On July 22, 2019, Knight Foundation made a $50 million investment to help develop an emerging field of research around technology’s impact on democracy. The investment included $5 million in support to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to create the Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life. UNC-Chapel Hill Interim Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz […]
On Nov. 3, 2019, Knight made a $3.5 million investment in new research to inform the national debate on internet governance and policy, including support for the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry (C2I2). Sarah T. Roberts, Ph.D., and Safiya U. Noble, Ph.D., of UCLA share details below. A democratic and emancipatory society necessarily must […]
Learn more about the report by reading this blog post from Evette Alexander, Knight Foundation director for learning and impact. You may also read this post by Dr. Emily Chamlee-Wright and this post by Joan Donovan. The Future of the First Amendment survey series with U.S. high school students, commissioned for the first time 15 […]
The impact of digital technologies on American democracy continues to vex policymakers, corporate players and the public at the most fundamental level. In the past month, Mark Zuckerberg was grilled by Congress about Facebook’s decision to allow factually false claims in political advertising. California passed a law requiring the internet companies underpinning the “gig economy” […]
Shall we gather at the river? Traditional Christian hymn, Robert Lowry, 1864 Organize the hood under I Ching banners, Red, black, and green instead of gang bandannas FBI spying on us through the radio antennas And them hidden cameras in the streetlight watching society With no respect for the people’s right to privacy “Police State,” […]
Three think tanks doing leading-edge work on issues of market concentration in the tech industry and liability for online content will receive funding as part of Knight’s $50 million commitment
Funding will help universities, think tanks and advocacy groups fill gaps in research needed by federal policymakers and other decision-makers Contact: Lauren Dickinson, Communications Officer, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, 305.908.2694, [email protected] MIAMI — Nov. 3, 2019 —The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has announced more than $3.5 million in funding […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nov. 2, 2018 — TechCongress, a nonpartisan initiative incubated at New America, will expand a program that places technology fellows in Congress to increase government knowledge of emerging technology issues and inform policymaking with a new $1 million investment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Technology increasingly plays a […]
13th Forum brought mix of provocative speakers, breakout discussions and showed progress on Knight’s initiative to boost local news As trust in our institutions fades, local news suffers from layoffs and closures, and communities continue to suffer in America, the Knight Media Forum brought the brightest minds in media together to discuss ways to turn […]
You are on a mission. You’re tired of hearing the bad news about local news and its deleterious effects on civic engagement and democracy: The layoffs, the cutbacks, the mergers and potential mergers of large newspaper chains. So now is your time to act, to launch a new local news outlet that will provide the […]
