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University Park Alliance receives funds to engage residents, rebuild downtown
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Knight Foundation backs Miami’s first collaborative work-learn campus, offering in-house mentors to entrepreneurs and innovators
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In ‘Slow Journalism’ Project, Salopek Will Integrate New Media and Traditional Storytelling to Report on People and Places He Encounters as He Walks ‘Out of Eden’
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Earlier this year, thought leaders in Detroit and nationally gathered to exchange ideas for bringing people together in our increasingly connected world. One of the best examples was organic: once a year, residents of Detroit’s Midtown neighborhood gather for the Marche du Nain Rouge, a mini-Mardi Gras where residents can put on costumes and send […]
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MIAMI, Dec. 3, 2012—Bringing art into neighborhoods from Hialeah to Delray Beach, 34 projects received $2.28 million in funding Monday as part of the Knight Arts Challenge. The challenge – a program of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation – is a community-wide contest funding projects that bring South Florida together through the […]
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Based in San Francisco’s SoMa District, Matter will support media entrepreneurs seeking to create a more informed and connected society; application deadline is January 6th, 2013
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Support for established institutions and grassroots organizations brings Knight’s investment in South Florida cultural community to $86 million
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Temple University program is funded by Knight Foundation
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ArticleRecovers.org from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. What innovative solutions do women offer to today’s global challenges? The conversation continues this week at the third annual TEDxWomen. Hosted in Washington, D.C. by the Paley Center for Media, the conference is themed The Space Between and seeks to bring awareness to and discuss the role of women as powerful change agents. In six, 90-minute sessions, speakers and performers will explore the different ways women and men approach subjects or obstacles. — By Jeff Coates, Knight Staff
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ACCESS News, a Knight Community Information Challenge project that brings news to the deaf and hard-of-hearing hearing in Austin, Texas, has been recognized as "Best Hands-On News" by The Austin Chronicle. “ACCESS News is a groundbreaking half-hour news program designed to open the city, and the world, to Austin's sizeable deaf and hard-of-hearing community,” the Chronicle said. “Anchored by Gallaudet University graduate Tamara Suiter-Ocuto, this civic-minded project is relevant for both hearing and deaf, bringing everyone together to foster a greater sense of civic responsibility and understanding.” ACCESS News is a half-hour television program hosted by Suiter-Ocuto, who is deaf, and interpreted by Jennifer Stoker. Tamara interviews people from all walks of life, including: Congressional leaders, Nobel Prize laureates, law enforcement officials, New York Times best selling authors, community activists and more. Each episode is presented in American Sign Language, English, and captioned.