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Reporter Analysis Series

"Reporter's Analysis" is a series of articles produced by working journalists -- mainstream print, video, multimedia -- for publication on Knight's web site. If your publication or site is interested in republishing content from these please contact our Communications Department.

Stories of Transformation


Knotice is a new enterprise software firm in Akron. Alex Fledderjohn photo.

A Big Job: Retooling Northeast Ohio’s Economy

A Reporter's Analysis

Since 2004, philanthropic organizations in Northeast Ohio have worked together to bolster economic development in a region suffering from decades of decline.


Knight Funding in Miami’s Overtown: A Big Bet, a Bigger Challenge
A Reporter's Analysis

In 2000, as Knight Foundation marked its 50th anniversary, its leadership made one of the largest and most challenging investment decisions in its history. It would commit nearly $19 million over three to five years to help revitalize Overtown, a community less than a half mile from the foundation's Miami headquarters but far distant economically and socially from much of the city and Miami-Dade County.

Even as Living Cities changes, America's urban neighborhoods stay in view
DETROIT – Anita Williams recalls the day she moved into her new home: “I felt like a brand new person. I felt like I was a better person already. I had my own place.”

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
Even with tangible signs of recovery and a focus on the future spurred in part by Knight Foundation, the Mississippi Gulf Coast’s recovery has been slow.

Tempering the Immigration Debate: An Assessment of the American Dream Fund
From coast to coast, the newly documented surge in immigrants was changing communities. Inside some of America’s largest foundations – including Ford Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York — staff members took notice of the new figures. They sensed, correctly, that the topic of immigration was hot, and they wanted to get involved.