Photo: Commission Co-chairs William C. Friday and Rev. Theodore Hesburgh. Washington, D.C. – The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics today recommended that teams with graduation rates of less than 50 percent be barred from conference championships or postseason play. The sweeping recommendations, which include prohibiting corporate logos on athlete uniforms, also call for the […]
Article · June 26, 2001 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI – An unprecedented cluster of funding initiatives for South Florida – highlighted by a set of neighborhood-building partnerships investing more than $12 million in Overtown, East Little Havana, downtown Miami and West Coconut Grove – were announced Monday evening (June 11) at a dinner concluding the 50th anniversary of the John S. and James […]
Article · June 12, 2001 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI – Thoroughly documented, hard-nosed investigative reporting on matters of public policy is difficult, time-consuming, costly – and controversial. For the past 10 years, the nonpartisan, non-ideological Center for Public Integrity has developed a reputation for filling the void left by the withdrawal of many media organizations from the in-depth reporting field. A $1 million […]
Article · April 2, 2001 by Knight Foundation
Recent investigations by federal officials found more than 800 web sites and newsgroups with questionable information about six major medical conditions. The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against 44 stock promoters that paid online investment “experts” to rave about their companies’ stocks. Concerns about developments such as these have led Knight Foundation to […]
Article · March 30, 2001 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI – With recent research showing that unsupervised youth are a problem in communities across the nation, five new local projects funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will address ways to end youth violence and promote youth development. By providing young people with constructive after-school programs and workshops, the new projects […]
Article · March 13, 2001 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI – The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has released new Community Indicators resources to help its nonprofit partners and others in their work to strengthen communities.The Foundation has created detailed “community profiles” for each of its 26 communities of interest, plus an overview profile that summarizes key indicators across the 26 disparate […]
Article · October 11, 2000 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI – The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has released new Community Indicators resources to help its nonprofit partners and others in their work to strengthen communities.The Foundation has created detailed “community profiles” for each of its 26 communities of interest, plus an overview profile that summarizes key indicators across the 26 disparate […]
Article · October 11, 2000 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI — Paul Grogan, vice president for Government, Community and Public Affairs at Harvard University, and Cesar Alvarez, president and CEO of the law firm Greenberg Traurig, have been elected to the board of trustees of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Paul Grogan, 50, was appointed to the external relations post at […]
Article · October 10, 2000 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI — Paul Grogan, vice president for Government, Community and Public Affairs at Harvard University, and Cesar Alvarez, president and CEO of the law firm Greenberg Traurig, have been elected to the board of trustees of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Paul Grogan, 50, was appointed to the external relations post at […]
Article · October 10, 2000 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI – Two new tenured teaching posts in the Knight Chair in Journalism program, one awarded to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the other to the University of California-Berkeley, head the list of new journalism grants by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. In all, Knight foundation’s trustees approved 25 journalism grants […]
Article · September 26, 2000 by Knight Foundation