Knight News Challenge
Announcing the next Knight News Challenge: Data
We’re excited to announce that the next Challenge will focus on data. The contest will be open from May 31 through June 20.
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Journalism & Media Innovation
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Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Emily Bell: How a new research effort will help newsrooms determine what's next
Center for Investigative Reporting
YouTube channel to focus on investigative reporting
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Knight News Challenge 2012
52 ideas on networks advance
We just finished selecting the 51 proposals that will go to the next round of the Knight News Challenge on networks. Here they are, along with some themes, surprises and outliers.
News & Updates
Get Updates On Journalism & Media InnovationNews Releases
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Award-winning online news site launches print magazine
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New study to explore media diversity in Southern California
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Knight Foundation and Mozilla provide $1 million in funding to Amara, pioneer in crowd-sourced video translation
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New research effort at Columbia University seeks best practices for digital reporting
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MTV to gamify the election with "Fantasy Election ‘12” with $250,000 grant from Knight Foundation
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New models for arts journalism become reality with NEA and Knight Foundation support
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Google Earth publishes community-created maps from Knight-funded Public Lab archive
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New policy promotes donor transparency in digital media
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The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) to launch investigative news channel on YouTube, with Knight support
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Paley Center for Media, Knight Foundation to spotlight ‘Next Big Thing’ in news innovation
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Students nationwide honored with $5,000 Scholarships for “Free to Tweet” salutes to the First Amendment
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Florida man who fought for dozens of government records wins the 2012 Sunshine Week Local Hero Award
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Knight-funded public media accelerator announces director
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New TV and online video content to rate digital tools
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White paper: Nonprofit/commercial media partnerships fill news gap
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Medill at Northwestern launches investigative project focused on local government accountability, with Knight Foundation funding
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China’s business journalism education program to expand at Tsinghua University
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Knight News Challenge opens, seeking to accelerate media innovation
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South Florida’s leading colleges and universities help make voting easier with new TurboVote service
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Dream big and give us your best ideas for the arts in South Florida
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Digital media innovator Tim Regan-Porter named first director of Knight-funded Center for Collaborative Journalism
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Health Behavior News Service will reach people when they need help most with new mobile service
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Texas, Nebraska universities will study journalism schools as community news providers
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Cronkite Hosts Symposium on Philanthropy and Local Accountability Journalism
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City of Macon Welcomes Code for America Fellows
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Project brings 2012 campaign spenders to light
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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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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
Knight Blog
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Voice of San Diego launches a magazine - yep, a magazine
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Announcing the next Knight News Challenge: Data
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Expanded News21 program to focus on voting rights this summer
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Amara - making Internet video truly global
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Who are the journalism and media funders, why do they meet…and now what?
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Do IRS nonprofit media rules need a digital-age update?
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Welcoming more voices in fight for media freedom
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Innovating philanthropy while innovating media: thoughts from the Knight News Challenge review
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Innovating at annual conference for grantmakers
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Emily Bell: How a new research effort will help newsrooms determine what's next
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Pilhofer: Definition of news and journalism interpreted more broadly than before
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Report offers funders ways to strengthen funding in mobile, tech
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Encouraging young people to more actively participate in civic life
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Sharing and learning what's working in online journalism
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Knight Chairs discuss opportunities and concerns in journalism
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2011 Knight News Challenge winners discuss successes, road bumps and challenges
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Knight Chairs discuss opportunities and future of journalism
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Knight's Eric Newton honored for foundation's support of investigative reporting
