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Editor’s note: To help Knight Foundation grantees stay in touch, we’ve added a word or two to each contact to explain the program’s connection to Knight. To improve or update this list, please contact Jessica Goldfin, Journalism Program Associate, Knight Foundation, at 305-908-2605 or goldfin@knightfdn.org

American Press Institute

American Society of Newspaper Editors

  • High School Journalism
    • Diana Mitsu Klos
      Senior Project Director
      11690-B Sunrise Valley Drive
      Reston, VA 20191-1409
      (703) 453-1125
      dmk@asne.org
  • Sunshine Week

Arizona State University

Arthur F. Burns Fellowship

  • U.S./Germany exchange fellowships

Aspen Institute

Associated Press Managing Editors

  • NewsTrain: Middle manager training
    • Carol Nunnelley, APME Projects Director
      The Associated Press
      50 Rockefeller Plaza
      New York, N.Y. 10020
      (212) 621-7502 or 205-870-9686

Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication

Ball State University

Bill of Rights Institute

Center for Public Integrity

  • Investigative journalism in the public interest
    • Bill Buzenberg, Executive Director
      910 17th St. N.W., 7th Fl.
      Washington, DC 20006
      (202) 481-1230
      bbuzenberg@icij.org

Channel One Network

Chi-Town Daily News/PublicMedia, Inc.

City University of New York

Citizen’s Union Foundation

Steven Clift

  • Board Chair, E-Democracy.org
    Knight News Challenge blog winner
    Ideas Factory
    3211 E. 44th Street
    Minneapolis, MN 55406
    (612) 822-8667
    clift@publicus.net

Columbia Journalism Review

  • Evan Cornog, Publisher
    Graduate School of Journalism
    701A Journalism
    2950 Broadway, MC 3800
    New York, NY 10027
    (212) 854-3865
    ewc2@columbia.edu
    http://cjr.org

Columbia University

Committee to Protect Journalists

  • International free press program
    • Joel Simon, Executive Director
      330 Seventh Ave.
      12th Floor
      NY, NY 10001
      (212) 465-1004

Cornell University

  • John S. Knight Writing Program
    • Jonathan Monroe, Director
      College of Arts and Sciences
      101 McGraw Hall
      Ithaca, NY 14853-3201
      (607) 255-4061

Council of National Journalism Organizations

  • Brant Houston, CNJO Board Chair
    Missouri School of Journalism
    138 Neff Annex
    Columbia, MO. 65211
    (573) 882-1984

Davidson College

  • James K. Batten Professorship in Public Policy
    • Robert Vagt, President
      Box 7145
      Davidson, NC 28035-7145
      (704) 894-2201

Duke Student Publishing Company

Duke University

Eugene O’Neill Theater Center

Federation of American Scientists

  • Freedom of Information
    • Steven Aftergood
      Secrecy Project Director
      1717 K St. NW Suite 209
      Washington, D.C. 20036-5346
      (202) 454-4691

Five Freedoms Project, Inc.

  • First Amendment education
    • Sam Chaltain
      Executive Director
      1838 Wyoming Ave NW #3
      Washington, DC 20009
      (703) 851-7826
      schaltain@gmail.com

Florida A&M University

  • Knight Chair for Journalism/Student Enhancement
    • Joe Ritchie
      School of Journalism & Graphic Communication, Suite 3018
      SJGC Building
      510 Orr Dr.
      Tallahassee, FL 32307-4800
      (850) 599-3880

Florida International University

Florida Society of Newspaper Editors

George Washington University

The Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association

Harvard University

  • Fellowships for journalists
    • Nieman Foundation
      Robert H. Giles, Curator
      Walter Lippmann House
      One Francis Ave.
      Cambridge, MA 02138
      (617) 496-5827
  • Deans task force
    • Alex Jones, Director
      Shorenstein Center
      79 JFK St.
      Cambridge, MA 02138
      (617) 495-2582
  • 50-state law database
    Knight News Challenge winner
  • Global Voices
    Knight News Challenge winner

Harwood Institute

Adrian Holovaty

  • City data sites
    Knight News Challenge winner

G. Patton Hughes

  • CEO, neomaxcom, LLC
    Knight News Challenge blog winner

I, Reporter

Institute for the Connected Society (IFOCOS)

Inter-American Dialogue

Inter American Press Association Press Institute

  • Impunity project for press freedom
    • Ricardo Trotti, Director
      1801 S.W. 3rd Ave.
      Miami, FL 33129
      (305) 634-2465

International Center for Journalists

Internews Network

  • Media development
    • David Hoffman, President
      P.O. Box 4448
      Arcata, CA 95518
      (707) 826-2030

Investigative Reporters and Editors

  • Training and resources for investigative and computer-assisted reporting
    • Brant Houston, Executive Director
      Missouri School of Journalism
      138 Neff Annex
      Columbia, MO. 65211
      (573) 882-1984

Ithaca College

  • “Incubators” for creative thinking about digital media problems
    Knight News Challenge

