NEW YORK — Aug. 13, 2015 — The Knight-VICE Innovators Fund today announced the inaugural class of Knight-VICE Innovators. The $500,000 fund, the result of a new collaboration announced in December 2014 between VICE Media, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the City University of New York’s CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, […]
Article · August 13, 2015 by Knight Foundation
MIAMI—Aug.12, 2015— A program that invites Teach For America – Miami-Dade teachers to spend their summer interning with local startups and receive entrepreneurial workshops and training throughout the year, is receiving $70,000 in new support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Related Link “By design: Teachers embrace the entrepreneur within” on […]
Article · August 12, 2015 by Knight Foundation
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Aug. 11, 2015 – CALmatters, a new public-interest journalism venture, will help Californians better understand state government with $250,000 in support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Related Link “New journalism venture digs deep to explore policymaking in California” by Kaizar Campwala on Knight Blog, 8/11/2015 According to a […]
Article · August 11, 2015 by Knight Foundation
27 organizations and individuals selected as frontrunners in call for ideas that taps into potential of Green Line in St. Paul
Article · August 10, 2015 by Knight Foundation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Aug. 4, 2015 – Leaders and experts from the public and private sectors will meet to discuss the changing role of libraries in American society at a roundtable discussion this month in Aspen, Colo., from Aug. 9-12. An initiative of the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program and supported by the John […]
Article · August 4, 2015 by Knight Foundation
Urban Land Institute District Councils in Charlotte, N.C.; Detroit; Philadelphia; and San Jose, Calif., to host programs to inform community decision-making
Article · July 30, 2015 by Knight Foundation
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – July 30, 2015 — An experiment that will combine community radio with a local online news site to test a new model for audience engagement and local news sustainability is being launched by the Online Journalism Project with $150,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Related Link “Public-interest […]
Article · July 30, 2015 by Knight Foundation
Scholarships will help expand opportunities for Miami residents and support growth of talent pool in the city
Article · July 28, 2015 by Knight Foundation
SAN JOSE, Calif. — July 28, 2015 — San Jose Downtown Association will expand its Street Life Project—which focuses on bringing more vibrancy to the city’s downtown core, with special events, outdoor activities, creative installations and other initiatives—as a way to engage residents in community life and create incentives for talented people to live and […]
Article · July 28, 2015 by Knight Foundation
AKRON, OHIO – July 23, 2015 – Leadership Akron today announced the launch of The Civic Solutions Lab, a new effort that will gather leaders from different backgrounds and sectors to work together on Akron’s most pressing needs. Supported by $100,000 from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Civic Solutions Lab will […]
Article · July 23, 2015 by Knight Foundation