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Photo: Lilly WeinbergKnight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen addresses community leaders after accepting the Beacon Council Jay Malina Leadership Award on June 26, 2019. The text of his remarks is below. When Susana and I arrived in Miami in 1995, one of the first people I met was this skinny, black-haired guy with glasses and a […]
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Photo by: Albert Yee For nearly 14 years, I’ve had the privilege of leading Knight Foundation, where our mission is to strengthen democracy by supporting informed and engaged communities. We support journalism — because we believe, as Jack Knight did, that a well-informed community can best determine its own true interests, and that well-informed citizens […]
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Knight Media Forum 2019: Welcome remarks by Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen Informed and engaged communities are the bedrock of a healthy democracy. But that bedrock has begun to quake. We meet today not just to describe the problem, but to find solutions. We’re here today because the way we inform ourselves is insufficient to […]
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Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen delivered the following remarks at a celebration of the arts in Miami at the Pérez Art Museum Miami on Dec. 3, 2018. At the event, Ibargüen announced a $37 million investment from Knight in the city’s arts ecosystem. Thank you, Victoria, and congratulations to our New Work Miami winners. I am thrilled to […]
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Good afternoon. Let me begin by thanking David Rubinstein, John Gray, David Skorton, Amanda Moniz, and everyone involved with the Philanthropy Initiative at the Smithsonian for this important and timely symposium. Thank you for inviting me to share what I’ll call notes from the field about the power of art to build community. Our theme […]
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Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen delivered the following opening remarks at the Knight Media Forum on February 20, 2018. The remarks have been lightly edited for publication. Knight Media Forum: Alberto Ibarguen, opening remarks from Knight Foundation on Vimeo Good morning, everybody. Thank you for being here and welcome to the first Knight Media Forum – the 11th Media Learning Seminar. […]
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Even when we don’t know it, artificial intelligence affects virtually every aspect of our modern lives. Technology and commerce will ensure it will impact every society on earth. Yet, for something so influential, there’s an odd assumption that artificial intelligence agents and machine learning, which enable computers to make decisions like humans and for humans, is a neutral process.It’s not. -
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For years, I had a front-row seat as technology disrupted journalism’s traditions and institutions, even as it made possible the inclusion of billions of people who suddenly had the possibility of voice through social media. Over the last decade, as head of Knight Foundation, I’ve seen the evolution of media and the advent of the Internet of Everything. -
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This speech has been lightly edited for publication. Tonight is about pride, engagement and experimentation. Related Links Launching Symphony in D: A collaborative symphony by and for Detroit on Knight Blog by Tod Machover 11/19/2014 Discovering the sounds of Detroit on Knight Blog by Valerie Nahmad, 2/23/2015 The sound of Detroit captured in a new […]
