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What We Fund
Training and Education
We aim to speed the news community's digital transformation by working with both current and future journalists. See Midcareer Training Programs | Knight Chairs in Journalism
News and Newsroom Diversity
We help newsrooms and citizens use emerging technologies to better cover and engage their entire community.
Digital Media and News in the Public Interest
We intend to advance the best values of journalism through rapidly developing digital media.
Press Freedom and Freedom of Information
We work to advance journalism excellence, free expression and freedom of information worldwide through high-impact projects.
Journalism Initiatives
News 21 prepares students for a changing news industry
Top students at leading journalism schools work in teams to report large, complex stories using the latest digital techniques.
read more on $content.programNameKnight News Challenge: You invent it. We fund it!
Got big ideas? This contest offers $25 million in awards for new ideas that use digital innovation to transform community news.
read more on $content.programNameHigh school journalism trains the next generation
Highschooljournalism
.org, a scholastic journalism web site, increases student media in all its forms and improves First Amendment awareness among U.S. students.
Sunshine Week: Know what your government is doing
Sunshine Week is a national campaign to raise public awareness and support for open government issues.
read more on $content.programNameKnight Chairs in Journalism
Knight Foundation has established two dozen endowed chairs in journalism at top universities nationwide. The chairs are leading journalists who take positions as tenured professors within academia. They practice journalism, teach innovative classes, and create experimental projects and new programs that help lead journalism excellence in the digital age.
See a list of the 24 Chairs.
Knight's Media Innovation Initiatives
- Knight News Challenge: Contest in which media innovators compete with digital ideas.
- National Media Policy: A high-level commission explores society’s information needs.
- Digital Access for All: Pro-bono consultants help communities create universal access.
- Local Information Experiments: Community foundations join Knight in a matching challenge.
- Carnegie-Knight Initiative: Seeks to transform journalism education in the U.S.
- World Wide Web Foundation: Envisions the Web as humanity connected by technology.
A strategy of experimentation is at the core of these initiatives. Read more.
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