



| Name | University | Title | Established |
| (In transition) | Northwestern University | Knight Chair in Multimedia Journalism | 1999 |
| Brant Houston | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Knight Chair in Investigative and Enterprise Reporting | 2000 |
| Charlotte Grimes | Syracuse University | Knight Chair in Political Reporting | 1999 |
| Diane Winston | University of Southern California | Knight Chair in Media and Religion | 2002 |
| Ed Wasserman | Washington & Lee University | Knight Chair in Journalism Ethics | 1996 |
| Haynes Johnson | University of Maryland | Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism | 1994 |
| Jack M. Balkin | Yale University | Knight Professorship in Constitutional Law and First Amendment | 1995 |
| Jacqui Banaszynski | University of Missouri at Columbia | Knight Chair in Editing | 1996 |
| Jim Detjen | Michigan State University | Knight Chair in Environmental Journalism | 1992 |
| Joe Ritchie | Florida A&M University | Knight Chair for Journalism Student Enhancement | 1990 |
| Joseph B. Treaster | University of Miami | Knight Chair in Cross-Cultural Communication | 2007 |
| Malcolm Moran | Pennsylvania State University | Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society | 2005 |
| Mark Goodman | Kent State University | Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism | 2006 |
| Melinda McAdams | University of Florida | Knight Chair in Journalism Technologies and the Democratic Process | 1997 |
| Michael Pollan | University of California Berkeley | Knight Chair in Science and Technology Reporting | 2000 |
| Pam Fine | University of Kansas | Knight Chair on the Press, Leadership and Community | 1990 |
| Patricia Thomas | University of Georgia | Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism | 2004 |
| Penelope Muse Abernathy | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Knight Chair in Mass Communication Research | 1991 |
| Rich Beckman | University of Miami | Knight Chair in Visual Journalism | 2007 |
| Rosental C. Alves | University of Texas at Austin | Knight Chair in International Journalism | 1993 |
| Stephen K. Doig | Arizona State University | Knight Chair in Computer- Assisted Journalism | 1995 |
| Stuart H. Loory | University of Missouri at Columbia | Lee Hills Chair in Free-Press Studies | 1995 |
| Sylvia Nasar | Columbia University | Knight Chair in Business Journalism | 1998 |
| William Raspberry | Duke University | Knight Chair in Communications and Journalism | 1990 |