[ddj] Fwd: Apply now: Civic Data Challenge

Thu Jul 26 10:50:43 UTC 2012

That was the first time I heard of it. I don't know if others have seen it
announced earlier?

Liliana

On 24 July 2012 17:52, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb at znmeb.net> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Liliana Bounegru <bounegru at ejc.net>wrote:
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>> Dear all,
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>> I thought this civic data apps competition might be of interest to some
>> of you.
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> It would be if it didn't have a deadline five days from now. Was this
> actually announced just today, or has it been kicking around on the web for
> months?
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>> All the best,
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>> Liliana
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>> From: Knight Foundation <web at knightfoundation.org>
>> Date: 24 July 2012 11:34
>> Subject: Apply now: Civic Data Challenge
>> To: bounegru at ejc.net
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>>     [image: Knight Foundation]<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=37028521&msgid=567547&act=NXMT&c=272809&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.knightfoundation.org>
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>> Excited about civic data? Don't miss an opportunity to win prizes and
>> money for your ideas to make it understandable and useful.
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>> The Civic Data Challenge, sponsored by Knight Foundation, is looking to
>> turn existing civic health and community attachment data into beautiful,
>> useful applications and visualizations to help build stronger communities.
>> Challenge participants who analyze and visualize data on health, safety,
>> education and the economy will be eligible for various prizes.
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>> The deadline for the challenge is 11:59 p.m. EST on July 29. Learn more
>> at CivicDataChallenge.org<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=37028521&msgid=567547&act=NXMT&c=272809&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.civicdatachallenge.org%2F>
>>  and @CivicData<http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=37028521&msgid=567547&act=NXMT&c=272809&destination=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2F%23%21%2FCivicData>
>> .
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>> Winners will be notified in mid-August and publicly announced at the 67th
>> Annual National Conference on Citizenship on Sept. 14 in Philadelphia.
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