ISOJ 2011

1. The Knight News Challenge:
How it works, what succeeds, and why that
matters for the shaping of journalism innovation
Seth C. Lewis
School of Journalism & Mass Communication
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
@SethCLewis
International Symposium on Online Journalism; Austin, TX; April 2, 2011

2. the contest …
and its content

3. RQ1:
relationship between proposal
features and advancing?

4. RQ2:
participatory media features
and advancing in the contest?

5. methods

6. profile of ‘08-09 proposals
Type Number Percentage
Applicants 4,369 89%
Finalists 535 11%
Winners 25 less than 1%
Total 4,929

7. profile of ‘08-09 proposals
- 54% organizations (vs. individuals)
- 2% newspapers
- 64% were not media/journalists

8. major predictors of advancing (or not)

9. major predictors of advancing (or not)

10. major predictors of advancing (or not)

11. major predictors of advancing (or not)

12. major predictors of advancing (or not)

13. major predictors of advancing (or not)

14. takeaways:
news, info, tech
participation
opening boundaries

15. thanks.
@SethCLewis