I’m at the Aspen Institute for the second meeting of the Knight Commission on the Informations Needs of Communities in a Democracy. The commission explores media policy to meet the information needs of communities in our 21 century democracy. The commission is one of four components of the media innovation strategy at Knight Foundation. The […]
Article · August 9, 2008 by Marc Fest
Newspaper designer Mario Garcia has a provocative theory about why there is less newspaper innovation in the’ U.S. than elsewhere in the world. In today’s entry on his personal blog Mario states: […] editors are extremely protective of what they consider to be “serious journalism,” and with this comes a negative reaction to anything that, […]
Article · July 31, 2008 by Marc Fest
Editor’s note: Marc Fest is V.P. of Communications at Knight Foundation. Below, he frames a recent speech by CEO and president Alberto Ibarügen that outlines Knight Foundation’s current media innovation strategy. Our media innovation strategy shapes various Knight projects that address the information needs of communities in a democracy. Knight’s CEO and president Alberto Ibarügen […]
Article · June 16, 2008 by Marc Fest