Last night, thirty-one South Florida art projects were awarded grants in the first year of the Knight Arts Partnership, a $40 million effort to bring South Floridians together through the arts. Winning projects include a two-year residency program for up-and-coming artists, a Little League-like network of children’s choirs, and giant, inflatable sculptures in Bayfront Park. […]
Article · December 2, 2008 by Knight Foundation
From our new community site Knight Pulse, a conversation with Stanford Knight Fellows Director Jim Bettinger on the program changes ahead: Do you have a particular journalistic challenge, problem, or issue that you would like to spend a year working through to benefit everyone? For more information and how to apply, read this post on […]
Article · December 2, 2008 by Knight Foundation
David Sasaki of Rising Voices, a Knight News Challenge 2007 winner, has posted a new video with bloggers Thandanani, Sinempilo, and Zwelithini from the Rising Voices project in Kwa Mashu, the largest of Durban, South Africa’s three townships. David writes: Much of the conversation [is] Thandanani explaining why he didn’t want to know his HIV […]
Article · December 1, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation Contest Winners to Help Transform Arts Scene and Touch People Across Age, Race and Class
Article · November 30, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Soul of the Community (SOTC) is a three-year study conducted by Gallup of the 26 Knight Foundation communities across the United States focusing on the emotional side of the connection between residents and their communities. In its first year, the study compared residents’ engagement level to the GDP growth in the 26 communities over the […]
Article · November 24, 2008 by Knight Foundation
New Gallup Study Explores Link between “Emotional Connection” and Economic Growth
Article · November 24, 2008 by Knight Foundation
From today’s press release: Leaders of the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., announced today that former President Bill Clinton will receive the Foundation’s ‘Humanitarian Award’ and serve as the keynote speaker at a January 8, 2009 Miami Dream Dinner to raise funds for Memorial to be built on the […]
Article · November 19, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation Leads City-Wide Campaign
Article · November 19, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Knight has just launched a new site, News Release Workshop to help you write a strong press release. On the site, you will find example press releases (here’s another), a structural worksheet, and why the Flesch Score matters. All site content is under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works license, so we hope you will […]
Article · November 18, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Knight Commission member danah boyd posted to Twitter from the Chicago Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy meeting: You can watch the live webcast by clicking the top link on today’s Commission agenda page. Do you have thoughts to share with the Commission? Leave a comment below or Twitter @knightfdn.
Article · November 17, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Congratulations to Lisa Williams and her team on the relaunched Placeblogger site: Placeblogger is a 2007 Knight News Challenge winner (the $5 million yearly contest to fund innovative ideas in local news delivery). The 2008 Knight News Challenge Screening Team is in Miami today to work through all of your great applications. Here’s some of […]
Article · November 14, 2008 by Knight Foundation