The City of Charlotte and the Knight School of Communication at Queens are working together to examine how neighborhoods communicate, and how these processes strengthen communities. A recent Digital Charlotte workshop brought together 20 representatives from 11 Charlotte neighborhoods, investigating […]

Eight months after providing 2,200 free laptop computers for elementary-age students in eight Charlotte schools, Project LIFT is seeing results. Things are looking up. Project LIFT is a partnership of public schools and private companies and foundations, designed to raise […]

For the first time in its history, Mecklenburg County government is organizing a regional hackathon to provide programmers and digital storytellers with resources to transform publicly available datasets into useful tools for citizens. The hackathon will focus on new ways […]

An after-school program to teach digital multimedia skills to Charlotte high school students is attracting high praise from a national leader in youth development. Launched by the Charlotte Arts and Science Council and based at Spirit Square, Studio 345 seeks […]

Search engines simplify the process of researching local and city history. But they raise the question of how we know what is authentic — what is fact and what is fiction? Thomas Cole, a Charlotte historian and librarian in the […]

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation surprised students at a recent Charlotte graduation ceremony when it asked them to use digital media to decide the recipient of a significant foundation gift. As Eric Newton, senior advisor to the […]

A Charlotte community organizer is teaming up with a technology developer, a university, a prison, and churches in four cities to change the future for 450 children in North and South Carolina. Every child has a story, says Cyril Prabhu, […]