We’re happy to announce that Knight will offer travel grants for winners of the Shorty Awards (a contest to recognize users making an impact using the “microblogging” service Twitter) to attend the February 11, 2009 ceremony in New York. (You may request an invite.) From the press release: Since the launch of the Shorty Awards […]
Article · January 12, 2009 by Knight Foundation
Final round of voting begins today, event to be held in New York City
Article · January 12, 2009 by Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation Spearheads South Florida Campaign with $1 Million Donation
Article · January 9, 2009 by Knight Foundation
New Gallup Study Explores Link between ‘Emotional Connection’ and Economic Growth
Article · January 9, 2009 by Knight Foundation
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Grants Will Help Sites Hire Staff, Extend Reach
Article · January 9, 2009 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has given $1 million to support building the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall. The donation was announced Thursday at a memorial fundraiser headlined by former President Bill Clinton. “Dr. King had the courage, vision and tenacity to move the nation […]
Article · January 9, 2009 by Knight Foundation
Knight is a funder of WNYC’s morning radio multi-platform news program The Takeaway. In between coverage about posted cheeky instructions for Roland Burris this morning: The Democrats want to deny him, but The Takeaway’s John Hockenberry takes to the telestrator to show Roland Burris how he can make it to the Senate floor and take […]
Article · January 7, 2009 by Knight Foundation
From our community site, Knight Pulse, a conversation with Brian Boyer about developing News Mixer, open source software that offers new comment options for news sites, with fellow graduate students at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism (a Knight News Challenge winner): Details on the team’s project site, Crunchberry.org and in Brian’s blog posts on the […]
Article · January 6, 2009 by Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen addresses the economic outlook in a video (here’s the transcript): Some key points are listed below the video. First, let me repeat what we’ve discussed with many of you individually: while we have taken our losses, the foundation remains quite strong. I’m especially pleased to be able to assure you […]
Article · December 30, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Alvah Chapman Memorial Service by David Lawrence, Jr. Dec. 29, 2009 What a life Alvah Chapman led. What an example he gave us. Were I only to concentrate here on his newspaper life, which I will, I merely begin to share what made him quite extraordinary. His is a life built from the greatest Biblical […]
Article · December 29, 2008 by Knight Foundation