MIAMI – A veteran international journalist and an experienced cultural policy researcher have joined the expanding staff at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as program officers. Yves Colon becomes the Foundation’s first journalism program officer and will report to Eric Newton, director of Journalism Initiatives. Colon has been a veteran reporter, editor […]
MIAMI – Joining the national response to international terrorism, trustees of the John S. and James L Knight Foundation have approved a $5 million fund for relief and post-terrorist attack activities. Knight trustees have decided to move with deliberate speed in the allocation of the $5 million, committed to meeting an array of needs in […]
MIAMI — Now reaching out to Miami’s diverse communities: “Teach More/Love More,” a $2.5 million-plus public awareness campaign aimed at helping parents better understand the physical, emotional and educational needs of young children. The campaign targets Miami-Dade parents through television, radio and billboard messages. Parents can also access a multilingual web site and a 24-hour, […]
WASHINGTON, DC — A Knight-supported bipartisan commission has recommended a wide-ranging overhaul of the nation’s electoral system following last year’s post-presidential election uncertainty. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush have voiced support for the National Commission on Election Reform‘s recommendations, which seek to restore confidence in U.S. elections in the wake […]
MIAMI – Susan Patterson and John Williams II join the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as community liaison program officers to support the continued growth of the Knight Community Partners Program. As community liaison program officers and Knight’s primary grant making officials in their assigned communities, Patterson and Williams will develop and maintain […]
Photo: Commission Co-chairs William C. Friday and Rev. Theodore Hesburgh. Washington, D.C. – The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics today recommended that teams with graduation rates of less than 50 percent be barred from conference championships or postseason play. The sweeping recommendations, which include prohibiting corporate logos on athlete uniforms, also call for the […]
MIAMI – An unprecedented cluster of funding initiatives for South Florida – highlighted by a set of neighborhood-building partnerships investing more than $12 million in Overtown, East Little Havana, downtown Miami and West Coconut Grove – were announced Monday evening (June 11) at a dinner concluding the 50th anniversary of the John S. and James […]
MIAMI – Thoroughly documented, hard-nosed investigative reporting on matters of public policy is difficult, time-consuming, costly – and controversial. For the past 10 years, the nonpartisan, non-ideological Center for Public Integrity has developed a reputation for filling the void left by the withdrawal of many media organizations from the in-depth reporting field. A $1 million […]
Recent investigations by federal officials found more than 800 web sites and newsgroups with questionable information about six major medical conditions. The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed charges against 44 stock promoters that paid online investment “experts” to rave about their companies’ stocks. Concerns about developments such as these have led Knight Foundation to […]
MIAMI – With recent research showing that unsupervised youth are a problem in communities across the nation, five new local projects funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will address ways to end youth violence and promote youth development. By providing young people with constructive after-school programs and workshops, the new projects […]
