Analyzing Knight Foundation’s efforts in the Mississippi Gulf Coast, reporter Dick Polman writes, Today, nearly three years after the storm, and with expenditures thus far totaling roughly $10 million, Knight Foundation can rightly point to a string of achievements – most notably, its crucial role in bringing world-class planners and architects to the afflicted region, […]
Article · August 1, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Yesterday, the Citizen Media Law Project, directed by David Ardia, launched the final sections of its online guide to media law. The free online guide, which is intended for use by bloggers, website operators, and other citizen media creators, focuses on the legal issues that non-traditional and traditional journalists are likely to encounter as they […]
Article · July 30, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Editor’s note: Lee Oglesby has been interning with the Knight Communications department this summer. Today is her last day. This post concerns the UNITY Convention, which was held last week in Chicago. Knight is a sponsor of the event. The four days of workshops at UNITY 2008 Convention may have changed my mind a bit […]
Article · July 28, 2008 by Knight Foundation
New Book is Based on Knights Future of the First Amendment Surveys
Article · July 25, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Editor’s note: Lee Oglesby interns with the Knight Communications department this summer. This post is from the day before the UNITY Conference, which goes all this week in Chicago. Knight is a sponsor of the conference, and convened all journalism grantees on Tuesday to discuss media innovation. A few of the presentations at Knight’s Journalism […]
Article · July 24, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Trends, Access, Quality, and Presidential Candidate Policies to be Studied in Aspen, Colo. August 9-12
Article · July 24, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Today, more than 170 journalism grantees of Knight are gathered in Chicago for a day of listening and learning about the digital landscape and the future of journalism. The conference site, unity2008.knightblog.org will be updated during the day with new video and synopsis of the talks. This is a video of Dianne Lynch, Dean of […]
Article · July 22, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Editor’s note: Matt Bergheiser is Knight Program Director for Philadelphia. Below, he describes a new Knight investment in the future of the Ben Franklin Parkway. In Philadelphia, Knight has made the case that compelling, dynamic public spaces can change the feel and perception of our entire city. The Ben Franklin Parkway is such a place, […]
Article · July 21, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Yesterday, the beta of Snag Films launched. As the name implies, the site allows users to “snag” a documentary film from the site archive and embed the film on another site. The widget allows for easy donations of “pixels, money, and time.” Knight Foundation has funded parts of the ongoing development of the widget and […]
Article · July 18, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Nonprofit Corporation Contributes $100,000 Upfront plus a Four-Year Annual Commitment of $100,000
Article · July 18, 2008 by Knight Foundation
This week, USC’s Knight Digital Media Center convenes their annual leadership conference in Los Angeles. Michele McLellen is liveblogging the week’s events; to begin, start with her initial explanatory post: The top editor and the top online editor from each of 12 traditionally print organizations get together Tuesday-Friday with experts in digital journalism, technology and […]
Article · July 17, 2008 by Knight Foundation