Lillian Swanson, a senior editor who developed professional development programs at The Philadelphia Inquirer, has been named project manager for NewsTrain, Associated Press Managing Editors Association announced today. NewsTrain is a three-year project to develop 45 state and regional workshops that will offer top quality training to thousands of the nation’s frontline editors. The project […]
Seven organizations offered challenge grants to expand fund-raising
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. – The University of Michigan announced today that the Michigan Journalism Fellows program has received a $5 million challenge grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and that 60 Minutes correspondent Mike Wallace has given $1 million of the necessary matching money. The journalism fellows program, celebrating its 30th […]
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A multifaceted center to house some of America’s most important journalism programs and publications will be part of a new journalism building at the University of Maryland. University and foundation officials today announced a lead gift of $3 million to establish the John S. and James L. Knight Journalism Center at […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. journalists say a lack of training is their No. 1 source of job dissatisfaction, ahead of pay and benefits, a comprehensive national survey reveals. What’s more, the news executives they work for admit they should provide more training for their employees, but say time and insufficient budget are the main reasons […]
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MIAMI – Two new tenured teaching posts in the Knight Chair in Journalism program, one awarded to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the other to the University of California-Berkeley, head the list of new journalism grants by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. In all, Knight foundation’s trustees approved 25 journalism grants […]
MIAMI – Two new tenured teaching posts in the Knight Chair in Journalism program, one awarded to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the other to the University of California-Berkeley, head the list of new journalism grants by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. In all, Knight foundation’s trustees approved 25 journalism grants […]
MIAMI — Columbia Journalism Review, one of the nation’s most respected journals of news media self-scrutiny, has received $1 million in support for the next four years from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The $1 million challenge grant to Columbia University, publisher of CJR, is one of 13 journalism grants awarded by […]
MIAMI — Columbia Journalism Review, one of the nation’s most respected journals of news media self-scrutiny, has received $1 million in support for the next four years from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The $1 million challenge grant to Columbia University, publisher of CJR, is one of 13 journalism grants awarded by […]