GEOGRAPHIC DETERMINED AREA
• Four years of the contest• Around 9,500 applications• 50 projects
• First year – 1,600 applications
• Second year – 3,300 applications
• Third year – 2,223 applications
• Fourth year – 2,364 applications
• A few stats on the last three years of the contest:
2007
37%
14%
49%
U.S. Intl. YC
2008
27%
13%
60%
U.S. Intl. YC
2009
69%
13%
31%
U.S. Intl. YC
Next steps:•Increase and foster the Knight News Challenge Community (MIT)
Next steps:
•Release and promote open-source code
Next steps:•Knight News Testing Labs approach – see what works best in your organization or town and make it accessible. (Plug&play)