PROBLEM – Barriers exist between the people and agencies that have data and the people who could use it. SOLUTION – A digital data warehouse that will unlock key socioeconomic datasets and provide one-stop access for journalists, policy-makers and citizens working to understand their communities. GOAL – Remove the barriers between data “haves” and data [...]
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Reflections from Boot Camp
The grant dollars that the Knight Foundation gave the Piton Foundation and The Denver Foundation for our projects were just the beginning. Knight also gives its grantees access to experts in community information from all over the country, and the first place we got to experience this was through a four-day “boot camp” at the [...]
Seeking a talented open-source developer
We are seeking open-source developers to lead the technical implementation of two web‑based data and storytelling projects funded by the Knight Foundation Community Information Challenge: The Colorado Data Commons brings thousands of sources of public information together in one central, digitally accessible location so people can find the information they need to drive community change. The Citizen [...]
Sister Project: StoryBase
