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COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The University of Maryland today launched a new journalism center designed to help news organizations use innovative computer technologies to develop new ways for people to engage in critical public policy issues. J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism will provide seed money to news organizations that propose interactive news ideas and […]
Article · December 6, 2002 by Knight Foundation
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AKRON, Ohio – Vivian Celeste Neal, one of Akron’s leading educators most recently with the University of Akron, has joined the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as a community liaison program officer. The community liaisons are the primary grant-making officials based in Knight foundation’s 26 communities of interest. Based in Akron and Summit […]
Article · October 23, 2002 by Knight Foundation
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan announced today that the Michigan Journalism Fellows program has received a $5 million challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and that 60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace has given $1 million of the necessary matching money. The journalism fellows program, celebrating its 30th […]
Article · September 28, 2002 by Knight Foundation
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NEW YORK — The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education today announced a new $1.3 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to launch an endowment drive. The grant, which also includes funding for general support, will enable the Institute to build on its successful track record of helping America’s […]
Article · September 25, 2002 by Knight Foundation
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MIAMI – Two experienced nonprofit and foundation executives – David F. Smydra of Detroit, Mich., and Polly Talen of the Twin Cities – have joined a cadre of community liaison program officers at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The community liaisons are the primary grant-making officials living in Knight foundation’s 26 communities […]
Article · September 13, 2002 by Knight Foundation
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MIAMI – At a time when many Americans are examining the role of religion and spirituality in their lives, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has funded the Knight Chair in Media and Religion at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication in Los Angeles. The $1.5 million endowment enables the […]
Article · September 12, 2002 by Knight Foundation
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English | Español | Portugués MIAMI – Recognizing the press as the vanguard of democracy, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today unveiled a $3.6 million, four-year initiative to increase and improve professional training and press freedom in Latin America. “The world needs a free press all the time, not just during economic […]
Article · August 8, 2002 by Knight Foundation
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ATHENS, GA. — The bottom fell out of the job market for journalism and mass communication graduates in 2001 and 2002: The percentage of students with full-time employment six to eight months after graduation dropped dramatically. Salaries also declined, as did benefits received. Particularly hard hit by the weakened job market were members of racial […]
Article · August 6, 2002 by Knight Foundation
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NEW YORK, NY (August 5, 2002) — Living Cities, a partnership of leading foundations, financial institutions and the federal government, today pledged to double its investment over the next 10 years — to $500 million — to continue promoting inner-city revitalization. This announcement builds on the partnership’s decade of experience in improving inner cities, supporting […]
Article · August 5, 2002 by Knight Foundation