About A Forum for Leaders at the Forefront of Innovation in the Arts In the midst of rapid digital transformation, artists and arts organizations are harnessing technology to expand horizons, foster connections and redefine boundaries. At Catalyst, leaders at the forefront of innovation consider the implications of digital transformation in the arts through the lenses […]
Eric Goldman: Hello everyone, my name is Eric Goldman. I’m a professor of law at Santa Clara University School of Law, and today I’m here with Nirav Tolia, who is going to talk about his journeys through internet entrepreneurship and some of the ways in which his experiences could help us understand and think more […]
Bill Adair @BillAdairDuke Bill Adair is the Knight Professor of Journalism and Public Policy at Duke University and the creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning website PolitiFact. At Duke, he heads the journalism program as director of the DeWitt Wallace Center, and conducts research on fact-checking in the Reporters’ Lab. His awards include the Pulitzer Prize […]
The information in our study covers the West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida, Metropolitan Division. In each community, the Knight Soul of the Community study identified factors that emotionally attach residents to where they live. Some of these community characteristics that drive attachment were rated highly by residents, and are therefore community strengths while others […]
Above: Random Acts of Culture at Miami International Airport. Photo: Knight Foundation. Trailer for Random Acts of Culture. Some 1,300 events, almost 9 million YouTube views, and now one regional Emmy: Saturday night, a documentary on Random Acts of Culture, the Knight Foundation program that surprised people across the United States by taking performers out […]
In an era of virtual reality, artificial intelligence and ever-evolving media platforms, the biggest lesson for the future of journalism is that it’s time to get back to basics. Dial up Journalism 101. Ask better questions. Listen—are you ready for this—70 percent of the time. These aren’t the musings of Luddites but strategies for news […]
Perseverance and philanthropy are just two of the topics that will be covered by Beverly Knight Olson–a Knight Foundation trustee and daughter of Knight Foundation co-founder James L. Knight–when she speaks at a Lunch ’n’ Learn event in Macon, Ga., on Thursday, Nov. 19. Both characteristics, she says, define the Knight family and their value system. […]
PHILADELPHIA (Jan. 14, 2016) – The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced it is investing $2.5 million in support of O, Opera Philadelphia’s innovative new season-opening festival. Set to launch in September 2017, O will be a 12-day experience that will attract both opera buffs and new audiences and promote Philadelphia as […]
Photos courtesy Reading Terminal Market. Ann Mintz is the manager of development and special projects for Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market, a winner of Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia to curate a performing arts series at the popular shopping venue. A white-haired woman watches a group of salsa dancers, moving to the music. One of the dancers […]
Chuck Brown, the godfather of Go-Go, Random Acts at NPR. Photo by Keith Jenkins on Flickr. When I applied to work as an intern with Knight Foundation this summer, I wanted to learn how people in the real world were applying the knowledge that I’m learning in college. I hoped my major, urban space and […]