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In this video Eric Newton, Vice President for the Journalism Program at the Knight Foundation, says only 25 percent of community foundations fund journalism, but then tells why he thinks that number is about to grow.
If you want community foundation funding for local journalism projects, Newton says do your homework. Look at this […]

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is funding a $2.3 million study to see if citizens and communities are getting the information they need to participate in a robust democracy. The study is being compared to the Hutchins and Kerner commission reports.
This from a Knight press release:
The John S. and James L. Knight […]

This from a press release at the We Media 2008 conference:  
 Three-Year Grant Offers a Chance for 30 Innovators Across the Globe
To Foster Social Change Through Journalism
MIAMI - As journalism reckons with an uncertain future, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced today a partnership with Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, the world’s largest […]

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New on Knight Citizen News Network: Top 10 Rules for Avoiding Legal Risk
If you’re running a citizen media site or contributing to one, these 10 rules will help you avoid legal piftalls. Games, exercises and video advice from Harvard Berkman Center experts and Media Law Resource Center attorneys. Produced by Geanne Rosenberg, […]

An article at Inside Higher Ed has started an interesting discussion on the worth of journalism schools. Here is one example from Maria B. Marron, a journalism professor at Central Michigan University:
 …the ages-old debate about the value vs. non-value of journalism programs and arrived only at the conclusion, articulated by Alberto Ibarguen, that j-schools “ought to be […]