A new report commissioned by Knight Foundation looks at how the quality and delivery of information will affect the health and vitality of communities. It also examines how place-based foundations are responding to Knight’s $24 million Community Information Challenge to incorporate their communities’ information needs into their missions.
Downtown Community TV Receives New York Community Trust Grant through the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Knight Community Information Challenge
NEW YORK, Feb. 4—Beyond Bullets, a project of Downtown Community Television (DCTV), has launched a media campaign that will use youth reporters and roving film festivals to raise the collective consciousness about [...]
CommonWealth magazine will provide more investigative reporting, expand online presence with $800,000 in support from The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The Boston Foundation
New site furthers organizations’ mission to provide communities with wider access to credible news and information
BOSTON (February 1, 2010) -- MassINC today launched a new online version of CommonWealth magazine, [...]
Knight Foundation's Community Information Challenge Open Now Through March 8
MIAMI (Feb. 1, 2010) — The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is accepting applications from community and place-based foundations seeking to fund news and information projects. The deadline for the Knight Community Information Challenge, a matching grant program, is March 8. Applications can be [...]
Tallahassee, Fla., – The Community Foundation of North Florida, in partnership with The Village Square, recently received a $72,000 challenge grant to revitalize the dialogue among the city’s diverse residents around community issues. The project entitled “We the People” will create a 21st Century virtual and face-to-face public square by offering unique town hall [...]
LITTLE ROCK, ARK – A new program from Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF) will help boost the reporting staff at community newspapers in Arkansas to increase in-depth coverage of community and economic development issues. The Write for Arkansas initiative, funded through a $252,000 match grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, will provide [...]
Wisconsin Rapids, WI. - Community Foundation of Greater South Wood County will develop a plan to increase public awareness of the disparities of digital access and literacy and identify ways to bridge the gaps locally.
The “Community Information Action Agenda” will be funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s [...]
The Connecticut News Project, a new nonprofit organization, will provide online news, information, analysis and discussion about Connecticut state government and public policy, with $600,000 in funding announced today.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is providing $300,000 through its Knight Community Information Challenge, a $24 million initiative to help community and place-based foundations [...]
Contact: Namju Cho, Director of Communications
Phone: (213) 413-4130 x 229 E-mail: ncho@ccf-la.org
LOS ANGELES ― Latino youth in “hard-to-count” communities in Los Angeles County will learn about the importance of participating in the 2010 Census via cell phones and other technologies, thanks to a $72,000 grant to the California Community Foundation (CCF) from the John [...]
Knight Community Information Challenge Winners Are Part of a Growing Number of Local Foundations Seeking to Meet Local Information Needs
For Immediate Release
Contact: Marc Fest, Knight Foundation, 305-908-2677; fest@knightfoundation.org
MIAMI (Jan. 12, 2010) -- Twenty-four innovative ideas that will help meet America’s information needs have received $4.3 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The [...]
