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$3.2 Million to be Invested $3.2 Million to be Invested in 15 Dynamic Individuals Working on Creative Solutions to Community Problems
Article · January 10, 2007 by Knight Foundation
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‘1Voice’ Campaign Helps Educators Teach and Engage the Topic of Personal Freedoms in America’s Classrooms
Article · January 9, 2007 by Knight Foundation
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JournalismREPORT DESCRIPTION The Carnegie-Knight Task Force is one element of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education which was launched in 2005. The Carnegie-Knight Task Force aims to carry out research and create a platform for educators to speak on journalism policy and education issues. This second report from the Carnegie-Knight Task Force […]
Article · January 1, 2007 by Knight Foundation
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JournalismMandatory Testing and News in the Schools: Implications for Civic Education
Article · January 1, 2007 by Knight Foundation
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The Community Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks and Region has received a $40,000, one-year grant for a Community Leadership Development Program from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The grant provides funding for developing and implementing a leadership database which will link potential members to area nonprofit board of directors. The […]
Article · December 22, 2006 by Knight Foundation
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MIAMI – Adele Lyons, a Gulf Coast native and longtime nonprofit executive, has joined the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as program director for Biloxi/Gulfport and the Mississippi Gulf Coast. As program director, Lyons will work with local leaders and a group of community advisors to identify opportunities for investing in ideas and […]
Article · December 22, 2006 by Knight Foundation
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COLUMBIA, S.C., December 14, 2006 – The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is investing $1 million in the United Way of the Midlands (UWM) to help the organization develop a campaign to attract young donors and build a reserve fund to respond to urgent needs. One-quarter of the grant will help create new […]
Article · December 14, 2006 by Knight Foundation
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MIAMI (Dec. 12, 2006) — The Miami-based Funding Arts Network (FAN) will offer a newly created Knight Foundation New Work Award for a performing or visual art work of the highest artistic merit to be performed or exhibited in Miami-Dade County. A major criterion for the award, which will be for $50,000 a year in […]
Article · December 12, 2006 by Knight Foundation
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CommunitiesThe Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics is pleased to jointly sponsor this “presidential conversation” on how to improve integration of student athletes into the college or university. This is a worthy goal, but I see it as only one part of a broader set of issues and questions. Perceptions and Myths My reaction is based […]
Article · December 11, 2006 by Knight Foundation
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MIAMI — Juan J. Martinez has been named Vice President/Chief Financial Officer of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The move reflects Martinez’s increasing responsibility and performance in the oversight of accounting and investment and service as board treasurer. Martinez joined the foundation in May 2002 as controller and was promoted to vice […]
Article · December 5, 2006 by Knight Foundation