What information is used by the judges in evaluating News Challenge proposals? Do the comments really matter?
The public rating and comment system is there to benefit the applicant. It’s designed to give the applicant feedback. It enables individuals and organizations interested in the subject to have discussions regarding their projects and helps them improve their ideas, find out about things they might be missing and come up with new ideas or how to use the same project for something else. The discussion benefits both the public viewers and the applicants. Knight Foundation reviewers are free to read the comments like anyone else, but are charged with using their experience and knowledge to judge how well a proposal meets Knight’s criteria. Reviewers judge applications and proposals against the three basic criteria: • Use digital media • To distribute news and information • In a geographic determined community (local community) The public rating and commenting is by no means the only parameter on which we choose the best projects. To choose the best projects what we give more weight to is o
What information is used by the judges in evaluating News Challenge proposals? Do the comments really matter?