http://knightfdn.dotmarketing.net/news/press_room/knight_in_the_news/ John S. and James L. Knight Foundation News Releases http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/339422/225368 I'm Alberto Ibarg&uuml;en, and I appreciate this opportunity to talk a bit about our work at Knight Foundation. As 2008 draws to a close, we&rsquo;re very proud of the transformational work we&rsquo;ve done to advance journalism and communities. Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:00:00 EST 339422 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/339451/225368 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:00:00 EST 339451 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/339449/225368 It is a blessing to know – in our hearts and in our minds – that Alvah was at peace with us because he was at peace with himself; and he was at peace with himself because he was at peace with God. Just a few days ago, he told Betty the good news that he thought the Lord would gift him Paradise for Christmas. And, of course, it was on Christmas day that Alvah left us for God. Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:00:00 EST 339449 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/339241/225368 Four online community news sites will expand their local reporting staffs and bring their communities more content, with a combined $390,000 investment from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The grants aim to help the non-profit sites draw a larger audience by providing more local news, a key to their long-term viability. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:00:00 EST 339241 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/339186/225368 University of Minnesota researcher Christine Greenhow and Seattle-based news aggregator News Cloud will test new ways to engage youth in news and information by launching two social media publications on the popular social networking site Facebook. The project is being made possible by a $249,529 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:00:00 EST 339186 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/339182/225368 A new initiative to establish Milledgeville as a center for technology-based jobs in the knowledge economy has received funding, thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:40:00 EST 339182 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/338918/225368 An online, bilingual magazine will expand to train Latino journalism students nationally, giving them the experience needed to land jobs after graduation. Borderzine, founded by the University of Texas at El Paso and launched with a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, also strives to increase the number of Hispanics working in bilingual news media. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:00:00 EST 338918 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/338822/225368 Nearly two dozen of Horry and Georgetown Counties’ most influential leaders will participate in a new initiative to help them look beyond town borders and address regional challenges. The inaugural class of the American Leadership Forum, Waccamaw Region Chapter, will focus on building the skills and network necessary to advance the entire region. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:00:00 EST 338822 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/338787/225368 Thirty-one ideas to help transform the South Florida arts scene were awarded $8 million today from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The first-year winners of the Knight Arts Partnership include sculptors, musicians, prominent institutions and recently formed galleries &mdash; all of whom will raise the standards for arts in South Florida and bring together the region&rsquo;s diverse population through their work. Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:00:00 EST 338787 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/338706/225368 A new Gallup study explores the link between economic growth and residents’ loyalty to and passion towards where they live. According to the “Soul of the Community” study, the qualities that make people love where they live include social offerings (such as entertainment venues and places to meet), openness (how welcoming a place is) and community aesthetics (such as physical beauty and green spaces). Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:00:00 EST 338706 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/338636/225368 Leaders of the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., announced today that former President Bill Clinton will receive the Foundation’s “Humanitarian Award” and serve as the keynote speaker at a January 8, 2009 Miami Dream Dinner to raise funds for Memorial to be built on the National Mall. The dinner will take place at Fontainebleau Hotel and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which donated $1 million to the Memorial Foundation, will serve as the lead dinner sponsor. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST 338636 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/338468/225368 Nonprofits can get help improving their news releases on a new web site created by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Knight News Release Workshop offers a step-by-step guide to thinking about, writing and polishing a clear and useful release. The site is at www.newsreleaseworkshop.org. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:00:00 EST 338468 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/338110/225368 Residents of 17 U.S. cities will soon be able to view and exchange videos about their communities on a network of local websites through a new project of the Participatory Culture Foundation, makers of the popular Internet TV application Miro. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:00:00 EDT 338110 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/338018/225368 The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today announced a $1 million gift to Florida State University to restore and expand the lobby area of the venerable Ruby Diamond Auditorium to better serve the local community and the university. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 07:00:00 EDT 338018 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/338010/225368 The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) has selected five Knight International Journalism Fellows to lead year-long projects in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America designed to help media provide better access to quality information in the communities they serve. Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:30:00 EDT 338010 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/337615/225368 Fueled by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, five leading medical and educational institutions today announced the creation of the <a href="http://www.bioinnovationinstitute.org">BioInnovation Institute</a> in Akron – a unique collaboration that will expand upon the region’s rich legacy in industrial and materials science to pioneer the next generation of life-enhancing and life-saving innovation for the 21st Century. