Jose Zamora is a Journalism Program Associate at Knight Foundation The Knight News Challenge contest has allowed Knight Foundation to partner in digital media projects around the world. The contest provides a global view of new media trends and helps Knight Foundation discover some of the information needs communities have in the digital age. In […]
Article · April 7, 2009 by Knight Foundation
Jose Zamora is a Journalism Program Associate at Knight Foundation Is there a Knight News Challenge Project in your community? View Knight News Challenge Projects in a larger map The Knight News Challenge projects are designed to be replicable in any community. If there isn’t one in yours, please contact us to determine how we […]
Article · April 6, 2009 by Knight Foundation
CUNY Journalism School Professor Jeff Jarvis on adding value online:Michael Rosenblum on the first rule of video storytelling: and Professor Jarvis on the news ecosystem (and how to be found): Thoughts? Would you like to see more videos like this?
Article · April 6, 2009 by Knight Foundation
Reposted from Knight Pulse: Tony Shawcross of Denver Open Media, a Knight News Challenge winner, talks about the suite of open source Drupal tools his team has developed for public access stations to automate tasks and let viewers determine the broadcast schedule. How could you use these Drupal tools? Other thoughts on the role of […]
Article · April 1, 2009 by Knight Foundation
Reposted from Knight Pulse: Knight Pulse has partnered with GOOD Magazine to tap six community leaders in L.A. who are building community through five different projects (a recent LAist post on these projects gives more details). The six community leaders, who will host events later this year (more information on Pulse and the GOOD blog […]
Article · March 31, 2009 by Knight Foundation
Project seeks new ways for media to connect with young audiences
Article · March 30, 2009 by Knight Foundation
Charlotte, N.C. – North Carolina Dance Theatre (NC Dance Theatre) plans to begin construction on a new 34,000 square feet facility in March 2009. The new facility is made possible in part by a $1.5 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and $2.5 million from the Arts & Science Council […]
Article · March 25, 2009 by Knight Foundation
Judges have recommended at least eight innovative community news projects, for a five-year total of 48, in the New Voices program. New Voices is a Knight Foundation-sponsored incubator for such ventures. Each project will receive a $17,000 start-up grant and may qualify for an $8,000 matching grant in the second year. Run by J-Lab, the […]
Article · March 21, 2009 by Knight Foundation
Jose Zamora is a Journalism Program Associate at Knight Foundation Knight News Challenge winner, Tony Shawcross and the staff of Denver Open Media, had a session titled “NonProfit & Your Startup” at the SWSW Interactive Festival in Austin, TX. The main focus of the session was to discuss why they thought structuring projects as a […]
Article · March 16, 2009 by Knight Foundation
Jose Zamora is a Journalism Program Associate at Knight Foundation Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com, gave the opening remarks at the SWSW Interactive Festival at the Austin Convention Center. Hsieh talked about how a genuine customer service culture and setting core values extended the reach and strengthened their brand. How can Knight Foundation translate this […]
Article · March 15, 2009 by Knight Foundation
It’s always difficult to run a contest where only 0.0047% of the applicants are singled out for a possible grant. That’s the situation Knight Foundation is in, with the conclusion of the 2008-2009 Knight News Challenge. We had 2,323 applications for this year’s installation of our $25 million community news and innovation contest. Of the […]
Article · March 13, 2009 by Knight Foundation