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Experts meet to review next round of #newschallenge apps
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Themes, surprises and outliers from 1000+ #newschallenge apps on Networks
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Knight News Challenge on networks - moving to the next round
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New YouTube channel to focus on investigative reporting
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A first look at new Center for Collaborative Journalism in Macon
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KnightApps.org: innovations you can use and build upon to inform and engage communities
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New app helps people decide where they want to live
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Helping non-profit news sites better understand IRS tax-exemption standards
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Helping people in Detroit shape their own media landscapes
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Two leading nonprofit news organizations agree to merge operations
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New model of collaborative journalism school begins student recruitment
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An easy way to learn about the State of the News Media 2012
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RT @ICFJ: #ICFJKnight Award winners have set standard 4 independent reporting in 2 of world’s most dangerous countries http://t.co/vPxeKuoT
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RT @ICFJ: #ICFJKnight Award winner @kmohamed has interviewed the wives of Somali pirates to get their side of the story http://t.co/Y2QNawQH
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MT @ICFJ: Must-read: @CNNWorld piece on #ICFJKnight Award Winner Sami Mahdi’s show where women speak out abt oppression http://t.co/srfy58Aa
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MT @ICFJKnight: B/c of #ICFJKnight Award winner @sami_mahdi1TV, #Afghan women r speaking out about rape, domestic abuse http://t.co/vPxeKuoT
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MT @ICFJKnight: Winner @kmohamed has investigated pirates in #somalia & shed light on industry- was even taken hostage http://t.co/vPxeKuoT
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Congrats #ICFJKnight Int’l Journalism Award Winners @sami_mahdi1TV & @kmohamed for making a difference thru journalism http://t.co/vPxeKuoT
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RT @pbutler50: Jose Zamora of @knightfdn announcing ICFJ Knight intl journ award winners
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MT @voiceofsandiego: @knightfdn grant fueling VOSD's new mag (print/ondemand) + helping us develop membership program http://t.co/zYSBQGfk
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.@voiceofsandiego to launch print mag & build robust community supporters with @knightfdn support http://t.co/MMXI3i69 #journalism
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RT @jcbivins: Chk out @knightfdn funded ideas in #mobile here: http://t.co/62ShiYsK via @ZeroDivideOrg #fundertech #philanthropy #nptech
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Residency program for artists, writers & musicians in the Everglades, 2013 apps due June 1 http://t.co/ofKfC0KQ @natlparkservice #arts
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RT @cksopher: @knowtheory thanks for liveblogging the #newschallenge hangout. You are an apt 140 character summarizer.
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@aghilmort You're welcome, sorry we experienced some difficulties.
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What's the next big thing in digital news #innovation? #PaleyNext explores today in Chicago http://t.co/dKlh9MZV v @PaleyNext
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@andypvd Thanks for asking! @news21 is a great program for next-gen journalists from 12 journalism programs around the country.
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Have a question about the next round of the #newschallenge on data? Ask it anytime on Twitter!
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@bradleylbar We aren't archiving the Hangout, but we will have plenty more opportunities to get your q's answered.
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@PRIResDev A space should open up shortly. If you have a question feel free to ask it on Twitter & we can get it answered for you.
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Sorry for the delay, we're up & running: #newschallenge Google+ Hangout. Join us or ask questions via Twitter. http://t.co/eXWIHfcW
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We're having a few technical difficulties with the Google+ hangout - please stay tuned will update the link shortly. Thanks for patience!
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@tjl @PRIResDev Join the Google+ Hangout here http://t.co/buh6ii4Q
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@PRIResDev Stay tuned, we're starting in a second.
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Join us at 11am EST for a Google+ hangout, ask questions re next round of #newschallenge http://t.co/mzTeDM5N via @jsb @michaelmaness
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Online news site @ctmirror broadens its efforts from informing the public to also engaging it http://t.co/GnHbz2YD by @HartfordFdn
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RT @ICFJ: The clock's ticking-it's almost time to announce the @ICFJKnight Int'l Award winners! Stay tuned this evening for more!
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Did you miss @PublicLab's talk about mapping, DIY activism & civic science at #SXSW? Listen it to online http://t.co/hW0XgLPj v @sdosemagen
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Young leaders step up to help move #Detroit forward http://t.co/remQmoqr via @freepress #leadership
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RT @bthewirz: Consult a Doctor, Open English, Senzari, CareCloud...how about that Miami tech scene? http://t.co/Uawl9tbs via @miamiherald
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MT @MediaFunders: Great events: Next Big Thing tmrw http://t.co/9qsgRN02 @paleycenter & @Knightfdn. GFEM funder convo http://t.co/z14FC1tx
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Inside @the_barnes grand opening in #Philadelphia & why it's a cultural icon to be cherished by the community http://t.co/O0N7mUcZ #arts
Publications
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Social Impact Games: Do They Work?
