The ManaTEEN Club, an organization funded through the Knight community of Bradenton, recently completed a marine restoration dive in West Palm Beach with members of Knight Foundation staff. Founded in 1994, the ManaTEEN group volunteers in southwest Florida, and more than 300 teens have given 16,576 hours of service. The club has 12,000 active members […]
Article · July 15, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Funded by Knight Foundation, the Five Freedoms Project announces its Web site launch (fivefreedoms.org) and online network. A resource for educators, students, and citizens, the site has an “actionable five-part framework” for leadership skill development, an area about voice and the learning cycle, and identifies five categories for impact. You can read blog posts from […]
Article · July 14, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation supports Miami’s Wolfsonian-Florida International University’s new poster exhibition “Thoughts on Democracy” through the Knight New Work Award. A video about the exhibit, which opened July 3rd, is below, followed by details on included artists and the inspiration for the exhibit. “The Thoughts on Democracy exhibition is comprised of posters created by fifty-five leading […]
Article · July 11, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Editor’s note: Gary Kebbel is the Journalism Program Director for Knight Foundation. Below, he talks about Village Soup, which has recently received coverage for reinvigorating print circulation through an online model. Village Soup is using its strength as a digital news, information and advertising platform to preserve and strengthen the information flow in communities in […]
Article · July 11, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Editor’s note: Matt Bergheiser is Knight Program Director for Philadelphia. He adds context below to a recent article on the new Job Opportunity Investment Network (JOIN). Knight’s work in Philadelphia continues to focus on building connections to jobs and opportunities. One significant platform for change is the Job Opportunity Investment Network, a Knight-led funding collaborative […]
Article · July 10, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Leonard Witt posted an interview today with Knight Foundation consultant Mike Maidenberg on the new Knight Community Information Challenge. Here’s an excerpt: Leonard Witt: Tell me a little about the Knight Community Information Challenge, why is Knight involved and for what end? Mike Maidenberg: Knight Foundation is deeply interested in how information flows in physical […]
Article · July 9, 2008 by Knight Foundation
From yesterday’s press release: The grant will help NewsU expand in four key areas: * Enhance the skills and digital abilities of journalists, * Find new ways to teach and inspire journalists as well as those without access to formal journalism training, * Increase news literacy, and * Use the Internet to deliver training in […]
Article · July 9, 2008 by Knight Foundation
$1.4 million grant from Knight Foundation to NewsU e-learning program adds digital transformation modules and multiple languages
Article · July 8, 2008 by Knight Foundation
From the press release: Seeking to change the way journalism is taught in the United States, Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation are investing more than $11 million in the expansion of a national initiative to adapt journalism education to the challenges of a struggling news industry. […]
Article · July 7, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Program Preparing Journalism Students to Lead Industry Change Gains Momentum
Article · July 7, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Flickr image from rockyradio From the 6.28 press release: Proving once again that it indeed deserves the title ‘world renowned,’ the Akron Art Museum, designed by the Viennese firm Coop Himmelb(l)au, was chosen as one of three finalists for the highly prestigious Lubetkin Prize from the Royal Insitute of British Architects (RIBA) in London. After […]
Article · July 3, 2008 by Knight Foundation