In November 2017, the Knight Foundation published a collection of 10 profiles of organizations that received Knight News Challenge grants from it over the past decade. I wrote five of these stories, which you can read at the Knight Foundation website by clicking the links below:

DIY SCIENCE TOOLS COST LITTLE, CREATE BIG IMPACT IN MONITORING THE ENVIRONMENT

https://knightfoundation.org/articles/diy-science-tools-cost-little-create-big-impact-in-monitoring-the-environment

Shannon Dosemagen, Public Labs

Shannon Dosemagen, Public Labs


CIVIC MEDIA COMES INTO ITS OWN, THANKS TO MIT CENTER

https://knightfoundation.org/articles/civic-media-comes-into-its-own-thanks-to-mit-center

Ethan Zuckerman, MIT Center for Civic Media

Ethan Zuckerman, MIT Center for Civic Media


CRISIS TEXT LINE FINDS A NICHE, AND KEEPS GROWING

https://knightfoundation.org/articles/crisis-text-line-finds-a-niche-and-keeps-growing

Nancy Lublin, Crisis Text Line

Nancy Lublin, Crisis Text Line


mRELIEF USES TEXT MESSAGING TO HELP PEOPLE GET SOCIAL ASSISTANCE

https://knightfoundation.org/articles/mrelief-uses-text-messaging-to-help-people-get-social-assistance

Rose Afriyie, mRelief

Rose Afriyie, mRelief


DOCUMENTCLOUD GOES FROM STARTUP TO NEWSROOM STANDARD

https://knightfoundation.org/articles/documentcloud-goes-from-start-up-to-newsroom-standard

Aron Pilhofer, DocumentCloud

Aron Pilhofer, DocumentCloud