PHILADELPHIA—Sept. 16, 2018—The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Lenfest Institute for Journalism today announced a $20 million fund for a new national initiative to strengthen local journalism for the digital age. The new fund, based in Philadelphia and equally funded by Knight and Lenfest, will foster innovation in journalism, community engagement, […]
Article · September 16, 2018 by Knight Foundation
Google News Initiative, Knight Foundation and Online Association partnership supports ideas focused on pressing issues from technology surveillance to race issues
Article · September 12, 2018 by Knight Foundation
PHILADELPHIA—Aug. 28, 2018—The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded Media Impact Funders (MIF)—a member-supported network of funders who support media in the public interest—a $200,000 grant to identify and expand the number of community foundations, place-based foundations and other funders interested in supporting local news and information. With the spread of misinformation, […]
Article · September 4, 2018 by Knight Foundation
Funding will support the next phase of Code for America Brigades—local networks of technologists, community leaders and local officials passionate about using technology to help government work for people
Article · August 30, 2018 by Knight Foundation
DETROIT—Aug. 23, 2018—The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today named 53 Detroit Knight Arts Challenge finalists, who are all vying for a share of $3 million. The community-wide initiative funds ideas that engage and enrich Detroit through the arts. The finalists propose a range of projects that tell unique Detroit stories, bring the […]
Article · August 22, 2018 by Knight Foundation
San Jose, Calif.—Aug. 16, 2018—The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced more than $1 million in new funding for 16 projects aimed at making San Jose one of the nation’s most engaged cities, driven by a focus on public life— drawing people out of their cars and homes and into the community. […]
Article · August 16, 2018 by Knight Foundation
Major internet companies such as Google®, Yahoo® and Facebook® have millions of users who visit their websites or apps frequently to find information or connect with others. In addition to those basic tasks that popularized the sites, they now provide news to their users, typically by linking to news articles reported by outside news organizations. […]
Article · August 15, 2018 by Knight Foundation
The spread of misinformation or strongly biased news has been enabled, at least partially, by digitally based techniques that strategically target news content at consumers. The methods provide news consumers with stories based on the story’s popularity in the general public or with a certain group of people, or because of the consumer’s past online […]
Article · July 25, 2018 by Knight Foundation
Online news outlets and social media platforms are key sources of news consumption today, yet how consumers evaluate the trustworthiness of this content remains underexplored. Gallup, in partnership with the Knight Foundation, built an online platform to assess trust in the media. The first cycle of experiments conducted on the platform show a statistically significant […]
Article · July 18, 2018 by Knight Foundation