Knight Drupal Initiative
Knight Foundation is working with the Drupal community to fund new projects in Drupal, an open source framework and content management system. Called the Knight Drupal Initiative, new proposals are reviewed by the Drupal community and then recommended to Knight for possible funding.
The initiative’s goals:
* To enable more people to enter the digital conversation by lowering the technical barriers to entry.
* To provide powerful tools for digital publication, free and open to all.
* To encourage people to improve their communities by supporting the free exchange of information and ideas.
For details, check the tips section and the comment threads at the bottom of the FAQ (including answers from Knight Foundation journalism program associate Jose Zamora) before submitting a proposal. Proposals are being accepted on a rolling basis.
What projects would you like to see funded?
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June 19th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
I’d like to see a Drupal template and set of Drupal extensions for a Web site’s pressroom.
June 20th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
The Drupal community is open, engaged and creative. It is due to these characteristics that Knight is excited to be a partner of the Knight Drupal Initiative. We are certain that this partnership will bring to light projects that will lower the barriers to entry to the digital world. In the next few weeks the Drupal community will recommend to Knight Foundation the first set of projects that seek to lower this barriers and that will allow everyone to create, share and receive the content they need to be active and informed citizens.
June 20th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Jose, thanks for clarifying.
Marc, it will be exciting to see what the Drupal community decides to recommend to Knight Foundation for potential funding.
September 11th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
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