First Amendment vitals: Taking Gen Z’s pulse on free expression and inclusion

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First Amendment vitals: Taking Gen Z’s pulse on free expression and inclusion

Posted on May 13, 2019 by Evette Alexander

Millennials have left the nest of higher education and entered the workforce. Undergraduates on campus now hail from the tip of the next age cohort known as Generation Z. They are the true digital natives born into an always-on world. The very oldest was four on 9/11, seven when Facebook launched, 10 when the iPhone came on the scene and 19 – freshly eligible to vote – in the 2016 election.

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It takes a village: Raising a successful startup community in Miami

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Raul Moas

As someone with an almost 2-year-old, I can’t help but notice that building an entrepreneurial ecosystem and raising a child have a lot in common. There’s no instruction manual; each has its own unique needs, strengths and weaknesses; you love watching it grow, but its unpredictability can drive you crazy.

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Celebrate Charlotte Arts opens for ideas

Posted on April 27, 2019 by Priya Sircar

For years, I’ve been traveling through Charlotte Douglas International Airport, noticing an increasingly busy terminal and thinking, “CLT seems like it is the place to be.” Late last year, I saw why. New in my role as Knight’s director for arts, I visited Charlotte for real, arriving with my colleague Jayne Butler to explore the city’s arts scene and better understand the opportunities and challenges that could shape Knight’s support of the arts in Charlotte.

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The power of public spaces: What five cities learned

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Lynn Ross

We asked journalist Aaron Wiener to go out and understand how this effort took on a life of its own in each community. He came back with a vivid portrait of an effort that is both changing community and changed by community, an effort now as disparate as the places where it lives.

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Local equals trust: A call to help rebuild local news

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Karen Rundlet

Since Knight Foundation announced a $300 million initiative in February to help rebuild local news, we’ve received an exuberant response from funders, civic leaders and journalists. They, too, are seeking to bolster local reporting in their communities because they understand the important role that journalism plays in our democracy in informing communities and holding the powerful accountable.

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Knight Arts Challenge 2019 will bring ideas to life in Akron, Detroit and Miami

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Adam Ganuza

Great art has the power to illuminate our stories, shaping our perception of what is real and giving light to what is possible. The arts create new narratives, whether through the written word, visual languages, music or the language of movement. These narratives provoke us to question our understanding of the world.

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Announcing the Winners of the AI and the News Open Challenge

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Tim Hwang

We’ve been absolutely blown away by the interest and excitement around our AI and the News Open Challenge. After several months and the efforts of a small army of amazing reviewers to sift through the 500+ applications we received, we’re excited to finally announce the winners of the challenge today.

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Knight Media Forum: The opportunity is now to build the future of local news

Posted on March 6, 2019 by marika.lynch

We have never had a bigger opportunity – or greater need – to build the future of local news. That was at the heart of discussions at the Knight Media Forum, a gathering of leading journalism funders and practitioners held last week in Miami.

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Knight Foundation’s investment in media seeks to preserve an essential element of democracy: an informed citizenry

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Alberto Ibargüen

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High Schools: New Front Lines in Battle for Free Speech

Posted on February 21, 2019 by Sanford J. Ungar

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Eight ways to make international news local

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Chana R. Schoenberger

How can local journalists make the connection between the issues they report on and international events? “You have to find the connection between international affairs and people’s lives and build out from that,” said CNN GPS host and Washington Post columnist Fareed Zakaria.

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The price of progress: How “digital pollution” is poisoning democracy and what we can do about it

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Sam Gill

The warning lights are flashing. The challenges of the digital age are posing fundamental challenges to our democracy. To capture the benefits of digitization, without enduring intolerable costs, we suggest it’s time for a new paradigm—one similar to how we treat other forms of pollution from industrial progress.

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Health care journalism is critical: How local news helps

Posted on December 24, 2018 by Rose Hoban

In 2011, I came to the stark realization that I was one of the last reporters left in North Carolina focused on covering health care. It shocked me then — and continues to shock me now — that even as our medical system grows more complicated and political, many news outlets have eliminated their health reporters.

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How local news builds trust and disinfects corruption

Posted on December 20, 2018 by Lindsey Millar

As journalists, we understand that robust local journalism requires time and resources. It demands patience and a sense of where to look for a story.

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What 2018 has taught us about building a stronger future for American democracy

Posted on December 13, 2018 by Sam Gill

If the decline of trust in news has been a crisis decades in the making – and it has – then rebuilding the informed society will take time as well. Improving the data and the knowledge with which we diagnose the challenges and propose new solutions must be an essential part of that process.