Photo credit: Robertson Adams. Today reviewers are gathering in Miami to help Knight review the 56 semifinalists in the Knight News Challenge on strengthening the Internet. By the end of the day we expect to have a group of finalists that we’ll examine more deeply over the next few weeks. The next public announcement will […]
Article · May 9, 2014 by Elizabeth R. Miller
Knight Foundation’s summer internship program is currently accepting applications. The foundation offers competitive internships in a variety of program areas that work to promote informed and engaged communities. Below, Romina Herrera, who interned at Knight in the summer of 2013, shares highlights of her experience and offers advice to those seeking an internship at the foundation. You graduated with […]
Article · April 28, 2014 by Elizabeth R. Miller
Strategic communications is about reaching the right audience with the right message, says Knight Foundation’s communications director Anusha Alikhan. When done well, it successfully advances the goals of an organization. It also takes into account any potential challenges and opportunities. Alikhan says that successful communications plans adhere to three basic tenets: “First, be consistent. Second, […]
Article · April 3, 2014 by Elizabeth R. Miller
Above: Andries Vaisman. Knight Foundation’s summer internship program is currently accepting applications. The foundation offers competitive internships in a variety of program areas that work to promote informed and engaged communities. Below, former intern Andries Vaisman shares highlights of his experience, how it influenced his career and what advice he’d give to incoming interns. You […]
Article · March 27, 2014 by Elizabeth R. Miller
As special assistant to Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen, there’s no typical day for Lilly Weinberg. It’s in her job description to work with the foundation’s program staff, its vice presidents and many of its grantees to implement its grantmaking strategy. It’s a broad job at Knight, a national foundation that also works in 26 […]
Article · February 5, 2014 by Elizabeth R. Miller
Above: 99% Invisible: Season 3 via Kickstarter The goal for Radiotopia from PRX – a new podcast network of the best emerging and established talent – is to create a model for sustaining story-driven public radio, says Jake Shapiro. As CEO of PRX, an online marketplace for public radio programming, Shapiro has the expertise to […]
Article · February 4, 2014 by Elizabeth R. Miller
“Leveraging Digital Platforms for Health” via Clinton Foundation Understanding the context of people’s actions is essential to leveraging digital platforms, Knight’s Vice President of Journalism and Media Innovation Michael Maness told participants gathered this week at the 2014 Clinton Health Matters Conference. In the future, individuals and communities will be able to make decisions in […]
Article · January 16, 2014 by Elizabeth R. Miller
PAMM is #openforkids with Knight Schools Program from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. Some 60 third-graders were the first to participate in the Knight Schools Program this week at the new Pérez Art Museum Miami. The kids, who arrived on school buses from the Irving and Beatrice Peskoe Elementary School in Homestead, Fla., are just a fraction of the 27,000 […]
Article · January 8, 2014 by Elizabeth R. Miller
There are at least three things that make an early-stage media venture successful, according to Ben Wirz, Knight Foundation’s director of business consulting. First and foremost, it has to tackle a real problem, he says. But beyond that “it has to have a team that cares about that problem and has the persistence and determination to […]
Article · January 6, 2014 by Elizabeth R. Miller
Why Contests Improve Philanthropy from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. At Knight Foundation our work carries across program areas, from the arts to journalism and media innovation to community and national initiatives that improve the cities where we all live. We issued several reports this year, designed to share lessons we have learned while working in […]
Article · December 30, 2013 by Elizabeth R. Miller