The Milledgeville Union-Recorder ran a story yesterday about the new Milledgeville Municipal WiMax Network, part of a universal access initiative at Knight Foundation. Milledgeville Program Director Beverly Blake made clear Knight’s commitment to connect individuals in physical communities through this initiative: ‘The Knight Foundation does not come into a community, say we have this great […]
Article · August 22, 2008 by Knight Foundation
This week, leading thinkers in digital media will begin to mentor many of the thirty-five projects in the News Challenge Garage, a new incubator site for the News Challenge contest (a Knight media initiative that awards ~$5 million a year to innovative news delivery projects). You can join the Garage by signing up here; you […]
Article · August 20, 2008 by Knight Foundation
This weekend, the Chicago Tribune ran a story about Knight News Challenge winner Everyblock and its founder, Adrian Holovaty. And yesterday, the Everyblock project (“a news feed for your block”) expanded into three new cities: Boston, Seattle, and Washington, DC. Director of Knight Journalism program Gary Kebbel gives Everyblock background: Adrian Holovaty won a $1.1 […]
Article · August 18, 2008 by Knight Foundation
The new morning radio multi-platform news program The Takeaway, partially funded by Knight, has recently introduced a game on Facebook (the popular social networking service) called VeepStakes. Takeaway Web Editor Adnaan Wasey explains the game: If you already have a Facebook profile, you can start playing the game here. Look for more seriously fun content […]
Article · August 18, 2008 by Knight Foundation
In April, Knight sponsored a conference in Paris on press freedom and the Beijing Olympics with Asia Presse (Paris), Committee to Protect Journalists (New York), Human Rights in China (New York, Hong Kong, Brussels), Reporters Sans Frontieres (Paris), World Association of Newspapers (Paris), and the World Press Freedom Committee (Washington, D.C.). There was simultaneous interpretation […]
Article · August 14, 2008 by Knight Foundation
In the yearly News Challenge contest, Knight Foundation awards up to $5 million to innovators with ideas about implementing new local news delivery mechanisms. To help applicants before they apply, the News Challenge Garage launches (in beta) today as a place for applicants to tinker with their ideas, assisted by past winners and expert mentors. […]
Article · August 7, 2008 by Knight Foundation
From the press release: J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism has moved to American University’s School of Communication, where it will expand its operations with the help of a $2.4 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to American University. J-Lab helps journalists and citizens use digital technologies to develop new […]
Article · August 6, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Institute for Interactive Journalism Joins AU’s School of Communication
Article · August 6, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Part of the annual progress report, Knight Foundation asks what you think about the Miami Knight Arts Partnership. Bonnie Clearwater, executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, explains some of their recent work in this video: ‘We’ve gone from about 100 arts groups to more than 1,200 in the past two […]
Article · August 4, 2008 by Knight Foundation