America’s young people really ARE plugged into the news. But they rarely get it off the newsstand. The media choices of their parents are related to their own choices. Except in the case of the Internet, where they outnumber their parents. Use of news sources among young people varies by race/ethnicity, gender, age, how well they are […]
Article · December 9, 2005 by Knight Foundation
By Eric Newton and Susan Philliber We hear a lot these days about how young people have tuned out, how they simply don’t care about the news. Perhaps we shouldn’t believe everything we hear. Teens actually are plugged into the news, according to the largest survey ever conducted of them, a $1 million, two-year project […]
Article · December 9, 2005 by Knight Foundation
A Briefing Paper based on “The Future of the First Amendment”
Article · December 9, 2005 by Knight Foundation
Internews Network, Panos Institute London and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) have launched the pilot phase of the Health Journalism Partnership (HJP), to build better health journalism in countries with the most acute public health crises. The Health Journalism Partnership will raise awareness of the capacity development needs of journalists to report accurately and […]
Article · December 1, 2005 by Knight Foundation
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded the Marshall University School of Journalism and Mass Communications a $167,000 grant to help journalists improve coverage of nonprofit organizations. The grant means that The Fourth Estate and The Third Sector, the only national training program of its kind for journalists who cover nonprofits is […]
Article · November 18, 2005 by Knight Foundation
WASHINGTON — The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) announced that it received a $4.4 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to expand and improve the Knight International Press Fellowships program over the next two years. The Program sends U.S. journalists to work with media overseas to promote press freedom and […]
Article · November 18, 2005 by Knight Foundation
ST PETERSBURG, FLA. – News University (www.newsu.org), The Poynter Institute’s innovative e-learning center that helps journalists through self-directed training, today released its latest beat-specific course, “On the Beat: Covering Cops and Crime.” This free course, a partnership between Criminal Justice Journalists (CJJ) and NewsU, helps reporters learn how to tackle various aspects of the police […]
Article · November 18, 2005 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI – Want to know if your idea for a grant has merit or your organization qualifies for funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation? It’s simple: send a letter of inquiry via our new online service. Applicants can expect a quicker response from Knight Foundation’s staff to such letters of inquiry […]
Article · November 1, 2005 by Knight Foundation
Who: R. Gerald Turner, Chancellor of Southern Methodist University and Vice Chairman of the Knight Commission of Intercollegiate Athletics Clifton R. Wharton Jr., Former Chairman and CEO of TIAA-CREF and Vice Chairman of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and ex officio member […]
Article · October 18, 2005 by Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation Grant to ASNE Funds Year Two of Successful Nationwide Initiative
Article · October 11, 2005 by Knight Foundation