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:00:00 EDT 337615 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/337706/225368 Innovators from around the globe have two more weeks to submit an application to the 2009 Knight News Challenge digital innovation contest. Applicants have a chance to win up to $5 million. The deadline is November 1. Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EDT 337706 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/336744/225368 The National Fund for Workforce Solutions has chosen Wichita to receive a $450,000 grant in order to connect low-income, low-skilled workers with career opportunities in the local aviation industry. The funds will benefit a collaborative of area funders that seeks to strengthen and expand workforce development. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:00:00 EDT 336744 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/336732/225368 Leon County School students this year will benefit from a newly-developed civics curriculum designed to be replicated state-wide, thanks to support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. With Florida students lagging in civics and U.S. history, the pilot project will provide students with the skills they need to make decisions about and participate fully in their communities. Leon County, the seat of state government, will provide an ideal backdrop for the project. Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:15:00 EDT 336732 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/336709/225368 City Year, a national youth service organization, celebrated its 20th anniversary today with the launch of City Year Miami. At a spirited Opening Day ceremony at The Miami Beach Colony Theater, 80 dedicated young adults pledged to serve the children and families of local children and schools as the 2008-2009 City Year Miami corps. Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:00:00 EDT 336709 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/336244/225368 Washington, D.C. &mdash; Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, unveiled today the World Wide Web Foundation to fulfill a vision of the Web as humanity connected by technology. The mission of the foundation is: to advance One Web that is free and open; to expand the Web's capability and robustness; and to extend the Web's benefits to all people on the planet. Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:00:00 EDT 336244 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/336093/225368 Wired.com’s WikiScanner coverage, which helped readers investigate and expose ego-editing and corporate whitewashing of Wikipedia entries, is this year’s $10,000 Grand Prize winner in the Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism. Wired.com invited readers to use new technology to get all IP addresses assigned to a particular company, organization or government department, then track the anonymous edits made from those addresses anywhere in Wikipedia. Their reports, on the site’s “Threat Level” blog, “insert an air of accountability to those who edit Wikipedia to fit their own agendas,” the judges said. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 06:00:00 EDT 336093 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/335831/225368 The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has launched the third year of the Knight News Challenge, a contest awarding as much as $5 million for innovative ideas using digital experiments to transform community news and information exchange. The deadline for applications is Nov. 1, 2008. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:00:00 EDT 335831 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/335489/225368 WASHINGTON, DC (August 25, 2008) - The National Trust Loan Fund (NTLF) today announced the creation of a $5 million loan pool to help develop affordable housing in cities across the country. The National Trust for Historic Preservation promotes community development in older and historic neighborhoods. Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT 335489 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/335140/225368 The Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) today officially launched its $3 million campaign to boost student achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, known as the Silicon Valley STEM Initiative. The launch was announced at tech firm Flextronics in Milpitas, one of the Initiative’s key supporters. SVEF has already received a $1.7 million grant from the Knight Foundation toward the $3 million goal, and is working with Silicon Valley companies, educators, and civic leaders to improve STEM learning in Valley classrooms. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT 335140 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/334761/225368 Fifty coaches are standing by online to help innovative thinkers apply for the Knight News Challenge, a $5 million-a-year contest to move journalism into the 21st Century. The coaches &mdash; made up of past jurors and winners &mdash; will give News Challenge hopefuls a better chance of winning up to $5 million in prizes annually Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:30:00 EDT 334761 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/334702/225368 J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism has moved to American University’s School of Communication, where it will expand its operations with the help of a $2.4 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to American University Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:00:00 EDT 334702 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/334098/225368 igh school students who blog, who read online news sources and who chat online regularly are more likely to understand and support their First Amendment rights, according to a new book based on the largest survey conducted on the subject. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 07:00:00 EDT 334098 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/334072/225368 The Annual Aspen Institute Forum on Communications and Society will be held in conjunction with the second meeting of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:00:00 EDT 334072 http://www.knightfoundation.org/permalink/333472/225368 The Central Carolina Community Foundation (CCCF), a nonprofit corporation that empowers donors to make effective charitable giving decisions by linking them to different areas of community need, announces its donation of $500,000 to the Midlands Housing Alliance to fund the Homeless Transition Center that is planned for the current Salvation Army site in downtown Columbia. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:55:00 EDT 333472