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New Round of Knight Community Information Challenge Now Open
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation today opened a new round of funding for the Knight Community Information Challenge. The challenge provides matching grants to community foundations seeking to fund news … -
Hobbs: Info literacy must be a community education movement
Renee Hobbs, national expert on digital and media literacy who leads the Media Education Lab founded at Temple University, this month took the helm of the new Harrington School of Communication and Media … -
Fellowship Opportunities to Spur Innovation in Journalism
Deadlines are approaching for two fellowship opportunities designed to spur innovation in journalism. The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri is seeking applications for its 2012-2013 class of Reynolds fellows. … -
Might the new web journalism model be neither for-profit nor nonprofit?
There’s a third option, Tom Stites argues: a co-op model that lets communities advance their own interests. …
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Hobbs: Info literacy must be a community education movement
Renee Hobbs, national expert on digital and media literacy who leads the Media Education Lab founded at Temple University, this month took the helm of the new Harrington School of Communication and Media … -
Assessing Community Information Needs: A Practical Guide
Free flowing news and information is essential to the health of democratic communities, but not all information environments are equally effective at meeting community information needs. What can a community do to measure … -
FCC Releases Knight Commission-inspired Report on Information Needs
Today the FCC released the findings of its inquiry into the Future of Media, a project begun in early 2010 in response to the Knight Commission. In a report over 450 pages long, … -
The Community Information Toolkit, Version 1.0
At the 2011 Media Learning Seminar, an annual gathering hosted by the Knight Foundation, hundreds of community foundation leaders and journalism and technology experts previewed the beta version of the Community Information Toolkit, …
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The Future of Democracy, According to Knight Reports
The keys to a more open and transparent democracy include increased broadband access and a steady flow of government data into online communities, according to two white papers released by the Knight Commission … -
GovFresh: New recommendations for improving local open government and creating online hubs
Alex Howard, Government 2.0 Correspondent for O’Reilly Radar, provided a good wrap-up of last week’s Roundtable on implementing the recommendations for government transparency and creating community hubs. New recommendations for improving local open … -
Variety: Pubcasters on the ropes
In his article, “Pubcasters on the ropes“ (Variety, January 22, 2011), Ted Johnson summarizes several of the strategies for public media reform presented by Barbara Cochran in her white paper, Rethinking Public Media: More Local, More … -
CJR Story: “Public Media: ‘More Local, More Inclusive, More Interactive’”
The Knight Foundation and the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program jointly released a policy paper on Wednesday with recommendations for federal support for public broadcasting. The report, written by Barbara Cochran of …
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Assessing Community Information Needs: A Practical Guide
Free flowing news and information is essential to the health of democratic communities, but not all information environments are equally effective at meeting community information needs. What can a community do to measure … -
Re-Imagining Journalism: Local News for a Networked World
Re-Imagining Journalism: Local News for a Networked World, a new policy paper by Michael R. Fancher, identifies five strategic areas and specific ideas for promoting experimentation, collaboration and public engagement that are critical … -
Implementing the Recommendations of the Knight Commission
The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy released its report “Informing Communities: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age” in 2009 with 15 recommendations to better meet community information … -
Six Strategies for More Open and Participatory Government
Americans are demanding more transparency and accountability from their governments at all levels, goals that are easier to achieve when governments have made a commitment to operating transparently and making public information truly …
