The timing -and location – is particularly important: According to Freedom House, world press freedom has been declining since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. World Press Freedom Day was established in 1993 by the General Assembly of the United Nations. Its purpose is to reaffirm the fundamentals of press freedom and pay tribute to […]
Article · April 29, 2011 by Amy Starlight Lawrence
Funding also provides for website redesign, hiring first communications director Washington, DC — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation of Miami has made a one-year $200,000 grant to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to expand its outreach to a new generation of online journalists, ensuring they are aware of its […]
Article · March 1, 2011 by Amy Starlight Lawrence
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s 94th annual conference (AEJMC) is taking place August 4-7 at the’Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, Colorado. Eric Newton, Vice President for Journalism at Knight Foundation, gave the opening remarks to journalism educators in Denver at the Aug. 3, 2010 pre-conference workshop, ‘Journalism Schools as News […]
Article · August 4, 2010 by Amy Starlight Lawrence
Students are learning multimedia in the field by covering stories all over the world as part of the project ‘My Story, My Goal.” In response to the UN Millennium Development Goals, 14 young journalists from the University of Miami teamed up with local partners to share coverage which personifies some of the world’s most critical human issues. […]
Article · July 27, 2010 by Amy Starlight Lawrence