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State of Funding in Information and Media among Community and Place-based Foundations - Feb. 2012
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Knight Community Information Challenge: 2011 Evaluation Findings
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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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Re-Imagining Journalism: Local News for a Networked World
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Center for Future Civic Media Assessment Report
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An Interim Review of the Knight News Challenge
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Reinvigorating Journalism Education
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From Ruins of War, A Nation's History Preserved
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Measuring the Online Impact of Your Information Projects
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Crossroads Charlotte
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News21 Initiative
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General Assessment Resources & Tools
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NPR Digital Training Program Assessment
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International Center for Journalists
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Center for Public Integrity – Digital Transitions
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Knight Case Studies Initiative
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Center for Investigative Reporting, California Watch
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Games and Community Building
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Civic Engagement and Community Information: Five Strategies to Revive Civic Communication
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Opportunities for Foundation Leadership: Meeting Community Information Needs 2010
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Impact: A Guide to Evaluating Community Information Projects
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Community Information Toolkit Version 1.0 Preview
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Knight Community Information Challenge Assessment
In The News
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Mozilla & Knight Foundation invest $1M in crowdsourced translation startup Amara
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Knight Foundation and Mozilla invest $1m in crowdsourced video translation project Amara
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The Center for Collaborative Journalism at Mercer University
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A quirky grass-roots effort supports an array of 'Awesome’ projects
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MTV hopes online game can energize 2012 youth vote, with support from Knight Foundation
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$80,000 will help Charlotte media cover the arts
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CriticCar Detroit, arts journalism project by Jennifer Conlin and Dan Shaw, wins grant
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30th anniversary of Justice O'Connor's appointment
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Would you be better off in a different city?
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Beautiful visualisation tool transforms maps into works of art
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Awesome News Taskforce Detroit launches, awards first $1,000 micro-grant to the Detroit Journal
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Winners announced for 'Free To Tweet' scholarships
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The New York Times joins Mozilla and Knight Foundation to drive open innovation in news
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Academia, meet the press
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Phone journalism gives a voice to India's rural poor
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ASU professor wins George Polk Award for Medical Reporting
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Digital Media Innovator Named First Director of Mercer’s Center For Collaborative Journalism
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Can newspapers also be tech incubators?
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3 tech firms picked for incubator at Inquirer HQ
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Mind Your Business: Media partnership in Middle Georgia a winning bet
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New York Times: Tweeting Your Way to a Scholarship
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Washington Post: On National Bill of Rights Day, “Free to Tweet” campaign offers a $5,000 scholarship
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‘Medical school model’ brings newspaper, radio station and university together
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Knight funds collaborative reporting center in Georgia
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Knight-funded Code for America gets $1.5M grant from Google
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Knight Foundation Awards NPR $1.5M For Web News
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Why journalists should weigh in on FCC disclosure rules — while there’s still time
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Tweet for freedom on Dec. 15
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Big Journalism On Campus
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When Candidates Lie, What's A Political Reporter To Do?
Featured Journalism & Media Projects (3 of 921)
Browse ProjectsNPR Digital Training for Journalists
To expand digital training of public radio journalists
Macon Journalism Collaborative
For a planning grant to determine the feasibility of establishing a Journalism Collaborative between Mercer University, The Telegraph and Georgia Public Broadcasting
Tiziano 360
To help communities better tell their stories by building an accessible, multimedia storytelling platform.
About our Journalism & Media Strategy
Knight Foundation aims to help sustain democracy by leading journalism to its best possible future in the 21st century.
Media Innovation: Since 2007, Knight has invested more than $100 million in new technologies and techniques, including in more than 200 community news and information experiments. Its media innovation portfolio seeks to improve public media, discover new platforms for investigative reporting, increase digital and media literacy, promote universal broadband access and support a free and open Web.
Journalistic Excellence: As the nation’s leading journalism funder, Knight funding has supported training for more than 100,000 journalists worldwide, and has helped to transform journalism education with the college-level Carnegie-Knight Initiative, major fellowship programs at Stanford, Michigan and Harvard and 22 Knight Chairs with endowments of more than $50 million.
Freedom of Expression: The foundation helps safeguard the rights of journalists worldwide and supports public information campaigns about the value of freedom of information and open government.
The foundation has invested more than $454 million in more than 1,000 journalism and media grants since 1950.
Journalism & Media Innovation Project Categories
Staff
Michael Maness
VP/Journalism and Media Innovation
John Bracken
Dir/Journalism and Media Innovation
José Carlos Zamora
Journalism Program
Chris Sopher
Journalism Program Associate
Hallie Atkins
Assistant
