Joel Chandler, a Lakeland, Fla., man who has sued dozens of state and local government agencies over their failure to honor the state’s open records law, is the winner of the 2012 Sunshine Week Local Hero Award. The award is announced at the start of Sunshine Week, March 11-17 in 2012, a nationwide initiative focusing […]
Article · March 12, 2012 by Knight Foundation
Knight funds The Civic Commons to build on existing citizen engagement efforts to provide new ways for citizens to learn about local issues. Here, Dan Moulthrop from The Civic Commons, writes about its impact. Sam Bell is an auto mechanic in an inner ring suburb of Cleveland. He calls himself an “eco-conscious” auto mechanic, and what that means, practically, is that he […]
Article · March 8, 2012 by Knight Foundation
Cambridge, MA (March 7, 2012) – Corey Ford, director of Innovation Endeavors’ Runway program, the start-up incubator at Eric Schmidt’s early stage venture capital firm, and former producer for the Emmy Award-winning PBS series FRONTLINE, has been tapped as the director of the new Public Media Accelerator, a $2.5 million incubator launched by Public Radio […]
Article · March 8, 2012 by Knight Foundation
Maryland Public Television and Ashburn Media Company to launch “Daily Download” starting February 2012, with support from Knight Foundation
Article · March 7, 2012 by Knight Foundation
The following, written by 2011 News Challenge Winner iWitness, is crossposted from PBS Media Shift. By Jesse James Garrett Let’s face it: The great promise of citizen media has not really been fulfilled. News organizations have struggled to find ways to supplement their coverage of news events with contributions from citizens — and finding citizen media related to a […]
Article · March 6, 2012 by Knight Foundation
New research reveals media hybrids can enhance investigative reporting
Article · March 6, 2012 by Knight Foundation
Issue Media Group spearheading Knight Foundation-supported effort to advance Detroit “Urban Innovation Exchange”
Article · March 6, 2012 by Knight Foundation
Evanston, Illinois (Feb. 29, 2012) – Medill at Northwestern University has launched an investigative project that focuses on government accountability in suburban counties around Chicago. The Medill News21 Watchdog Project brings undergraduate and graduate fellows and interns together to work with accomplished investigative faculty to use public records to identify systemic issues and hold public […]
Article · February 29, 2012 by Knight Foundation
By Brett Hudson My colleagues and I who are part of Knight’s Technology for Engagement Initiative are at the TED conference this week in Long Beach, Calif. TED convenes some of the greatest minds around the globe to explore ways to foster a more informed, collaborative and innovative society. These goals are at the […]
Article · February 28, 2012 by Knight Foundation
Knight Foundation support helps increase student body, deepen curriculum
Article · February 28, 2012 by Knight Foundation
Theme is ‘Networks,’ application process on Tumblr is simplest ever; $5 million offered over three rounds in 2012
Article · February 27, 2012 by Knight Foundation