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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
New Contest Aims to Create Easier Online Access to Government and Community Services
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Strategies to Increase Broadband Adoption & Use Gain Support
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Shorty Award Winners Unveiled In New York City
Friday, February 26, 2010
Media Advisory: FCC & Knight Foundation Host Digital Inclusion Summit at Newseum on March 9

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Struggling schools will get more teachers
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Feb. 26
UM Video Project Links Miami, Havana

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Co-chair of Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics honored for leadership excellence (0 minute ago)
Earlier this week, William English "Brit" Kirwan, co-chair of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, was awarded the 2010 TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence. Kirwan is Chancellor of the University System of Maryland. "Chancellor Kirwan brings a collaborative and cooperative leadership style to higher education welcoming all viewpoints," said Stephanie Bell-Rose, Managing Director [...] (Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:50:09 +0000)More...
Knight Foundation will have novelist Chengerai Hove as its guest for the next two years (Yesterday at 7:52 PM)
Zimbabwe novelist Chengerai Hove will be calling Miami home for at least the next two years. As a guest of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Hove will give guest lectures to Miami Dade students, and also interact with the general public by attending a variety of community events. His stay was coordinated [...] (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:52:48 +0000)More...
FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn speaks about digital literacy (Yesterday at 2:53 PM)
Earlier this week at America's Digital Inclusion Summit, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn detailed the recommendation for a National Digital Literacy plan, including the creation of a Digital Literacy Corps. Here are her complete remarks: FCC/Knight America's Digital Inclusion-Mignon Clyburn from The Newseum on Vimeo. (Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:53:12 +0000)More...
Video: Montage from America's Digital Inclusion Summit (Tuesday at 8:15 PM)
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National Broadband Plan will increase digital literacy (Tuesday at 7:48 PM)
The National Broadband Plan aims to have broadband in 90% of American households by 2020 (currently, the number is somewhere around 65%). Affordable access is only a piece of the plan, however. The FCC recommends the creation of a three-part National Digital Literacy Program. During the America's Digital Inclusion Summit, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, at right, [...] (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:48:48 +0000)More...
New contest to create easier online access to government services (Tuesday at 2:21 PM)
America's Digital Inclusion Summit has concluded. Video from the Summit will be posted later. In the meantime, you can view tweets about the event by following #BBplan. During the opening remarks of America's Digital Inclusion Summit, Knight Foundation President and CEO Alberto Ibargüen announced a new contest to develop web apps that would access government and [...] (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:21:13 +0000)More...
Live: FCC previews recommendations for National Broadband Plan (Tuesday at 2:18 PM)
America's Digital Inclusion Summit has concluded. Video from the Summit will be posted later. In the meantime, you can view tweets about the event by following #BBplan. In opening remarks at today's America's Digital Inclusion Summit, Knight Foundation's President and CEO Alberto Ibargüen said: "The FCC believes, as we at Knight Foundation do, that you cannot have [...] (Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:18:54 +0000)More...
What Knight Foundation and it's grantees are learning from the Community Information Challenge (Friday at 7:15 PM)
Earlier this week, Knight Foundation hosted the Media Learning Seminar to help inform community foundations about the information needs of communities in a democracy. As traditional local news sources and investigative reporting decline, citizens are increasingly involved in the co-creation of new information sources, including online news startups, localized Twitter feeds from political candidates and [...] (Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:15:59 +0000)More...
SXSW Interactive: Picks for Journalists (Thu., March 4, 7:06 PM)
South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive, the year's most anticipated tech conference, is just around the corner - kicking off on Friday, Mar. 12 in Austin, Texas. Many of today's biggest web and mobile apps were launched during SXSW, including Twitter (2007) and Foursquare (2009). There's a lot of speculation about what this year's big hit [...] (Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:06:31 +0000)More...
Havana-Miami: Documentary project explores cultural connection between two cities (Thu., March 4, 5:21 PM)
Living just 90 miles apart, the lives of a dozen young Cuban women and men, six in Havana and six in Miami, are being chronicled in an online documentary project, Havana-Miami. In an article in the Miami Herald, Ilan Ziv, executive producer of the project, says: The idea behind Havana-Miami is to use human experiences that are [...] (Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:21:46 +0000)More...

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