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  • Communities

    The forum’s main sessions will be livestreamed Feb. 20-21 at knightfoundation.org/live. At a time when trust in media, and institutions in general, is dangerously low, how can news organizations work to rebuild it? What effect does the trend have on people’s engagement in solving local issues?  Starting Tuesday morning Feb. 20, the Knight Media Forum will […]

    Article · February 15, 2018 by

  • Communities

    Coming up with a big idea to improve your city is one thing. Digging into the gnarly details of launching and scaling that project it is quite a different story. That’s why Knight Foundation brought together the winners from all three years of the Knight Cities Challenge last week, to network, learn and exchange ideas […]

    Article · June 19, 2017 by

  • Arts

    Update: Congratulations to the winner of the national contest, @tistheseasontv of Akron, Ohio! See the winning photo, chosen by the participating museums, below. Instagrammers in five cities this week participated in the #InsideOutUSA photo contest, taking creative photos highlighting the national program that brings high-quality replicas of the art in museum’s collections into neighborhoods. Today, […]

    Article · June 15, 2017 by

  • Communities

    In an era of virtual reality, artificial intelligence and ever-evolving media platforms, the biggest lesson for the future of journalism is that it’s time to get back to basics. Dial up Journalism 101. Ask better questions. Listen—are  you ready for this—70 percent of the time. These aren’t the musings of Luddites but strategies for news […]

    Article · February 17, 2017 by

  • Arts

    At times playful, silly and serious, Instagrammers in four cities this month interpreted art in their own way with the #InsideOutUSA photo contest, highlighting the national InsideOut program that takes high-quality replicas of art in museums’ collections and brings them to neighborhoods. The photographers juxtaposed modern cityscapes with classic art, and brought in skateboarders, toddlers […]

    Article · June 18, 2016 by

  • Arts

    Above: NorthernLights.MN, a St. Paul Knight Arts Challenge winner. For the past year, Victoria Rogers has traveled the country, meeting artists, attending performances and exhibitions and getting to know the eight Knight communities where the foundation’s arts program invests. What brought her to this point in her career as Knight’s vice president for arts, and […]

    Article · April 27, 2016 by

  • Communities

    Above: Virtual-reality storytelling demo at University of Texas at Austin. Watch the 2016 Knight Foundation Media Learning Seminar at knightfoundation.org/live May 2 – 3.  When leaders in philanthropy, media and tech gather for Knight Foundation’s Media Learning Seminar next week, there will be goggles. Boxes of them, in fact, to help participants get a feel for virtual […]

    Article · April 26, 2016 by