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 TypeNumberPercentage Applicants4,36989% Finalists53511% Winners25less than 1% Total4,929

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

8. major predictors of advancing (or not)

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

15. thanks. @SethCLewis