Photo Credit: Sasha Chavkin/The New York World A new journalism site devoted to deepening public understanding of the ways city and state government shape life in New York City launched this week at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. In its first week, The New York World broke a story about a city-chartered Brooklyn bus that segregates […]
Article · October 20, 2011 by Elizabeth R. Miller
A new guide examines why funders need to understand networks and explores what it takes for grantmakers to create a network mindset. The guide, “Catalyzing Networks for Social Change,” was released this week by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations and Monitor Institute. The guide offers five approaches that may help grantmakers and social change makers use […]
Article · October 20, 2011 by Elizabeth R. Miller
News21 student journalist Tarryn Mento See related article in Nieman Journalism Lab by Eric Newton, Senior Adviser to the President: ‘Journalism schools can be leaders in innovation and the news’ The current listeriosis outbreak linked to tainted cantaloupe is the worst foodborne illness outbreak since 1998 – linked to 21 deaths in 11 states and an additional […]
Article · October 14, 2011 by Elizabeth R. Miller
On Monday, Knight Foundation announced the five finalists in the Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge, a program founded this summer to find new ways to use technology to inform and engage people in the arts. The five finalist projects emerged from 233 applications submitted from eight pilot communities where Knight Foundation currently invests. During the announcement each of […]
Article · October 13, 2011 by Elizabeth R. Miller
Yesterday, leading businesses including Best Buy and Microsoft, and national philanthropies like the National League of Cities and Goodwill, came together in partnership with the FCC and Knight to launch Connect to Compete. This new nonprofit will help expand digital literacy training and make the Internet accessible and relevant to more Americans. There is “no silver […]
Article · October 13, 2011 by Elizabeth R. Miller
This summer, 233 ideas for new models of local arts coverage and criticism were submitted as part of the first-ever Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge. The challenge focused on the eight communities where Knight Foundation invests. Today, Knight Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts announced the five finalists who will have the opportunity to create an Idea to Action plan for […]
Article · October 10, 2011 by Elizabeth R. Miller
This Monday, tune in for the announcement of the Knight/NEA Community Arts Journalism Challenge finalists from 1:00-2:30 pm EST. Viewers can watch the announcement online via a live webcast, as well as the following discussion with the five winners. Joan Shigekawa, senior deputy chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and Dennis Scholl, vice […]
Article · October 7, 2011 by Elizabeth R. Miller
Organoleptic Specialist Steven Angold inspects seafood at the FDA’s $40 million facility in Irvine, Calif. Photo: Kyle Bruggeman/News21 Earlier this week, Knight Foundation blogged about how the student-led News21 program published a major food safety investigation in The Washington Post and on MSNBC.com. MNSBC.com’s coverage continued with a story on how tainted seafood reaches U.S […]
Article · October 6, 2011 by Elizabeth R. Miller
Rishi Jaitly, Detroit program director for Knight Foundation, is being featured in Crain’s Detroit Business’ 2011 “40 under 40” awards. Jaitly, who joined Knight Foundation in March, works with local leaders to find and invest in opportunities for fostering an informed and engaged Detroit. “To call Rishi Jaitly’s résumé diverse is an understatement,” Crains writes. Before joining […]
Article · October 6, 2011 by Elizabeth R. Miller
Hello, welcome to @KnightFdn, Knight Foundation’s new way of bringing you brief updates about our efforts to foster informed & engaged communities. – More than 2,000 stories of black male leadership submitted as part of the @BMEchallenge campaign in #Detroit and #Philadelphia – News21 #journalism students launch major food safety investigation in @washingtonpost and […]
Article · October 6, 2011 by Elizabeth R. Miller
Last week, opera singers from The Opera Company of Philadelphia surprised Philadelphia commuters with a performance from the opera Carmen. Opera singers boarded local trains and performed the aria “Habanera” to surprised commuters on the SEPTA rail lines. The Philadelphia Inquirer covered the event. Some 504 Knight-funded Random Acts of Culture have taken place so far in eight […]
Article · October 5, 2011 by Elizabeth R. Miller