Drupal and the Knight Foundation agree that open source
digital publishing can enable powerful agents of transformation
in their respective communities.
Together, we are working to improve communities by providing
an open democratic platform in the digital age.
We provide funding for grant proposals that achieve our mutual
goals by using and improving the Drupal platform.
Applications are currently closed.
Expanding Context_UI, Spaces, Messaging and Notifications, FeedAPI and Maps and Open Sourcing 8trees and Managing News
UPDATE: The paper work is now submitted to knight! Thank you everyone for your great comments and feedback, as soon as we hear back on a time frame from Knight we will notify everyone!
Officially, this proposal was sent outside of the KDI, as discussed at the September 2008 review meeting -- agentrickard
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drupaleo - talent growing and hiring for drupal
Status: Removed from consideration at the 2 October 2008 review meeting
drupaleo's desired goal is twofold:
- to enlarge and foster the drupal community's overall talent by helping current and future drupalists to grow their individual talent
- to support team building (staffing) for drupal projects
drupaleo's desired outcome is to build and run a platform that integrates people, projects and knowledge for drupal.
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Next meeting?
We have been holding meetings on the first Thursday of every month.
In September, I will be on a plane from Budapest back to the US, so someone else will need to run the meeting or we will need to reschedule.
Read morePublicizing the Knight Drupal Initiative
Note -- for reasons of time, this is very incomplete -- please, add more info!
Blogs
The following blogs contain posts on the Knight Drupal Initiative. Note: the links here should point to tags that filter on Knight Drupal Initiative related feeds. Please add your blog to the list.
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Mentors/coaches for proposals
One observation I've had from lurking in the Knight Drupal Initiative meetings is something that's haunted me before. If only I was good at writing a solid grant proposal and subsequent review and revisions, some of my pie-in the sky ideas might actually turn into something valuable for the community (and provide a self-sustainable way for me to contribute).
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Chat transcript, IRC Meeting, August 7, 2008
Chat transcript of the meeting discussing and reviewing proposals.
This transcript is cut and pasted from the chat log
Read morePromotion
Can someone (or multiple people) please promote http://groups.drupal.org/node/13422 with a drupal.org post -- preferably front page -- and some blogging.
Read moreKnight Drupal Initaitive Monthly Proposal Review -- 7 August 2008
We will meet for the next round of proposal reviews on Thursday, August 7th at 15:00 Eastern (US) (19:00 UTC).
This meeting is part of our ongoing monthly review meetings. To be held in #drupal-dojo on IRC [freenode]. (See http://drupal.org/irc for information.)
We will meet for 1:30 with the following agenda:
1) Review current proposals that need decisions:
-- http://groups.drupal.org/node/11859
-- http://groups.drupal.org/node/13071
-- http://groups.drupal.org/node/12721
Chat Transcript, IRC meeting, July 10, 2008
The logged chat is also available here.
The chat below is cut and pasted from the transcript.
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Facebook Application for Personal or Community Online Newspaper
Edit 07 August 2008 This proposal has been passed along to Knight Foundation for consideration. http://drupal.org/node/292583
This project will create and host a Facebook Application which enables individuals and groups to publish online "newspapers". In doing so, it will contribute code to Drupal modules allowing anyone to host a similar venture.
The online newspaper we envision allows timely publication of text, images and media; similar to already available blogging sites, but emulating a widely understood newspaper model. Specifically, our model will support:
Read moreKDI: Proposal Review
This will be the first of a series of ongoing monthly review meetings. To be held in #drupal-dojo on IRC [freenode]. (See http://drupal.org/irc for information.)
We will meet for 1:30 with the following agenda:
1) Review current proposals that need decisions:
-- http://groups.drupal.org/node/11585
-- http://groups.drupal.org/node/11859
The project sponsors are welcome to answer questions during this review. The possible outcomes of these reviews are:
- Submit the proposal to Knight for possible funding.
- Reject the proposal, with reasons why.
