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Currently, the [http://www.knightfoundation.org/ Knight Foundation] and [http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/ Mozilla] are the primary partners. In 2012, we have Fellows at five host news organizations: BBC, Boston.com, the Guardian, Al Jazeera English, and Zeit Online. In 2013 we will expand to include the New York Times, ProPublica, Spiegel Online, and La Nacion. In addition to those partners, we are working closely with the Hacks/Hackers network, with many universities, and with numerous other news organizations. We welcome any individual or organization interested in solving journalism's technology challenges [http://mozillaopennews.org/getinvolved.html to get involved] in the growing community that is supporting the project.
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Who is the Knight FoundationHow can I get involved?
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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation advances journalism in the digital age and invests in the vitality of communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Knight Foundation focuses on projects that promote informed and engaged communities and lead first step is to transformational change. For more, visit the [http://wwwmozillaopennews.knightfoundationorg/getinvolved.org knightfoundationhtml Get Involved page at mozillaopennews.org].
==='''Why is Mozilla interested in media and journalism?
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The news industry is a major player in the web space, and it is at a crossroads. Many players are making important web technology decisions and investments that will shape how we experience the web for years to come. We want to provide news organizations with open technology options as they make those decisions.
Because news it as the center of many people's web use, this is an opportunity to reach a huge population with Mozilla's open web values and working with open technology.
==='''Is this initiative intended primarily for journalists, developers, or both?
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We want to place our fellows at host organizations where they will experience day-to-day production of original news content. The first criterion for organizations that will host fellows is that they are news-producing. In today's world, that could include a lot of organizations. People who complete the fellowship will not only demonstrate their technical chops, but they will also become experts in implementing innovations within the news-production context.
==='''Are you concentrating on large news organizations or small ones?
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While there are aspects of our program that may be challenging to participate in without a working knowledge of English, we are an inclusive community and welcome participants from around the world.
We strive for OpenNews to be an international program. In fact, four of our five partners in 2012 are hosting fellows outside of the US and we have helped with hack days on four continents.
==='''What is the Knight Foundation?
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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation advances journalism in the digital age and invests in the vitality of communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Knight Foundation focuses on projects that promote informed and engaged communities and lead to transformational change. For more, visit [http://www.knightfoundation.org knightfoundation.org].
==Add your own questions here!==
Really. Go ahead and register for a MozillaWiki account and add your questions. Or [mailto:opennews@mozillafoundation.org email us] and we'll add questions to this section.
