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How he got found (Yesterday at 6:21 PM)

Photo of Wired writer Evan Ratliff courtesy of oxmour on Flickr. The November issue of Wired Magazine contains a fascinating narrative account of how writer Evan Ratliff disappeared and created a new identity for himself, and how Knight grantee Jeff Reifman and a community of dogged Web pursuers found him, using Knight-funded software. (Previously on KnightBlog.) Ratliff’s [...] (Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:21:59 +0000)More...

Media Economics in the Digital Age (Yesterday at 5:00 PM)

A new report takes on the question of the winners and losers in media economics during the dawn of the digital age. The study, “The News Landscape in 2014: Transformed or Diminished? Formulating a Game Plan for Survival in the Digital Age,” is co-authored by Penelope Muse Abernathy, UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication Knight [...] (Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:00:33 +0000)More...

Stats on Philanthropy (Friday at 8:53 PM)

From Marly Falcon, Knight Foundation contributing blogger: The Giving USA Foundation, which publishes data and trends about charitable giving, released its annual report on philanthropy for 2008. The report shows that in 2008, contributions of $307.65 billion were given. Only 14 percent of the contributions were from foundations, which totaled to $41.21 billion. See the chart below [...] (Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:53:46 +0000)More...

Legal Resources for Online Journalists (Thursday at 9:41 PM)

Jose Zamora is a Journalism Program Associate at Knight Foundation 2007 Knight News Challenge winner, Citizen Media Law Project, announced today the public launch of its Online Media Legal Network (OMLN), a new pro bono initiative that connects lawyers and law school clinics from across the country with online journalists and digital media creators who need [...] (Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:41:57 +0000)More...

Inter American Press Association Resolution (Thursday at 8:09 PM)

From Marly Falcon, Knight Foundation contributing blogger: The World Press Freedom Committee points out that only 21 percent of the world’s people live in countries with a fully free press. Cuba is on the list of countries without a free press. The Cuban government has restrained press freedom, the right to free expression of ideas and citizens’ [...] (Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:09:23 +0000)More...

Funding, then following up (Thursday at 6:53 PM)

In 2000, Knight Foundation began investing $19 million towards revitalizing Overtown, a once-vibrant area in Miami that had been hit hard in recent decades. Seven years later, the Foundation took an unusual step. As well as conducting its own grant impact assessments, Knight hired a reporter to investigate how the Foundation’s investments performed and produce [...] (Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:53:02 +0000)More...

The work of changing perceptions (Thursday at 3:37 PM)

Cross-posted from the Soul of the Community blog. Meredith Hector, Knight’s program director in Bradenton, wrote an op-ed about the Soul of the Community study that was published in the Bradenton Herald this morning. Here’s a taste: Soul of the Community is a study of perceptions. Unlike the latest unemployment figures, we can change what people think [...] (Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:37:29 +0000)More...

A look behind the scenes at News21 (Wednesday at 11:45 PM)

This month’s Carnegie Reporter magazine contains an in-depth feature about the News21 Initiative, a Knight-Carnegie collaboration we’ve written about before. From the story: From the start, the News21 fellows have faced two daunting challenges: to come up with stories of national importance and to tell them in ways that break the mold of traditional news media. [...] (Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:45:04 +0000)More...