Stamen Design Wins a $400,000 Grant for New User-Generated Data-Viz Project

The Knight Foundation just doled out $2.74 million in grants for local news-focused technology projects that deliver information to specific geographic areas. Topping those grantees is Eric Rodenbeck, founder and creative director of San Francisco-based Stamen Design who won $400,000 for a concept named CityTracking, which will allow users to take city data like crime and traffic numbers and create engaging visualizations that are easy to understand and easy to share.

Stamen, whose work we...