Gordon Brown (Photo: World Economic Forum) The World Wide Web Foundation (Web Foundation) today announced that it appointed former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to serve on its Board of Directors. Throughout the world, the Web Foundation leads programs that empower people to use the Web to nurture local economies and improve access to education […]
Article · September 2, 2010 by Marc Fest
Dan Pacheco Knight News Challenge grantee Dan Pacheco announced today that he is going to donate 6% of his new company FeedBrewer Inc. to the newly created Knight Media Innovation Fund. FeedBrewer is an outgrowth of Printcasting, a company that Pacheco created with a News Challenge grant that has run out after two years. “We […]
Article · June 18, 2010 by Marc Fest
“Public and Other Noncommercial Media in the Digital Era” was the focus of an FCC workshop in Washington D.C. today. Eric Newton, vice president of Knight Foundation’s journalism program, participated in a panel on new funding strategies. Click the video below to watch Eric’s opening statement. Journalism VP Eric Newton Testifies Before FCC from Knight […]
Article · April 30, 2010 by Marc Fest
Gepsie Metellus, director of Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center, and Dennis Scholl, Miami Program Director for Knight Foundation, answer questions at Sant La. Representatives from six organizations receiving grants spoke at Sant La Haitian Neighborhood Center in Miami. (April 7, 2010) After a massive earthquake devastated Haiti in January, the impact of the event quickly […]
Article · April 7, 2010 by Marc Fest
Knight Foundation will give $6 million for the high-impact Knight International Journalism Fellowships program run by the International Center for Journalists. Eric Newton, vice president of Knight’s journalism program, explains what’s unique about the Fellows this way: ‘The fellows train the journalists who write the stories that move societies to improve the lives of their […]
Article · December 10, 2009 by Marc Fest
Marc Fest is vice president of communications at Knight Foundation. Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen, gave a commencement speech at Miami Dade College today. Here is what someone tweeted about it: Alberto Ibargüen: do not be passive; Miami is still being made. What happens here can determine the shape of our nation. Alberto Ibargüen: learn to […]
Article · May 2, 2009 by Marc Fest
Marc Fest is Vice President of Communications at Knight Foundation. Knight Foundation vice chairman Robert W. Briggs today received the 2009 Sir Thomas More Award. The Catholic Diocese and St. Bernard Church in Akron sponsor this award each year to recognize a member of the legal profession who is concerned for the community and has […]
Article · May 1, 2009 by Marc Fest
Marc Fest is Vice President of Communications at Knight Foundation. An article in today’s New York Times talks about some of Knight Foundation’s experiments in hyperlocal journalism. Specifically, it mentions Knight projects Everyblock.com and Placeblogger.com. One of the questions in the article is what will happen to local news, as cities’ newspapers keep failing? That […]
Article · April 13, 2009 by Marc Fest
Watch the video below to find out why former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is wearing a spider pin at the Knight-sponsored Forum on Communication and Society at the Aspen Institute today. Madeleine Albright on her spider pin – and the Web from Knight Foundation on Vimeo.
Article · August 11, 2008 by Marc Fest
Knight Commission member danah boyd speaks on e-literacy at the Forum on Communication and Society at the Aspen Institute:danah boyd on e-literacy from Knight Foundation on Vimeo. This conference, sponsored by Knight, brings together some of the brightest minds in media. Below is a partial list of attendees. Madeleine Albright (former Secretary of State) Philip […]
Article · August 11, 2008 by Marc Fest
Here’s a video of co-chairs Marissa Meyer and Ted Olson speaking about the goals of the Knight Commission on Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. Mayer is vice president of search and user experience at Google. Olson is a former Solicitor General of the United States and a first amendment lawyer. Marissa Mayer and […]
Article · August 10, 2008 by Marc Fest