winners: knight news challenge on elections

Knight News Challenge: Elections#newschallenge #elections

How might we better inform voters and increase civic participation before, during and after elections?

#newschallenge #elections

Knight News Challenge: Elections

John Bracken Knight Foundataion

VP/Media Innovation



Knight News Challenge on Elections 2015 Winners



WINNER

‘2016 Political Ad Tracker’

InternetArchive @internetarchive

Roger Macdonald @r_macdonald

Tracey Jaquith @tracey_pooh

Dan Schultz @slifty



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



WINNER

‘Campaign Hound’

Reese News Lab, University of North Carolina @reesenewslab

John Clark @johnclark

Sara Peach @sarapeach



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



WINNER

‘Informed Voting from Start to Finish’

E.thePeople @etppl

Alex Quinn Seth Flaxman @sethflaxman

Kathryn Peters @katyetc

Whitney Quesenbery @whitneyq @civicdesign



WINNER

‘Inside the 990 Treasure Trove’

Center for Responsive Politics in partnership with Guidestar @OpenSecretsDC @GuideStarUSA

Robert Maguire @robertmaguire_



WINNER

‘Revive My Vote’

Marshall-Wythe Law Foundation @ReviveMyVote

Mark Listes Rebecca Green



WINNER

‘Sharp Insight’

Youth Outreach Adolescent Community Awareness Program @YOACAPphilly

Duerward Beale



WINNER

‘The Next Generation Beyond Exit Polls’

The Associated Press @AP @AP_Politics

Sally Buzbee @SallyBuzbee

David Pace @dhpace

Emily Swanson @EL_Swan



WINNER

‘Vote-by-Smartphone’

Long Distance Voter @AbsenteeBallots

Debra Cleaver @debracleaver



Knight News Challenge on Elections 2015 Prototype Fund Winners



Chris Barr Knight Foundation

Director/Media Innovation



PROTOTYPE

‘Accessible Voting for Everyone’

University of Florida @FloridaEngineer

Juan Gilbert @DrJuanGilbert



PROTOTYPE

‘Erase the Line’

D.C. Board of Elections @DCBOEE

Margarita Mikhaylova



PROTOTYPE

‘Judge Your Judges’

WNYC @WNYC

Kat Aaron @kataaron

John Keefe @jkeefe



PROTOTYPE

‘Lenses’

NYC Media Lab @nycmedialab

MarkHansen @cocteau

R. Luke DuBois @rlukedubois

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix

Amy Chen @iamamychen

Kareem Amin @kareemamin



PROTOTYPE

‘OpenJudiciary.org’

Free Law Project @FreeLawProject

Michael Lissner @mlissner

Brian Carver @brianwc



PROTOTYPE

‘Prompt Data Query’

Center for Responsive Politics @OpenSecretsDC

Sarah Bryner @aksarahb



PROTOTYPE

‘Rhode Island Civic Fellowship’

Rhode Island Secretary of State

Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea @RISecState



PROTOTYPE

‘Silent Targeting, Loud Democracy’

University of Wisconsin @DiMAP_UW

Young Mie Kim



PROTOTYPE

‘Tabs on Tallahassee by the Orlando Sentinel’

Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel

Charles Minshew @CharlesMinshew

Andrew Gibson @AndrewGibson27



PROTOTYPE

‘The Iowa Electorate’

The Des Moines Register @DMRegister

Amalie Nash @AmalieNash



PROTOTYPE

‘Up for Debate Ohio!’

Jefferson Center @JeffersonCtr

Kyle Bozentko @kylebozentko



PROTOTYPE

‘Voter’s Edge’

MapLight @MapLight

Michael Canning @votersedge



Congratulations to the winners

winners: knight news challenge on elections

News & Politics

board of elections

elections winner vote

civic life

civic participation

prototype fund winners

university of florida

helloctcl whitney

tianaej whitney quesenbery