Who can apply to the Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge? What are the requirements? And how much money is there to win anyway? The Arts Journalism Challenge, an eight-city contest to find new business models for arts criticism and coverage, is taking questions: Join Knight and NEA staff at 2 p.m., Wednesday July 27th for a […]
Article · July 22, 2011 by andries.vaisman
What exactly is the Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge? Who can apply? What are the requirements? And how much money is there to win anyway? The Arts Journalism Challenge, an eight-city contest to find new business models for arts criticism and coverage, is taking questions: Join Knight and NEA staff at 2 p.m., Wednesday July […]
Article · July 22, 2011 by andries.vaisman
A recent article in the Huffington Post cited the importance of using interactive games to strengthen youth education. Central to the argument was the idea that creative, digital teaching methods are part of learning in the 21st Century. As a strong supporter of games for engagement, Knight, too, believes in the potential of games. It’s […]
Article · July 21, 2011 by andries.vaisman
In Lowell, Massachusetts, a chance encounter between a city representative and a media expert has resulted in almost 175 citizens getting together to plan a greener future for their city. And it’s all thanks to – online gaming? Oh, and community values too. While looking for a fresh way to engage local residents in making […]
Article · July 18, 2011 by andries.vaisman
(2011 Nieman Fellow Hollman Morris Rincón talks to Nieman Foundation curator Bob Giles) Good news for Latin American journalists, advocates of free press and communications scholars alike: today the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University announced Knight Foundation’s support of the Knight Latin American Nieman Fellowship to include experimental fieldwork projects that help discover new ways […]
Article · July 12, 2011 by andries.vaisman
(Video: Josh Rogers and Dwayne Bass talk about Tyler’s Place Dog Park, a 2010 winner of the Knight Neighborhood Challenge) Community advocates in Macon, Georgia are gearing up to celebrate the third round of winners for the Knight Neighborhood Challenge, a $3 million community-wide contest funding local ideas that revitalize the city’s historic College Hill neighborhood. The […]
Article · July 7, 2011 by andries.vaisman
A new website by The Center for Public Integrity will introduce an updated approach to the quality accountability reporting and long-form investigative journalism the organization has produced for the last 20 years. Available in beta at iwatchnews.org, the site will serve as the center’s primary news platform, providing readers with 10-12 reports each day at no cost. A […]
Article · April 21, 2011 by andries.vaisman
With an avalanche of changes in the information landscape over the past decade, libraries are looking at ways to redefine themselves. But how? Seattle Public Library Harvard’s John Palfrey and MIT’s Chris Csikszentmihályi discussed the opportunities at Knight Foundation’s Library Conference earlier this year. Throughout the discussion, Palfrey focused on the potential for libraries to […]
Article · April 20, 2011 by andries.vaisman
Written by Mary Lou Fulton & cross-posted from The Media Optimist Mary Lou Fulton What will it take to get more foundations to give money to support news and information projects? This was the subject of a standing-room-only panel (see archived chat) at this week’s Council on Foundations annual meeting, where funders from across the country gathered to learn and talk […]
Article · April 15, 2011 by andries.vaisman
Stanford University has selected nine journalists from a total of 222 applications to participate in the 2011-2012 John S. Knight International Fellowships. They will be joined by 12 U.S. fellows, to be announced early next month. Judith Torrea, one of nine John S. Knight International Fellows for Professional Journalism “The projects this year’s Fellows will […]
Article · April 14, 2011 by andries.vaisman
Source: CaliforniaWatch.org A comprehensive investigative reporting series on earthquake regulations in California’s public school system is rocking the state’s foundations. Over the past few days, California Watch, the collaborative multimedia news project backed by the Center for Investigative Reporting, has been breaking a myriad of stories about the faulty certification, unqualified inspectors and budget blockades […]
Article · April 11, 2011 by andries.vaisman