Almost every commencement speaker urges graduates to change the world. Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen went further in addressing Arizona State University journalism graduates, not only urging them to disrupt the status quo but offering money to help. Ibargüen, addressing 255 graduating students of ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, announced a $250,000 grant […]
Related Link “2014 Challenge Fund winners: Experiments for maximum community impact” by Jane McDonnell on Knight Blog WASHINGTON, DC — (April 4, 2014) — A dozen U.S. universities each won a $35,000 micro-grant to seed collaborative news experiments in living labs — their communities, the Online News Association announced today. The competitive Challenge Fund for […]
read more “Student-led investigation reveals challenges facing veterans” on Knight Blog RELATED LINKS • Returning Veterans Project • About News21 • John S. and James L. Knight Foundation • Carnegie Corporation • Donald W. Reynolds Foundation • Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation • Hearst Foundations • Women & Philanthropy • Peter […]
Four Women, Four Stories from News21 on Vimeo. Post-9/11 veterans commit suicide at nearly twice the rate of civilians. That revelation tops the list of issues revealed in an in-depth report published this week by News21, a national, student-led investigative reporting effort. It also revealed long waits for benefits, high rates of unemployment and other […]
The Carnegie-Knight News21 program, a national multi-university reporting initiative, released a major national investigation into the enduring battles facing p
“Back Home: The Challenges Facing Post-9/11 Veterans Returning from the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan” was produced by News21, a national investigative reporting project involving top college journalism students across the country and headquartered at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. News21 is funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation. The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, the Hearst Foundations, the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, Women & Philanthropy at ASU and the Peter Kiewit Foundation funded the work of individual fellows.
Knight Foundation asked the students, educators and professionals who beta tested our new digital teaching tool, “Searchlights and Sunglasses,” for their five favorite lessons. The book explores the digital transformation of journalism, and with one click turns into a classroom tool, offering a learning layer with 1,000 lesson plans and resources for educators. We will […]
News 21, an investigative project by students administered by Arizona State University and supported by Knight Foundation, recently published “Back Home: The Enduring Battles Facing Post-9/11 Veterans.” Below, Jessica Wilde, one of 26 student journalists from 12 universities who participated in the project, writes about her experience as part of the reporting team. Above: A […]
The Department of Veterans Affairs gave workers millions of dollars in bonuses for “excellent” performances that effectively encouraged them to avoid claims that needed extra work to document veterans’ injuries, a News21 investigation found.
