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 Knight Foundation [...]
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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I was in a We Media Conference 2008 session entitled: the citizen’s guide to media literacy. I told of Jorge Perez’s course at Kennesaw State University entitled: Infomatics: Computers and Your World. Everyone thinks students are completely computer literate, but Perez finds there are all levels of skills. For example, few know how to use [...]
As you might know, the Harnisch Foundation under the direction of Ruth Ann Harnisch gave us a substantial gift to start the Center for for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University. We are up and running. Keep abreast of what is happening at SustainableJournalism.org 
Leonard Witt is the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University and the chief blogger of PJNet. His academic interests include public and citizen journalism and how to get citizens' voices heard. He has spent most of his professional career as an award-winning journalist.