Editor’s note: Susan Mernit is directing the Knight News Challenge this year; her thoughts below on Tuesday night’s San Francisco gathering. We had over 70 people at TechSoup for the last (we think) Knight News Challenge meet up of this funding cycle. Being in my home base of San Francisco/Bay area was great and the […]
Article · October 23, 2008 by Knight Foundation
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced a $1 million gift to Florida State University to restore and expand the lobby area of the venerable Ruby Diamond Auditorium to better serve the local community and the university. In appreciation, the university will name the new lobby, the “John S. […]
Article · October 23, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Washington, DC— The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) has selected five Knight International Journalism Fellows to lead year-long projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America designed to help media provide better access to quality information in the communities they serve. In keeping with the program’s commitment to selecting the best journalists from around the world […]
Article · October 23, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Thanks to Rosental Alves, Director of the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas and Adam Weinroth of Pluck for two Austin News Challenge meetups last Thursday. News Challenge is the $5M yearly contest to find innovative ideas about delivering information to specific geographic communities, and the application deadline is November 1st. You can apply […]
Article · October 19, 2008 by Knight Foundation
The five founding medical and educational institutions (Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron General Health System, Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy (NEOUCOM), Summa Health System, and The University of Akron) announced the BioInnovation Institute in Akron earlier this week along with a $20 million grant from Knight Foundation. Knight CFO Juan Martinez helped put […]
Article · October 16, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Public-private partnership commits more than $80 million to create a leading center for medical excellence; collaboration will focus on biomaterials and medical devices
Article · October 16, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Knight News Challenge contest open to anyone anywhere. Applications due Nov. 1
Article · October 15, 2008 by Knight Foundation
As of now, there are nineteen days left to apply for the Knight News Challenge, the yearly $5MM contest to find innovative ideas about delivering information to specific geographic communities. To find out more about how to apply and win funding for your idea, join me, Kristen Taylor, this Thursday at one of two meetups […]
Article · October 13, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Thanks to the News Challenge winner Lisa Williams of Placeblogger and the Berkman Blog Group for a great Boston meetup last night where we talked about the history of the News Challenge (the $5MM yearly contest to find innovative digital delivery ideas), the Garage site for working through ideas before applying, how mentoring in the […]
Article · October 10, 2008 by Knight Foundation
From the archive, Knight President Alberto Ibargüen interviewed Muhammad Yunus at the Poder Philanthropy Forum on March 12, 2008. Founder of Grameen Bank Yunus and Ibargüen discussed certainty, freedom, and the dreams of flower children, among other things: What would you ask Muhammad Yunus?
Article · October 8, 2008 by Knight Foundation
This Thursday at 7pm, join Knight Foundation Online Community Manager Kristen Taylor and the Berkman Blog group at Harvard to discuss your great ideas for the News Challenge. (Map) We’ll focus on your questions and talk about the News Challenge Garage incubator; if you have questions about the meetup, let us know in the comments. […]
Article · October 7, 2008 by Knight Foundation