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Established in 2011 with a $4.2 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Knight Lab is a joint initiative of Northwestern University's Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Medill School of Journalism.
In addition to creating innovative products, one of the Lab’s primary objectives is to move technology out of the Lab and into the hands of publishers who can use the technology to make the entire news publishing process – reporting, presentation, distribution, etc. – more efficient and effective.
In addition to creating innovative products, one of the Lab’s primary objectives is to move technology out of the Lab and into the hands of publishers who can use the technology to make the entire news publishing process – reporting, presentation, distribution, etc. – more efficient and effective.
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Location
United States, Illinois, Evanston
Mentions in press and media 3
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| Jul 4, 2014 | Facebook’s little social experiment got you bummed out? Get over it | OP-ED — You would think by the reaction some are having to it that Facebook’s recent admission that it experimented with some people’s feeds is tantamount to Watergate. You would think there had been some terrible violation of privacy or a ... |
| Nov 6, 2012 | Tweetcast: web tool predicts whether Twitter users are Romney or Obama voters | Twitter can now tell you who your friends are voting for today. Sort of. Tweetcast, unveiled last week by the folks at the Knight News Innovation Lab at Northwestern University, predicts whether a Twitter user is voting for Barack Obama or ... |
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FAQ about NU Knight Lab
What has the press written about NU Knight Lab?
Parsers VC has collected 3 articles mentioning NU Knight Lab, among them “Facebook’s little social experiment got you bummed out? Get over it” (Jul 4, 2014) and “Tweetcast: web tool predicts whether Twitter users are Romney or Obama voters” (Nov 6, 2012).
Is NU Knight Lab still active?
Yes, NU Knight Lab is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Aug 26, 2014.