Knight has made progress in supporting local news infrastructure, but there’s more to do Before joining Knight, my previous venture had been Spirited Media, a startup that launched and operated three local news websites before selling them in 2019. The first of these sites to launch was Billy Penn, the Philadelphia-based site we eventually sold to […]
Article · November 1, 2024 by Jim Brady
These resources can help newsrooms get ready for Election Day and beyond Election Day is fast approaching, and news organizations around the nation are working tirelessly to get ready. Knight Foundation has made $6.9 million in strategic investments in 2024 to bolster nonpartisan, fact-based election coverage, and many of the tools and services we have […]
Article · October 31, 2024 by Jim Brady
While national media suffer layoffs, it’s a different picture at INN, LION Publishers The timing for the INN Days conference in Washington DC, last week couldn’t have been better. The Institute for Nonprofit News is on a roll, and so is the sector of both local nonprofit news outlets and for-profit independent news publishers. Both […]
Article · June 20, 2023 by Jim Brady and Knight Foundation
16th edition of the conference focuses on solutions for local news, diversity initiatives and political polarization For the 16th edition of the Knight Media Forum in Miami (and online), there was a sense of optimism not seen for some time. This felt like a moment of potential transformation in local news. There are all sorts […]
Article · February 24, 2023 by Jim Brady and Knight Foundation
A look back at a year of growth in independent and nonprofit local news, in-person conferences and stronger BIPOC media As we enter the holiday season, the light outside dims, work slows to a crawl and work travel (thankfully) tails off. It’s also time for Nieman Lab predictions for next year, and a look back at our […]
Article · December 27, 2022 by Jim Brady and Knight Foundation
Conversation between Haugen and Horwitz sheds light on the complexity of leaking to the press, and the need for support Jim Brady This newsletter focuses on Knight’s Journalism program, but that doesn’t mean we’re the only part of the foundation that touches on issues relating to journalism. A wonderful example of that was last week’s […]
Article · December 7, 2022 by Jim Brady and Knight Foundation
ONA22 kicks off next Wednesday in Los Angeles. I attended my first Online News Association conference in 2004. I had just been hired as executive editor of washingtonpost.com and was eager to learn more about this new organization that was getting some good buzz. Little did I know how much of a part of my life and […]
Article · September 14, 2022 by Jim Brady and Knight Foundation
Key hire in Marc Lavallee, with one more program officer to come Time is an incredibly precious commodity, and one somewhat impervious to technological change. While load times continue to get faster and storage capabilities continue to grow, we remain limited to 24 hours a day, 60 minutes an hour and 60 seconds a minute. […]
Article · May 9, 2022 by Jim Brady
NAB puts spotlight on innovators; NewsMatch brings in record haul from local matches The National Association of Broadcasting Show is taking place this week in Las Vegas, and that seems like a good time to discuss how local broadcast journalism fits into Knight’s strategy. One hint to that answer would be to note that Knight’s entire journalism […]
Article · April 25, 2022 by Jim Brady
ISOJ is a hybrid hit, INN Days goes virtual with regional meetings The journalism conference circuit is active again, and with it, so are some of the debates about the future of local journalism. At last week’s International Symposium on Online Journalism in Austin, I moderated a panel titled, “Recreating the local news ecosystem with new models, […]
Article · April 11, 2022 by Jim Brady
Branded beers are a thirsty new trend in public media I’ve been in the digital journalism game since 1995, which is about as long as it’s actually been a game. In those many years, I’ve seen many terms appear on the horizon, and go from cutting edge to worn out in what seems like 10 […]
Article · March 28, 2022 by Jim Brady