From Eric Newton, VP of Journalism, Knight Foundation: Stop the presses … The Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly has published a piece of writing with a’relatively good’Flesch readability score‘… “Changes in Professionalism…”‘(Summer 2009 edition), by David H. Weaver et. al., starts this way: “In 2002, Knight Ridder was one of the biggest newspaper companies in the United States. Time […]
Article · September 2, 2009 by Eric Newton
From Eric Newton, Knight Foundation VP of Journalism: Much summertime discussion, at newsinnovation.com, also at the Aspen FOCUS web page, and elsewhere, about the new ecosystems of news. Heard Google’s Marissa Mayer talk again about the “story” being the “unit of organization” in the digital news world. We think about news in terms of individual […]
Article · September 1, 2009 by Eric Newton
Eric Newton is the V.P. of the Jouranlism Program at Knight Foundation. Jeff Jarvis ‘and crew at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism have launched a web site devoted to new business models for news. It features business-side information and profiles of the new “plants and animals” in the evolving news ecosystem. MinnPost, Voice of […]
Article · July 30, 2009 by Eric Newton
Remarks by Eric Newton, vice president of journalism program, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Announcing Knight Foundation’s Investigative Reporting Initiative Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference Saturday, June 13, 2009, Baltimore My name is Eric Newton. I am here because of the generosity of Jack and Jim Knight, the newspaper owners who gave away […]
Article · June 13, 2009 by Eric Newton
Knight Digital Media Center‘s News Entrepreneur Boot Camp brought together 15 journalists who are planning news news and information start ups. The center provided training and coaching in product development, social media engagement and the business of news. Here are two blog posts on the center site that reflect on the sessions: At the Online […]
Article · May 26, 2009 by Eric Newton
The Knight Digital Media Center’s website has been given a facelift. KDMC believes this will make it easier for our visitors to find what they need — from training opportunities, to blogs exploring the future of news and online journalism, to the latest tweets from some thoughtful folks. This redesign reflects feedback from loyal and […]
Article · May 21, 2009 by Eric Newton
Posted by Eric Newton, VP, Journalism Program: 150 enterprising Washington DC news people talked about using social media to connect with citizens and work with former rivals ‘ this from the day-long NewsVision symposium March 30, Knight Conference Center, Newseum ‘ in this video, innovators from the Orlando Sentinel, USA TODAY, Publish 2 and the […]
Article · April 8, 2009 by Eric Newton
Knight is funding two experiments that seek to engage young people with news on Facebook. The Daily on Facebook and Hot Dish offer users news and opportunities to take action and earn points and prizes. A University of Michigan researcher will study how young people use the sites for the next two months.’ More about […]
Article · April 8, 2009 by Eric Newton
Knight Foundation’s senior adviser to the president, Eric Newton, gave this talk on June 10, 2006 during the dedication of the Robert C. Maynard Suite at Harvard’s Nieman Foundation headquarters, Lippmann House. In 2006, Newton ran Knight Foundation’s journalism program: I had the great good fortune to work for Bob and Nancy Maynard from 1984 […]
Article · June 10, 2006 by Eric Newton
1. A majority of American high school students say they’re plugged into mainstream news on the Internet at least weekly. Eleven percent say they consume news daily on the Internet. 2. Students who go online get most of their news and information from the news pages of Internet portals such as Google and Yahoo!, national […]
Article · June 1, 2006 by Eric Newton
Conducted by David Yalof and Kenneth Dautrich, New England Survey Research Associates
Article · June 1, 2006 by Eric Newton