Kent State University

Paul Lamb

  • Principal, Man on a Mission Consulting
    Knight News Challenge blog winner

J.D. Lasica

  • President, Social Media Group
    Knight News Challenge blog winner
    • Community Media Toolset
      3756 Pimlico Drive
      Pleasanton, CA 94588
      (925) 600-0639
      jdlasica@gmail.com

Louisiana State University

  • Multicultural journalism education
    • John Maxwell Hamilton
      Dean, Manship School of Mass Communication
      Louisiana State University
      3810 W. Lakeshore Drive
      Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70806
      jhamilt@lsu.edu
    • Ralph Izard
      Sig Mickelson/CBS Professor
      Forum on Race and Media
      izard@lsu.edu
      www.manship.lsu.edu

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Knight Science Journalism Fellowships
    • Boyce Rensberger, Director
      E32-311, 77 Massachusetts Ave.
      Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
      (617) 258-8249
  • Center for Future Civic Media
    Knight News Challenge winner

Media Mobilizing Project of Philadelphia

Benjamin Melançon

  • Co-founder, Agaric Design Collective
    Knight News Challenge blog winner
    “Related Items”, connecting news, groups, ideas, and events to other related events quickly and easily

Michigan State University

  • Knight Chair in Environmental Journalism
    • Jim Detjen
      School of Journalism
      382 Communication Arts Bldg.
      East Lansing, MI 48824-1212
      (517) 353-9479

MTV

  • Mobile Youth Journalists
    Knight News Challenge winner

National Conference of Editorial Writers Foundation

  • Minority Writers Seminar
    • Morgan McGinley, President
      The Day
      P.O. Box 1231
      New London, CT 06320
      (860) 701-4361
    • Send correspondence to:
      NCEW Foundation
      3899 N. Front St.
      Harrisburg, PA 17110
      m.mcginley@theday.com
      http://www.ncew.org

National Public Radio Foundation

  • Local news initiative
    • Woody Wickham
      Interim Vice President for Development and Executive Director
      635 Massachusetts Ave. NW
      Washington, D.C. 20001-3753
      (202) 513-2080
      @npr.org
      http://www.npr.org

National Security Archive Fund

  • Investigative reporting and freedom of information

Native American Journalists Association

  • High school journalism

Newspaper Association of America Foundation

New York Academy of Medicine

Northwestern University

  • Knight Chair in Broadcast Journalism (vacant)
    • John Lavine, Dean
      Medill School of Journalism
      301 Fisk Hall
      1845 Sheridan Rd.
      Evanston, IL 60208-2110
      (847) 491-2045
  • Newsroom Training Initiative
    • Michele McLellan, Director
      Tomorrow’s Workforce
      Medill School of Journalism
      Fisk Hall, 1845 Sheridan Road
      Evanston, IL 60208
      (847) 467-7930
  • Blend computer science and journalism
    Knight News Challenge winner

Online News Association

  • Knight Public Service Award
    • Michael Silberman, President
      P.O. Box 30702
      Bethesda, MD 20824
      (617) 698-5252

Pacific News Service

  • News and newsroom diversity
    • New America Media
      Sandy Close
      Executive Director
      275 9th St., 3rd Floor
      San Francisco, CA 94103
      (415) 503-4170

Participatory Culture Foundation

PBS Foundation

Penn State University

Placeblogger

Poynter Institute for Media Studies

  • News University, online learning for journalists
    • Howard Finberg, Director,
      Interactive Learning
      Karen Dunlap, President
      801 Third St. South
      St. Petersburg, FL 33701
      (727) 821-9494

Radio and Television News Directors Foundation

  • High school journalism
    Sunshine Week Training for electronic journalists

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

  • Coalition of Journalists for Open Government
    • Lucy Dalglish, Executive Director
      1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100
      Arlington, VA 22209
      (703) 807-2100

Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education

  • Media Academy
    Black College Wire
    Knight News Challenge blog winner
    Blogging about: Diversity in digital media
    • Dori Maynard, President/CEO
      1211 Preservation Park Way
      Oakland, CA 94612
      (510) 891-9202

Jay Rosen

  • Professor of Journalism
    NewAssignment.Net and NYU
    Knight News Challenge blog winner
    Reporters using social networks

Salzburg Seminar in American Studies

Santa Clara College

  • Media ethics program
    • Jerry M. Ceppos
      Fellow in Media Ethics
      Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
      14550 Pike Road
      Saratoga, CA 95070
      (408) 554-4000
      jceppos@aol.com
      www.scu.edu

Dan Schultz

  • Carnegie Mellon undergraduate student
    Knight News Challenge blog winner
    User-maintained news system

Society of Professional Journalists

  • JournalismTraining.org, a journalism training calendar
    • Julie Grimes
      Deputy Executive Director
      3909 N. Meridian St.
      Indianapolis, IN 46208
      (317) 927-8000 ext. 216

Stanford University

Stony Brook University

Student Press Law Center

  • Press freedom for high school, college students
    • Mark Goodman, Executive Director
      1101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1100
      Arlington, VA 22209
      (703) 807-1904

Syracuse University

  • Knight Chair in Political Reporting
    • Charlotte Grimes
      S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
      215 University Place
      Syracuse, N.Y. 13244
      (315) 443-2366

