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    Knight Chairs in Journalism share new projects and ideas

    Published February 18, 2012 by

    Knight Foundation journalism and media innovation team members met Saturday with 18 Knight Chairs in Journalism from all across the country to talk about new projects and new ideas. A few of the new projects: ·      reporterslab.org – This web site tests new technology to see what works and doesn’t for journalists. Knight Chairs Sarah Cohen and team at Duke University are looking at both new digital tools and popular ones, like Twitter. ·      politicalfiber.com – A web experiment already online looking at new ways of engaging young people in politics, run by Kansas Knight Chair Pam Fine.  Political news of the day in different ways.   ·      businessofnews.edu – A site to be launched this spring by University of North Carolina Knight Chair Penny Abernathy and her colleagues and students, for traditional media trying toconvert their business models in the digital age.  
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    Knight Chairs in Journalism meet to discuss the past year and what’s next

    Published February 17, 2012 by

    Above: A previous meeting of Knight Chairs and foundation staff in Austin, Texas. This weekend, the Knight Chairs in Journalism are meeting in Miami to discuss what they’ve done this past year, what they’re planning to do, and why. These are accomplished professionals with university tenure at two dozen campuses in the United States.  They teach innovative classes, do interesting experimental projects, build university-based programs and write or speak as “thought leaders” who help point the way to journalism’s best 21st Century future. Here are some highlights about what they said at last year’s meeting on teaching journalism in the digital age. Just a few examples of recent work:
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    Two Knight grantees in St. Paul recognized for leadership efforts

    Published February 17, 2012 by

    The February issue of Minnesota Monthly magazine features Dana Nelson of GiveMN and Laura Zabel of Springboard for the Arts - executive directors of two St. Paul Knight Foundation grantees. Both were profiled as Minnesotans “changing the way we think about the world - and its future.” Nelson, the executive director of GiveMN, is featured in the profile “Gives philanthropy a new twist.” She is recognized for her work coordinating the largest one-day online giving event in the world, Give To the Max Day: Dana Nelson “GiveMN has helped thousands of Minnesota nonprofits raise some $46 million for their causes. While the online platform makes it a cinch for donors to do one-stop giving (even providing receipts for tax purposes), it’s especially valuable for the nonprofits themselves, who can easily set up organization profiles, use social networking to make fundraising pitches go viral, and ditch expensive direct-mail marketing.” Knight blogged about the online fundraising platform last year. Nelson also describes how for her next project she wants to reach out to schools to help them “ditch the bake sales and wrapping-paper peddling that takes time and energy away from schools’ primary goals.”  
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    Art on the sides

    Published February 17, 2012 by

    The opening night of Art Wynwood was a spirited affair — there was a lot of energy generated by the large crowds and some good-looking art. A stand-out was the Art Video New Media Lounge in the back, produced by...
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    Chido Johnson’s “love library” comes to Detroit

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    This past Tuesday, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (a Knight Arts grantee) hosted a talk by its current artist-in-residence, Chido Johnson, a 2009 Kresge Fellow who heads the sculpture department at the College for Creative Studies. Johnson spoke about his collaborative art project, “Let’s Talk about Love, Baby,” which is...
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    The Philadelphia Orchestra goes mobile

    Published February 17, 2012 by

    By Philadelphia Orchestra staff One of the greatest symbols (and pleasures) of an orchestral performance is the program book. Next to the music, the best part of the concert experience is picking up a program book and reading about the composers and the history of each work being performed. Imagine...
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    Gospel Meets Symphony

    Published February 17, 2012 by

    Nineteen years of following a dream of togetherness. That’s how co-chair and event coordinator Brenda Justice views the annual Gospel Meets Symphony concert by the Akron Symphony Orchestra, a Knight Arts grantee. On Saturday, Feb. 25, singers from 75 different area churches will...
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    KCIC winners receive more than a grant

    Published February 17, 2012 by

    Community foundations that win the Knight Community Information Challenge receive more than funding to develop their idea. Because news, information and digital opportunities represent a new frontier for many foundations, Knight provides important additional resources: ·      The Media Learning Seminar, a gathering of foundation leaders to explore ways to meet information needs. The next Media Learning Seminar is Feb. 20-21, 2012 in Miami and will be livestreamed to a wider audience. ·      Access to Knight circuit riders, who can provide technical support to guide grantmakers attempting information projects. ·      The Knight Community Information Challenge Boot Camp, hosted by Knight Digital Media Center at USC/Annenberg. This is an intensive, four-day seminar for managers of the winning projects to be held in September 2012.