Posted on May 25, 2012 Deadline: June 20, 2012 Knight Foundation Announces Second Round of News Challenge Media Innovation Contest Focused on Data Knight Foundation Announces Second Round of News Challenge Media Innovation Contest Focused on DataIn 2012, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge, an international media innovation contest, is being offered three times with three different topics. The foundation has announced that the second round of the contest will focus on data. (Winners of the first round, which focused on networks, will be announced June 18, 2012.) A component of the foundation's $100 million-plus Media Innovation Initiative, which seeks new ways to meet community information needs in the digital age, the news challenge is designed to identify and support ... Continue reading →
She was left to her own “devices.” A French woman born in Cameroon caused a US Airways flight from Paris to Charlotte to divert to Bangor, Maine after claiming to be carrying a surgically implanted device, reports Reuters. The woman was questioned by Customs and Border Protection and taken into custody by the FBI. Maybe Breathalyzers might help. India’s civil aviation minister reports that 14 pilots and 31 crew members were caught reporting for duty under the influence of alcohol between January and March, reports the Times of India. Most of the offenders worked at Jet Airways, it added. It looks like things flared up in Philly. A US Airways Express flight from Elmira, N.Y., to Philadelphia experienced a close call when allegedly a flare ... Continue reading →
San Francisco’s transportation chief defended his plan to start charging at curbside meters on Sundays in the face of concerns raised by city supervisors and criticism by local pastors. Ed Reiskin, top executive of the deficit-plagued San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, said Thursday that the plan to extend meter operations to seven days a week is driven both by the need to generate more revenue — adding Sundays to the enforcement schedule is expected to raise an estimated $1.9 million extra a year in meter revenue — and to create turnover downtown and in the neighborhood commercial districts where drivers now can park all day without fear of a ticket that carries a minimum fine of $55. Supervisor Scott Wiener said he understands the policy ... Continue reading →
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New Orleans, a city that cares deeply about its traditions, learned Thursday that one of its bedrock institutions will undergo a major makeover: The Times-Picayune, the city's daily newspaper with a 175-year history, announced it will cut back to publishing three days a week. This change, which was taken because of declining print revenues in a digital age, is scheduled to take effect sometime this fall. When it happens, New Orleans will be the biggest city in the country without a daily newspaper.View full sizeJennifer ZdonThe Times-Picayune staff won a host of honors, including two Pulitzer Prizes, for its journalistic work in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Here, the staff gathers in the newsroom to learn of the Pulitzer Prizes on April 17, 2006. The ... Continue reading →
Some sites charge higher tolls to out-of-towners By Joan Lowy, The Associated Press Updated Some tolling authorities have found a way to give local motorists a discount on tolls while charging out-of-towners a higher rate for using the same roads and bridges.AP file photo by Pat WellenbachA motorist tosses coins in the basket at the toll booth in Maine.AP file photo by Pat WellenbachA motorist tosses coins in the basket at the toll booth in Maine.Sponsored LinksThe E-ZPass electronic toll reading system used by 24 tolling agencies in 14 states in the Northeast and Midwest is able to differentiate where motorists bought their passes and apply varying prices.Motorists traveling the full length of the New Jersey Turnpike during off-peak hours, for example, pay $10.40 if ... Continue reading →
Your odds of getting a traffic ticket are greatest in Nevada, if the analysis of a motorists' rights group is on the money.The National Motorists Association has issued its second tally of states in which motorists are most likely to catch the spirit-deflating sight of flashing red lights in their rearview. Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Maryland round out the top five.The least likely states to get pulled over and ticketed: the wide-open roads of Wyoming, followed by Montana.New in this year's analysis (the NMA issued a similar tally in 2010) is a ranking of most ticket-happy metro areas. They are: 1. Atlanta2. Los Angeles3. Dallas-Fort Worth4. Miami5. New York6. Chicago7. Washington, D.C.8. Houston9. Orlando10. San DiegoBoth rankings are based on analysis of ticket-related Google search ... Continue reading →
News of the overspending led to the resignation of GSA Administrator Martha Johnson and the firing of her two top lieutenants. Nine other employees were placed on administrative leave.“GSA is in the process of completing its review of activities associated with the Western Regions Conference and pursuing all available avenues for appropriate disciplinary action against those responsible,” the GSA spokesman said. “Jeff Neely was placed on administrative leave based on his involvement in the WRC. As of today, he’s no longer employed with GSA.” Neither Neely nor his attorney returned calls seeking comment Thursday. The inspector general’s office has asked the Justice Department to conduct a criminal inquiry into Neely’s activities and possible contracting violations.“After some delay, Mr. Neely is rightfully no longer on the ... Continue reading →
