NNIP Partners apply for Knight News Challenge 2015

Several NNIP partners applied for the latest Knight News Challenge asking "How might we make data work for individuals and communities?"

• The Open Data NEO Collaborative ( Cleveland)
  • Promotes data-driven innovation, efficiency & engagement where political leadership that prioritizes open data is absent
• Bridging the Divide: A Tiered Approach to Participatory Data Stewardship (Detroit)
  • Community-based analog & digital tools to promote local advocacy for change
• The Need Feed: Exposing Basic Needs in Underserved Communities (MIlwaukee)
  • Data visualization tools to communicate a better understanding of residents' basic needs
• Moving Beyond the Gap - Examining Nieghborhood Racial Disparities (Twin Cities)
  • Localized data on what it will take to reduce racial disparities in neighborhoods
• Civic DataPort (New York)
  • A tool for community-based groups to share & visualize data about their communities
• Data Tracking App Empowers School Communities to Lead the Way on Improving Students’ College and Career Readiness (Oakland)
  • Tracking student outcomes and program spending to prepare all students for college & career