http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2008/08/06/ushahidi-a-finalist-in-the-knight-batten-awards/ Thoughts and Lessons from an African Open-Source Project Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:20:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2008/08/06/ushahidi-a-finalist-in-the-knight-batten-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-3038 Glenda Cooper: When lines between NGO and news organization blur » Nieman Journalism Lab Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:31:10 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=47#comment-3038 [...] In January 2008, Ushahidi (which means testimony in Swahili) was set up by four bloggers and technological experts. As Lokman Tsui explains in his essay in this series, the mashup used Google Earth technology to map incidents of crime and violence with ordinary people reporting incidents via SMS, phone or email. Ushahidi has been so successful that it was awarded a $200,000 grant from Humanity United to develop a platform that can be used around the world, and the website received an honourable mention in the 2008 Knight-Batten awards. [...] [...] In January 2008, Ushahidi (which means testimony in Swahili) was set up by four bloggers and technological experts. As Lokman Tsui explains in his essay in this series, the mashup used Google Earth technology to map incidents of crime and violence with ordinary people reporting incidents via SMS, phone or email. Ushahidi has been so successful that it was awarded a $200,000 grant from Humanity United to develop a platform that can be used around the world, and the website received an honourable mention in the 2008 Knight-Batten awards. [...]

]]> http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2008/08/06/ushahidi-a-finalist-in-the-knight-batten-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Doc, George and Washington’s two senators · Sat, 09 Aug 2008 12:39:23 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=47#comment-75 [...] News » News Ushahidi: A Finalist in the Knight Batten Awards!2008-08-09 07:36:51We’Re be one month in about one of the four finalist for the Knight Batten [...] [...] News » News Ushahidi: A Finalist in the Knight Batten Awards!2008-08-09 07:36:51We’Re be one month in about one of the four finalist for the Knight Batten [...]

]]> http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2008/08/06/ushahidi-a-finalist-in-the-knight-batten-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-74 What Hath God Wrought · Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:38:44 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=47#comment-74 [...] News » News Ushahidi: A Finalist in the Knight Batten Awards!2008-08-08 19:36:10We’Re be one month in about one of the four finalist for the Knight Batten [...] [...] News » News Ushahidi: A Finalist in the Knight Batten Awards!2008-08-08 19:36:10We’Re be one month in about one of the four finalist for the Knight Batten [...]

]]> http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2008/08/06/ushahidi-a-finalist-in-the-knight-batten-awards/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Ushahidi: A Finalist in the Knight Batten Awards! Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:39:01 +0000 http://blog.ushahidi.com/?p=47#comment-69 [...] noreply@blogger.com (Mel Coker) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt… 2008 presidential campaign, and deliver hyperlocal coverage of development in the District of Columbia’s most neglected quadrant – are finalists for the Grand Prize in this year’s Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism.” [...] [...] noreply@blogger.com (Mel Coker) wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt… 2008 presidential campaign, and deliver hyperlocal coverage of development in the District of Columbia’s most neglected quadrant – are finalists for the Grand Prize in this year’s Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism.” [...]

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