Today in Miami, we at Knight Foundation are renewing our commitment to helping community and place-based funders meet their local community information needs. For the next three years, we’ll be both expanding and tailoring the Knight Community Information Challenge, which provides funding and the expertise needed for the foundations to invest in media projects that help ensure […]
Article · February 11, 2013 by alley
By LIZ FABIAN — [email protected] Darlene Murphy and Kellie Jaros haven’t had an art showing since they graduated from Wesleyan College in 2005. Their collective works, dubbed “Natural Instincts,” are now hanging in the 567 Center for Renewal at 533 Cherry St. “It’s a collaborative effort,” Murphy said. “We both like to take photographs and […]
Article · November 8, 2012 by alley
Bill Friday, president emeritus of the University of North Carolina and co-founder of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, died on Oct. 12. To honor his legacy, Knight Foundation is giving $25,000 to a scholarship fund in his name. Here, Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen shares his remembrances. Bill Friday has died. As we commend his soul to the tender mercies of […]
Article · October 12, 2012 by alley
Download: College Hill Report to the Community (PDF) The idea behind the College Hill initiative began with Mercer students seeking to revitalize the area by connecting campus to downtown Macon. The City of Macon and Mercer then took up the cause, leading to the creation of the College Hill Corridor Commission. The Commission soon attracted […]
Article · November 20, 2011 by alley
Creed C. Black, Former Knight Foundation President and CEO Remembering Creed Black Dear Elsa and Michelle, Creed Black was one of those newspaper men who profoundly believed that a free and productive press was the essential and primary force to sustain our democracy. As a civic and foundation leader, he kept his experienced eye on the […]
Article · August 16, 2011 by alley
Web pages referred to in Alberto’s remarks: The Printing Revolution in Early Modern Europe Jay Rosen tweets eight key terms link Pete Blackshaw tweets Pew research on news creation Dan Leville tweets Mashable on Chrome beta page translation Jay Rosen tweets link to Chicago Now Texas Tribune tweets Texas political news
Article · March 2, 2010 by alley
Thank you, Brandy, and thank you for inviting me to deliver the 2006 Harry M. and Edel Ayers Lecture that honors the memory of your parents, both publishers of The Anniston Star and stalwarts of distinguished journalism. Last Sunday’s New York Times Book Review carried a piece about Malcolm Gladwell, the author of The Tipping […]
Article · February 9, 2006 by alley
By Alberto Ibargüen Thank you, Brandy, and thank you for inviting me to deliver the 2006 Harry M. and Edel Ayers Lecture that honors the memory of your parents, both publishers of The Anniston Star and stalwarts of distinguished journalism. Last Sunday’s New York Times Book Review carried a piece about Malcolm Gladwell, the author […]
Article · February 9, 2006 by alley