kenya. | |||
== Connect with OpenNews == | == Connect with OpenNews == | ||
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*'''View Source''': [http://source.mozillaopennews.org check out and contribute to Source], a hub for journalism code and the community that creates it | *'''View Source''': [http://source.mozillaopennews.org check out and contribute to Source], a hub for journalism code and the community that creates it | ||
*'''Get involved''': [http://mozillaopennews.org/getinvolved.html check out a full list] of ways to get involved | *'''Get involved''': [http://mozillaopennews.org/getinvolved.html check out a full list] of ways to get involved | ||
== Resources == | == Resources == | ||
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Knight-Mozilla OpenNews | |
| Owner: Dan Sinker | Updated: 2013-07-10 | |
| OpenNews is a three-year partnership between the Knight Foundation and Mozilla to harness open web innovation for journalism. Through a fellowship program that embeds developers in newsrooms around the world, the sponsorship of hack days, and promoting journalism code, we will yield new tools, ideas, and news experiences that benefit both readers and newsmakers—all using open technologies. mozillaopennews.org | ||
What's new
We're looking for the next cohort of Knight-Mozilla Fellows. Applications will be accepted until August 17, 2013. People who love to code and want to spend 10 months working in some of the best newsrooms in the world should apply.
For complete info about Knight-Mozilla OpenNews, visit mozillaopennews.org
The vision
Knight-Mozilla OpenNews is about building an ecosystem to help journalism thrive on the open web. It's about producing next-generation web solutions that solve real problems in news. It's about supporting communities of developers and journalists as they make, learn and invent together. And it's about deploying fellows—and code—into news organizations to collaborate and innovate in new ways.
The Knight-Mozilla Fellowship
Beginning in 2012, OpenNews has placed Fellows in newsrooms around the world to code, collaborate, and contribute to the growing journalism technology ecosystem. The fellowship community continues to grow with five alumni from 2012 and eight Fellows currently placed with news organizations.
News partners
A critical piece of the Fellowship program is the host news organization. Our news partners year by year:
- 2012: Al Jazeera, BBC, Boston Globe, Guardian, and Zeit Online.
- 2013: BBC, Boston Globe, Guardian, La Nación, New York Times, ProPublica, Spiegel Online, and Zeit Online.
- 2014: La Nación, New York Times, ProPublica, Texas Tribune, and a joint fellowship placement with Ushahidi and Internews-Kenya.
Connect with OpenNews
- Mailing list: sign up for the mailing list
- Twitter: @opennews
- Join a community call: community calls happen every other Wednesday at 11am Eastern
- Chat with us: On IRC, join the #opennews channel on irc.mozilla.org
- Participate in a hack day: hack days are happening around the world
- View Source: check out and contribute to Source, a hub for journalism code and the community that creates it
- Get involved: check out a full list of ways to get involved