This post is part of a series about the 2012 Media Learning Seminar, a gathering of foundations, news organizations and tech experts on community information needs. Watch the livestream Monday and Tuesday at knightfoundation.org/live. Dan Gillmor has been watching closely as digital and social media upended the world’s “legacy” models for communication. The Knight Center […]
The following is crossposted from SXSW’s blog Knight Foundation will be back again in full force at SXSW 2012 as a participant in the Trade Show, the presenter of the Accelerator News category, and as a sponsor of the Future of Journalism track of programming. Please mark your calendars and join us at the following events: March 8 – iMA Conference […]
Last year, Knight Foundation funded the James L. Knight School of Communication at Queens University of Charlotte, in order to develop programs to teach digital and media literacy to its students and the community, a priority of Knight’s journalism and media innovation program. We recently blogged about the ways in which the school’s students have […]
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press today launched its redeveloped website, rcfp.org, which offers greater visibility for its key media law guides and more robust search capability in a better-organized format. The website had not been revamped for 16 years. The site is designed specifically to ensure that traditional and digital journalists, media […]
Daniel Weitzner, Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Internet Policy, The White House This post is one in the series, “The Digital Revolution & Democracy.” On President Obama’s first day in office, he promised that “transparency and rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.” Keeping up with the demand for this transparency is […]
When is it OK to create an online persona – and when is it wrong? The answer varies, depending on whether the alternative persona is for works of fiction or deception, for entertainment or personal protection, panelists said at the MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference Thursday. “There are some civic-ly useful stories that are probably best […]
By Nick Gilewicz, Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and Philly Fringe Fifteen years ago, Philly Fringe began as a cluster of innovative productions in Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood, predominantly highlighting Philadelphia’s emerging performance community. The organization and the community grew together, and today, as the curated Philadelphia Live Arts Festival and access-for-all Philly Fringe, the festivals attract […]
Arthur Goyette knows the value of good neighbors. While his wife Betty was battling cancer, they brought countless meals to the Goyette home. When the neighbors learned that Betty had always wanted to ride in a convertible, they surprised the family with a loaned Chrysler Sebring. The couple drove down the block with the top […]
Funding also provides for website redesign, hiring first communications director Washington, DC — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation of Miami has made a one-year $200,000 grant to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to expand its outreach to a new generation of online journalists, ensuring they are aware of its […]
