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MEDIA INNOVATION INITIATIVES

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Applications for the News Challenge are open until November 1, 2008.

Worldwide Contest Reopens With $5 Million for Digital Media Experiments

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. Apply Now

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News Releases

Tuesday, September 2, 2008: Worldwide Contest Reopens With $5 Million For Digital Media Experiments to Innovate Journalism
Monday, August 25, 2008: National Trust Loan Fund Launches $5 Million Fund To Develop Affordable Housing
Tuesday, August 19, 2008: Silicon Valley Education Foundation Launches $3 Million Initiative to Boost Student Achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

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Knight in the News

J-Lab Insitute for Interactive Journalism Sep. 4: Register Now: 2008 Knight-Batten Symposium and Awards
Akron Beacon Journal Sep. 4: Joint orthopedic research project gets support
Duluth News-Tribune Sep. 1: Diversity boosts local job market Entrepreneurs are key to growth, experts say

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What We Fund

Journalism Program

We’re leading journalism in the digital era. More.

Communities Program

We’re investing in the 26 Knight communities. In each, we seek transformation through a strategy tailored to that community. For more:

National Program

We’re seeking innovators and their big ideas. More.

Message from the President

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Progress Report 2007-08

Managing Change Through Experimentation, Innovation

With an essay and four video stories, our new progress report describes our continuing transformation into a 21st-century organization. Three years ago we introduced the concept of transformation. We continue to refine the concept, welcoming experimentation and innovation as a way to manage change. Read it online now.