Syracuse University

  • Investigative reporting database
    • David Burnham, Susan B. Long
      Co-Directors
      Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)
      1718 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Ste. 200
      Washington, DC 20009
      (202) 518-9000
      http://trac.syr.edu

TCC Group

The Paley Center for Media
(formerly Museum of Television & Radio)

  • Broadcast industry forums
    • Pat Mitchell, president and CEO
      25 West 52 St.
      New York, NY 10019
      (212) 621-6800
      http://www.mtr.org

Thomas Jefferson Institute

  • Investigative reporting project in Serbia; international journalism training study

University of Alabama

  • The Teaching Newspaper Community journalism master’s degree
    • Chris Waddle, Director
      c/o The Anniston Star
      P.O. Box 189
      Tuscaloosa, AL 36202
      (256) 235-3590

University of California-Berkeley

University of Florida

  • Diversity Scholarships
    • John Wright II, Interim Dean
      College of Journalism and Communications
      2096 Weimer Hall
      Gainesville, FL 32611-8400
      (352) 392-0466
  • Knight Chair in Journalism Technologies and the Democratic Process

University of Georgia

University of Illinois

  • Knight Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Journalism
    • William Gaines
      Journalism Dept.
      119 Gregory Hall, 810 S. Wright St.
      Urbana, IL 61801
      (217) 333-7554

University of Kansas

  • Knight Chair on the Press, Leadership and Community
    • Peggy Kuhr
      School of Journalism and Mass Communications
      Stauffer-Flint Hall Rm. 207C
      1435 Jayhawk Blvd.
      Lawrence, KS 66045-7575
      (785) 864-7646

University of Kentucky

University of Maryland

  • Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism
    • Haynes Johnson
      1117 Journalism Building
      College Park, MD 20742-7111
      (301) 405-2408
  • Knight Hall,
    Knight Institute for the Future of Journalism,
    American Journalism Review
    • Tom Kunkel, Dean, Philip Merrill College of Journalism and president of AJR
      1117 Journalism Building
      College Park, MD 20742-7111
      (301) 405-2393
  • Knight Center for Specialized Journalism
  • J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism
    Knight-Batten Awards/New Voices
    Knight Citizen News Network
    • Jan Schaffer, Executive Director
      7100 Baltimore Ave., Ste. 101
      College Park, MD 20740
      (301) 985-4020

University of Miami

  • Knight Chair in Visual Journalism
    Knight Chair in Cross-Cultural Communication

University of Michigan – Ann Arbor

  • Knight-Wallace Fellowships
    • Charles R. Eisendrath, Director
      Wallace House, U. of Michigan
      620 Oxford Rd.
      Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2635
      (734) 998-7666
      drath@umich.edu

University of Minnesota

  • Reality based-news game
    Knight News Challenge winner
    • Nora Paul
      Director, Institute of New Media Studies
      206 Church St SE
      313 Murphy Hall
      Minneapolis, MN 55419
      (612) 624-8593
      npaul@umn.edu
      www.inms.umn.edu

University of Missouri

  • Knight Chair in Editing
    • Jacqui Banaszynski
      School of Journalism
      314 Lee Hills Hall
      Columbia, MO 65211
      (573) 882-4573

University of Missouri

University of Missouri

University of Montana

  • RezNet
    Experience and internships for Native American journalism students
    • Dennis McAuliffe, Director, RezNet
      School of Journalism
      32 Campus Dr.
      Missoula, MT 59812-0648
      (406) 243-4001

University of North Carolina

University of Oklahoma

  • Global directory of journalism schools
    • Joe S. Foote
      Edward L. Gaylord Chair
      3510A Gaylord Hall
      Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication
      395 W. Lindsey
      Norman OK 73019-4201
      (405) 325-2721
      jfoote@ou.edu
      http://jmc.ou.edu/

University of North Dakota

University of Southern California

  • Knight Digital Media Center
    • Vikki Porter, Director
      Annenberg School for Communication
      One California Plaza
      300 S. Grand Ave., Ste. 3950
      Los Angeles, CA 90071
      213) 437-4417
  • Knight Chair in Media and Religion
  • Pop and Politics

University of Texas at Austin

  • Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
    Knight Chair in International Journalism
    • Rosental Alves
      College of Communication
      1 University Station A0900
      Austin, TX 78712-0109
      United States of America
      (512) 471-6851
      http://knightcenter.utexas.edu

VillageSoup

Washington and Lee University

WNYC, New York Public Radio

  • “On The Media”
    • John Keefe, Executive Producer
      One Centre St., 25th floor
      New York, N.Y. 10007
      (212) 669-4363
      jkeefe@wnyc.org

World Press Freedom Committee

  • Internet press freedom conference
    • Mark Bench, Executive Director
      11690-C Sunrise Valley Drive
      Reston, VA 20191
      (703) 715-9811

Yale University

  • Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment
    • Jack M. Balkin
      Yale Law School
      P.O. Box 208215
      New Haven, CT 06520-8215
      (203) 432-1620
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