EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Throughout 2021, Miami made headlines for cryptocurrency, blockchain and the efforts of Mayor Francis Suarez to attract Silicon Valley to Miami. To some, it may have appeared that the city was an overnight success. However, for at least ten years, many had been setting the table so that as this moment arrived, and […]
On March 15, 2022, Knight Foundation announced a $1 million investment in the Highline Network and Miami’s Underline to transform public spaces with resident-centered technology. Kelly Jin shares more below. Free and contiguous high-speed internet through a 10-mile corridor serving 250,000 residents. Augmented reality tours that show residents the untold history of their neighborhood’s development. […]
A new, $3 million Knight initiative will help local news organizations harness the power of artificial intelligence to drive success. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a force we can’t afford to ignore. In both good and bad ways, it’s everywhere — and it’s time to make sure that local news organizations are capitalizing on what’s become […]
New Gallup/Knight Foundation survey of 10,000 Americans finds that attitudes are shaped by a spectrum of issues when considering tech platforms’ and the government’s role—if any—in addressing key policy questions WASHINGTON – The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Gallup released a new report today that finds Americans attitudes go beyond partisanship when it […]
People engage in a range of harmful behaviors online, from hate speech to insults to misinformation to nonconsensual sharing of sexual photos. In this brief provocation, I want to reflect on prevailing assumptions about how social media companies respond to this behavior by responding to this question: Should we punish people who engage in harmful […]
On September 30, 2021, Knight Foundation released findings from a study assessing the representation of investment firms owned by women or members of racial or ethnic minority groups in the United States among investment firms used by the country’s top 55 charitable foundations in terms of total asset size. View the full report here and see the press […]
The Esserman-Knight Journalism Awards, now in its fourth consecutive year, celebrates and encourages outstanding investigative and public service reporting in South Florida and fosters a community that cares deeply about local news.
NAB puts spotlight on innovators; NewsMatch brings in record haul from local matches The National Association of Broadcasting Show is taking place this week in Las Vegas, and that seems like a good time to discuss how local broadcast journalism fits into Knight’s strategy. One hint to that answer would be to note that Knight’s entire journalism […]
Early seed funding can lead to big things when other investors join in I wrote previously about how important it is to Knight to increase the overall philanthropic spend on local journalism. We know we can’t do it alone, and believe there are a variety of family and place-based foundations, local donors and national foundations that can […]
Explaining Knight’s networked approach to philanthropy; local news more trusted than national news At a recent journalism conference, grantees and journalism leaders asked the Knight Journalism team tough questions about how philanthropy operates. Outside of public media, which has been fundraising for local news for years, philanthropy for journalism is still relatively new. Keep in […]
The High Line Network and Miami’s Underline will use Knight’s support to advance key initiatives devoted to revitalizing public spaces through the power of technology March 15, 2022 — MIAMI — Technology innovations to design public spaces that better serve communities are heading to cities across America, thanks to investments of more than $1 million […]