Knight News Challenge winner Everyblock, “a new way to find local news and public information,” has launched two new city sites: Charlotte and Philadelphia. The Everyblock team has added a data type for new library posts in Charlotte, and more details on the new sites are in the Everyblock blog post announcement. Charlotte and Philadelphia […]
Article · July 2, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Nathaniel Whittemore of the Do Good Well blog on the new Knight Community Information Challenge: “…the implication for the Knight grant might be that smart community foundations find ways to help their communities tap into existing citizen-led or socially concerned news networks and become human filters and hubs for the information most relevant for their […]
Article · July 2, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Last Friday and Saturday, the members of the worldwide Global Voices community gathered in Budapest for the panels, conversations, and merriment of Global Voices Summit 2008. Knight Foundation sponsored the 2008 Summit and funds the Rising Voices project within Global Voices. Led by Director of Outreach David Sasaki, Rising Voices widens the already extensive reach […]
Article · July 1, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Editor’s note: Bud Meyer is Senior Communications Officer and Secretary of Knight Foundation. He asks below what you, our readers, want from a Knight newsletter. Heads up, folks. We’re sending out Knight News ‘ our revamped electronic newsletter ‘ this week, and we want to know what you think. It will make a monthly appearance […]
Article · June 30, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Editor’s note: Paula Ellis is Knight Foundation’s vice president of strategic initiatives. She is currently traveling in Singapore. Below is a dispatch she sent in last night. Singapore, one of the world’s most admired economies and a leader in Asia, has identified digital media as an emerging economic sector that could propel its continued growth. […]
Article · June 28, 2008 by Knight Foundation
In a recent speech, Knight CEO and president Alberto Ibarügen announced a new media innovation strategy and four projects that are part of this strategy. You can read the entire speech here; abbreviated descriptions of the four projects (they share similar names) are below. Knight News Challenge (newschallenge.org) The Knight News Challenge funds ideas that […]
Article · June 27, 2008 by Knight Foundation
GULFPORT, Miss. – Community and business leaders gathered today for a ceremony that announced the official naming of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Nonprofit Center. Named in recognition of the organization’s generous contribution to the purchase of the facility, the building on Seaway Road is jointly owned by United Way of South […]
Article · June 27, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Editor’s note: Lee Oglesby is interning in Knight Communications department this summer. Below, she shares her thoughts about the first amendment and her high school newspaper. Look for a few more posts from Lee in coming weeks. This week I’ve been reading up on the Future of the First Amendment survey – a Knight-sponsored survey […]
Article · June 26, 2008 by Knight Foundation
Foundation’s Largest Grant in Columbia Backs Public-Private Plan
Article · June 26, 2008 by Knight Foundation
On Monday, the first round table for the new Knight Center of Digital Excellence, was held in Miami. The new center was formed to accelerate digital access projects across the U.S. The Miami round table group included representatives from local nonprofits, Knight Foundation staff, and members of new Knight Center team, which is staffed and […]
Article · June 25, 2008 by Knight Foundation