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    Art made for different beats

    Published October 25, 2011 by

    There's jazz in the photographic imagery hanging in the unlikely venue of a dentist office waiting room. There is music in the truncated snapshots, in the blurred visions, in the dimmed light, of hands and arms in motion, spinning records, a television screen,...
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    Shared humanity takes different forms in “Modulate”

    Published October 25, 2011 by

    Opening on Thursday, Oct. 27 at the Center for Emerging Visual Artists is the show “Modulate.” The reception on Thursday lasts from 5 until 7 p.m., and the exhibit itself runs through Nov. 22. The show features two artists: Allison Kaufman and Ana B. Hernandez. While they seem utterly different...
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    Four questions foundations might ask journalism start ups when they ask for grants

    Published October 25, 2011 by

    "Women in Prison" video from nonprofit new site Oklahoma Watch  Foundations are playing a significant and helpful role in fostering new models for local news. But in addition to money, a little tough love may be in order when looking at prospective journalism grantees. If the grant money doesn’t flow forever, how can a foundation tell if a news organization has legs - or how can foundation help nudge the organization onto a more sustainable path? Here are four key issues to consider: Here are a few questions to ask before cutting a check.
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    Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ Cultural Passport Program is in full swing

    Published October 25, 2011 by

    By Matthew Sabatella, Miami-Dade County Public Schools Cultural Passport is an innovative educational initiative designed to provide all Miami-Dade County Public Schools students in grades K-12 with a different cultural field experience each school year. In partnership with South Florida’s finest cultural organizations and venues, this sequential program ensures equal...
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    Journalism and philanthropy sites cover release of new report on nonprofit news and sustainability

    Published October 25, 2011 by

    Last week, Knight Foundation released a new report offering a detailed look at some of the country’s leading online local nonprofit news ventures. READ  Full Report: "Getting Local: How Nonprofit News Ventures Seek Sustainability" News Release: "New report: Nonprofit news sites – and their search for sustainability" Several media organizations who covered the report emphasized authors’ Mayur Patel and Michele McLellan’s  finding that nonprofit news sites have to act more like digital businesses, making revenue experimentation, entrepreneurship and community engagement important pieces of the mix. Broadcasting and Cable wrote about the report’s implications for long-term sustainability for online nonprofit news sites: “While the sites are likely to start with funding from foundations, the study says they need to treat that as equity rather than an ongoing revenue stream and look to supplement that with memberships, advertising, sponsorships and events, just as the for-profit sector does.” Columbia Journalism Review focused on the importance of community engagement for local nonprofit news sites:
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    Detroit’s poetry movement now in motion

    Published October 25, 2011 by

    Images provided by "[sic]" Achille Bianchi and Jonathan Rajewski This poem is called "Punchline related to Ulysses by James Joyce," read John Brown this past Saturday at the independent bookstore Leopold's Books during the launch of “[sic],” Detroit's freshest take on exposing literary talent to the city and the world....
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    @jczamora wins worldwide photography gala award

    Published October 24, 2011 by

    Knight Foundation Journalism Program Associate Jose Zamora recently won a Worldwide Photography Gala Award for the following image:   Zamora’s photo of graffiti in the Wynwood Art District of Miami won 1st prize in the September Pollux Awards category of non professional single image for Environmental Issues.
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    International Center for Journalists’ new website details impact of projects around the globe

    Published October 24, 2011 by

    The International Center for Journalists recently launched its new website with more content now available. The new homepage provides updates on “Latest Developments” and “Featured Programs,” which highlights recent activities of the center’s work. “We are now of the mindset that you must be constantly refreshing your website in order to communicate better information,” said Joyce Barnathan, president of International Center For Journalists. “One of the things we wanted to do was show the impact of the center and now we can in ‘our impact’ section.”
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    Dream makers and risk takers come out for TEDxCharlotte

    Published October 24, 2011 by

    The second TEDxCharlotte conference was recently held on Saturday, Oct. 15 at Queens University. This independently organized TED event was of the same “TED” non-profit that started in 1984 as an event bringing together people from the technology, entertainment and design worlds. Each TED event — and there are now...
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    Getting Local II: Terms of engagement

    Published October 24, 2011 by

    The newspaper on the Web is not a sustainable model, and nonprofit news start ups are placing more and more emphasis on engaging their users with content and conversation, and perhaps, as members or donors. A new report from the Knight Foundation details emerging engagement practices at several of the larger nonprofit news sites. Along with trying to create to revenue streams, larger nonprofit news sites are experimenting with engagement as well. A new report, “Getting Local: How Nonprofit News Ventures Seek Sustainability,” explores the role that userengagement plays in their sustainability strategies.
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    Inkub8 workshop series

    Published October 24, 2011 by

    One of my favorite lines from Jeanette Winterson's essay “Art Objects” goes like this: “If the arts did not exist, at every moment, someone would begin to create them, in song, out of dust and mud, and although the artifacts might be destroyed, the energy that created them is not...