Digital Literacy
One laptop Per Child: Miami
"How can you pretend you’re actually educating people to live in the 21st century if you’re not making them smart digitally?" asks Knight Foundation President and CEO Alberto Ibargüen.
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Detroit & Philadelphia
BME: Black males step up and lead
Twenty men – teachers, businessmen, writers and pastors – have been named winners of the BME Leadership Award, created to honor black men in Philadelphia and Detroit.
Wesleyan Media Project
Transparency in campaign advertising
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund are supporting the effort, a non-partisan initiative to enhance transparency about those attempting to influence American elections.
Informed and Engaged
Community Information Challenge
Knight Foundation is accepting applications from community and place-based foundations seeking to fund news and information projects until Feb. 27.
Field-Wide Research
Real Time Charitable Giving
A report finds that 'new' donors often use their mobile phones to make contributions through text messaging that is inspired by moving and sometimes distressing stories about people in crisis.
Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia
55 finalists named in Arts Challenge
55 Philadelphia-area finalists named today by Knight Foundation include individual artists, artist collectives, community groups, music organizations and theater companies.
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United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
To pilot the What it Takes e-mentoring program which uses software to help engage 50-100 professional African-American men as mentors to hundreds of black boys
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500 plus Miami elementary students receive laptops, training
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Project brings 2012 campaign spenders to light
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Twenty black men recognized for making Detroit and Philadelphia stronger
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National contest offers community foundations matching funds for local news and information projects
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Contributors to the “Text to Haiti” earthquake relief campaign were spur-of-the-moment donors
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55 finalists named in 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia
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Miami Science Museum receives $10 million from Knight Foundation for new building in downtown Miami
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Community Foundation of Greater South Wood County changes name, not mission
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Local freedom of information heroes to be recognized during Sunshine Week 2012
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FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and Knight Foundation announce winners of the first-of-its-kind 'Apps for Communities Challenge'
Knight Blog
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Miami school gets One Laptop Per Child to help raise digital literacy
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Four ideas on how tech can increase civic engagement
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Real time analysis of campaign ads will help inform voters before they head to polls
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Application period for 2012 Knight Arts Challenge Miami
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Foundations that focus on a place are eligible for the Knight Community Information Challenge
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Knight Community Information Challenge - A way to promote community engagement with news, info
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Bringing opera to new audiences in Charlotte
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This weekend go digital with Detroit Symphony Orchestra
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UNC workshop to search for ways to increase accountability journalism
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Why PRX, Knight created an accelerator for public media
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RT @matthaggman: Day 1 of One Laptop Per Child at Holmes Elementary in Miami. First OLPC directed project in US. http://t.co/tqdJJP2i
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Via@OLPC: #OLPC and #Knight Foundation launch digital literacy program in Miami's #LibertyCity: http://t.co/LIoRPhIQ
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@Idit @amystarlight @ICFJknight @simonaroberts @lrainie @lbotello @gdetorres @craignewman Thanks the #FF!
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RT @ushahidi: In the San Francisco area? Join us for a community meet-up on Wednesday, February 1st. http://t.co/oZAXgLCX
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How #journalists are using @FrontlineSMS to innovate around the world http://t.co/OEKWEBya via @jczamora #journalism #mobile
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New #Detroit initiative offers fundraising help to budding philanthropists http://t.co/X5li9Pyf @CitizenEffect @Detroit4Detroit
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Erasing the #digitaldivide is "the moral imperative of our generation" says @MiamiSup http://t.co/1KSjncna #education
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RT @ibarguen: Great moment. Kids @ Miami's Holmes grammar school minutes after they each it a laptop http://t.co/KBQC6doJ
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@socialcap Hands-on training for students, teachers & parents are all part of the @knightfdn-funded program http://t.co/2WeOAmoy
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RT @ibarguen: First recess w/laptops at Holmes elementary in Miami. Pure intuition. Kids are ok digital @olpt http://t.co/xbB616R5
Publications
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Real Time Charitable Giving
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News Improved: NPR’s Transition from Public Radio to Public Media
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Getting Local: How Nonprofit News Ventures Seek Sustainability
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Assessing Community Information Needs
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Reinventing Journalism
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How people learn about their local community
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Future of the First Amendment 2011
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Leadership Profile: Community Foundation of New Jersey
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Leadership Profile: Silicon Valley Community Foundation
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Leadership Profile: Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
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Code For America Detroit fellows have big plans for 2012
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Silicon Valley Education Foundation arms middle-schoolers for college track classes
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Local arts programs get big boost with Knight Foundation grants
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Can newspapers also be tech incubators?
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Knight Foundation grant could mean $30M for Miami science museum