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President Bill Clinton will headline a Miami fundraiser sponsored by Knight Foundation and benefiting the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial. Knight, which has donated $1 million to the effort, is encouraging residents to learn more about contributing to the memorial planned for the National Mall. An expected 22 million people a year will visit the tribute to King’s transformational impact on the country, and the world. More  
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Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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Network of Local Video Web Sites to Enrich Local News

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Progress Report 2007-08



Managing Change Through Experimentation, Innovation

With an essay and four video stories, our new progress report describes our continuing transformation into a 21st-century organization. Three years ago we introduced the concept of transformation. We continue to refine the concept, welcoming experimentation and innovation as a way to manage change. Read it online now.

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Knight Blog
President Bill Clinton to Headline Miami Dream Dinner for Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial (Yesterday at 4:47 PM)
From today’s press release: Leaders of the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., announced today that former President Bill Clinton will receive the Foundation's “Humanitarian Award” and serve as the keynote speaker at a January 8, 2009 Miami Dream Dinner to raise funds for Memorial to be built on the [...] (Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:47:58 +0000)More...
Need Help Writing News Releases? (Tuesday at 2:42 PM)
Knight has just launched a new site, News Release Workshop to help you write a strong press release. On the site, you will find example press releases (here’s another), a structural worksheet, and why the Flesch Score matters. All site content is under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works license, so we hope you will share [...] (Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:42:49 +0000)More...
Live Webcast of Knight Commission Chicago Meeting Today (Monday at 6:53 PM)
Knight Commission member danah boyd posted to Twitter from the Chicago Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy meeting: You can watch the live webcast by clicking the top link on today’s Commission agenda page. Do you have thoughts to share with the Commission? Leave a comment below or Twitter @knightfdn. (Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:53:52 +0000)More...
Placeblogger Relaunches; News Challenge Screeners In Town (Friday at 4:56 PM)
Congratulations to Lisa Williams and her team on the relaunched Placeblogger site: Placeblogger is a 2007 Knight News Challenge winner (the $5 million yearly contest to fund innovative ideas in local news delivery). The 2008 Knight News Challenge Screening Team is in Miami today to work through all of your great applications. Here’s some of the energy [...] (Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:56:41 +0000)More...
Reflections from MTV Choose or Lose Street Team Member (Thu., November 13, 3:53 PM)
MTV Choose or Lose Street Team ‘08 (a Knight News Challenge—the $5 million yearly contest to fund innovative ideas about local news delivery—project) member Alex Parker wrote this review of his year covering the election for Kansas: I posted my final video for MTV News’ (EMMY AWARD-WINNING!) Choose or Lose Street Team ‘08, a [...] (Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:53:07 +0000)More...
Spot.Us Launches (Tue., November 11, 4:44 PM)
Knight News Challenge (the $5 million yearly contest to fund innovation ideas in local news delivery) winner David Cohn’s project, Spot.Us launched yesterday. An overview of the project: As David posted on his blog: The problem: Revenue. Journalism is a process not a product, but that process takes time and people who do it professionally need [...] (Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:44:07 +0000)More...
Announcing Knight Pulse (Mon., November 10, 11:43 AM)
Today, Knight is launching a new community site called Knight Pulse, a place to discuss the future of information. Updated: Here’s a video introducing the site: Despite the current explosion of information, we are less informed. And in a world defined by information exchange, we need new ways to give, share, find, and receive information in [...] (Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:43:03 +0000)More...
2007-08 PROGRESS REPORT: Experimentation Leads to Transformation
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