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New Contest Aims to Create Easier Online Access to Government and Community Services: 03/09/2010
Strategies to Increase Broadband Adoption & Use Gain Support: 03/09/2010
Shorty Award Winners Unveiled In New York City: 03/03/2010
Media Advisory: FCC & Knight Foundation Host Digital Inclusion Summit at Newseum on March 9: 02/26/2010
Teach For America To More Than Triple Number of Its Miami Teachers: 02/25/2010

Knight in the News

Just Published: Place-Based Foundations and the Knight Community Information Challenge

03/03/2010
This brief explores how, through the Knight Community Information Challenge, place-based foundations are incorporating community information needs into their work for the benefit both of their communities and their own strategies and missions. Read more.

Struggling schools will get more teachers

02/26/2010

Teach for America -- the national program that places top college grads in high-need public schools -- will triple the size of its teaching corps in Miami-Dade County, the nonprofit will announce Friday.

The scale-up to about 350 teachers is being made possible by a $6 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. ``We view Miami as a critical community for the country,'' Teach for America founder Wendy Kopp told The Miami Herald Editorial Board on Thursday. ``We know from our experience in other communities, that if we can attain full-scale, we can be a part of truly moving the needle here.''

School administrators across the district welcomed the news. ``We would love to have more Teach for America teachers,'' said Martha Chang, the dean of academic affairs at Miami Edison Senior High.

``If they are even half as good as the two we already have, we'll be set.'' Teach for America corps members are recent college grads from diverse backgrounds. Some have studied education. Others have strong leadership credentials.

UM Video Project Links Miami, Havana

02/26/2010

CPJ's Joel Simon Outlines Action Needed on Impunity

01/29/2010
Impunity is an urgent issue facing press freedom campaigners. Joel Simon of the Committee to Protect Journalists outlines a roadmap for action

Akron Knight Foundation leader will retire

01/28/2010
Forty years ago, Vivian Celeste Neal's trip to Akron was to be a short-term visit to help a sibling with a new baby. Instead, the Pennsylvania native stayed, earned a graduate degree from the University of Akron, married and raised two children in her adopted city. Her most recent job was community liaison and program director developing grants awarded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to Akron and Northeast Ohio. She has recommended $67 million in grants over seven years for Akron; Lexington, Ky., and Fort Wayne, Ind. In Akron alone, the grants have totaled $57 million.

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News Releases

Tuesday, March 9, 2010: New Contest Aims to Create Easier Online Access to Government and Community Services
Tuesday, March 9, 2010: Strategies to Increase Broadband Adoption & Use Gain Support
Wednesday, March 3, 2010: Shorty Award Winners Unveiled In New York City
Friday, February 26, 2010: Media Advisory: FCC & Knight Foundation Host Digital Inclusion Summit at Newseum on March 9

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Knight in the News

FSG Social Impact Advisers Mar. 3: Just Published: Place-Based Foundations and the Knight Community Information Challenge
The Miami Herald Feb. 26: Struggling schools will get more teachers
The Miami Herald Feb. 26: UM Video Project Links Miami, Havana
Committee to Protect Journalists Jan. 29: CPJ's Joel Simon Outlines Action Needed on Impunity

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