NewsCloud Newsroom Module
[Edit: This proposal was formally rejected at the 11-Sept-2008 meeting. The applicant may reapply by filling out a new proposal that addresses the concerns outlined below. -- agentrickard]
The NewsCloud Newsroom module makes it easy for Drupal-based sites to integrate an interactive, social media newsroom. An early test release of the module was released in February 2008 (http://drupal.org/node/219425) and is part of the Drupal CVS tree. The Drupal Newsroom is a key component of NewsCloud's overall Newsroom Architecture (see attached PDF for background and specific scenarios the architecture enables).
The Newsroom module is currently in early beta. The basic functionality works although a few bugs remain. We would like to improve the robustness of the module and add new features. We would also like to solicit feedback from the Drupal community to build a list of suggested enhancements for future development.
The outcome of this project will result in more organizations with Drupal websites using our module to attract interest in and generate activity on their website while increasing the level of engagement and knowledge of current events with their members; this in turn will help them become more successful in their own mission. We will also conduct a survey of groups that used the module and provide a post-mortem of the impact of the module on their organization's missions. The post-mortem will also assess whether ongoing updates to the module are necessary and what features might be included.
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So, we need some consensus on how to proceed. We have two proposals right now, just sort of waiting for action.
Do we need to have scheduled public reviews -- in IRC or otherwise -- that impose some deadlines?
Should the admins simply give each proposal a one month lifespan and mark it rejected after that time?
How can we get things moving through the pipeline, so that Knight can start reviewing?
Read moreChat transcript for IRC meeting
drupal-dojo is logged at http://www.disobey.com/bot/log/drupal-dojo
The file chatlog.txt attached to this post also has the full text, with names of all who participated.
[19:05:54] * agentrickard_ has joined #drupal-dojo
[19:06:06] * agentrickard_ curses at his ISP
[19:06:45] ok, so we set aside two hours to answer general questions about the Knight Drupal Initative
[19:07:13] I don't see Jose Z yet. but fire away if you have questions. There is no set agenda
Instant Syndicating Standards
Edit 07 August 2008 Edit 07 August 2008 This proposal has been passed along to Knight Foundation for consideration. http://drupal.org/node/292587
Introduction
Read moreKnight Drupal Initiative question and answer
With the launch of the Knight Drupal Initiative, many people have questions.
Jose Zamora (Knight Foundation) and Ken Rickard (Palantir.net) will host a live IRC chat on Monday, June 2nd, starting at 15:00 EDT [UTC - 4:00].
The chat will be held in #drupal-dojo on freenode.
For information about IRC, see http://drupal.org/node/108355
For more on the KDI, see http://groups.drupal.org/knight-drupal-initiative
Read moreProposal review guide
At the bottom of each proposal, you will find a voting widget. You are encouraged to read and rate each proposal. The following guidelines will help us be consistent when reviewing proposals.
When you rate an application, we would prefer that you also leave a comment about your rating and your reasoning. This is especially true is cases where subject-matter experts are critiquing a proposal or in situations where conflicts of interest may arise.
Rating scale
The system uses a 5-point rating scale, with votes corresponding to:
- 5 == Awesome!!!
- 4 == Recommended
Scholarships available for programmers to spend year studying journalism
A little off-topic, but it seems to me there could be a nice fit with this initiative– code tools for journalists while learning more about being a journalist: Still seeking coders interested in journalism.
benjamin, Agaric Design Collective
Read moreLocal Publishing Platform and Regional Aggregation Hub
Edit, July 10 This proposal has been passed along to the Knight Foundation for consideration: http://drupal.org/node/281048 End Edit
This project will create two complementary sites: a Local Publishing Platform paired with a Regional Aggregation Hub.
The Publishing Platform will support a range of activities, from a K12 school magazine, a community paper, a writing project (something like the National Writing Project or Youth Radio), a college paper, etc.
Read moreIntroductory mailing
Announcing the Knight Drupal Initiative
The Knight Drupal Initiative is now accepting grant applications. Anyone may apply at http://groups.drupal.org/knight-drupal-initiative.
Application is a two-stage process. First, an open community review will select proposals for submission to Knight Foundation. After submission, Knight Foundation will have final approval over grant funding. More information is available at http://groups.drupal.org/node/10461.
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