Journos now need fluency in multimedia, data, entrepreneurship and social engagement. Use this report documenting the desire and payoff of training to build a professional development plan.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on August 24, 2012
Topics: Craft, Education, Resources, Technology Tags: Analysis, Knight Foundation, Report, Reporting Tools, Training
Focusing on distribution as well as content, North Carolina explores how broadband service providers can "bolster accountability journalism." What is the answer in your community?
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on July 13, 2012
Topics: Distribution, Policy, Resources Tags: Accountability, Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie-Knight, Community News, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Information Needs, Internet Providers, Knight Foundation, Report
Findings from four major journalism funders leveraging millions of dollars over seven years. One key: make fundraising daily work. Useful to understand the landscape or plan your own strategy.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on June 27, 2012
Topics: Experiments, Resources, Revenue Tags: Ethics and Excellence in Journalism, Ford Foundation, Fundraising, Knight Foundation, McCormick Foundation, Nonprofit, Report, Revenue, Startup
Knight report examining eight nonprofit news locals finds three need-to-succeed basics: executable biz strategy, innovative audience engagement, and tech to support. VoSD, TX Trib, MinnPost included.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on March 11, 2012
Topics: Community, Resources, Revenue, Technology Tags: Business Models, Community Engagement, Foundations, Grants, Knight Foundation, Local News, Nonprofit, Public Interest, Report
Use your phone to help you report, publish or broadcast smarter with mobile tools. This Knight funded project offers special pages for pros, citizen journalists and news/media organizations.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on February 8, 2012
Topics: Craft, Distribution, Education, Resources, Technology Tags: Citizen Journalism, Guide, Knight Foundation, Mobile, Mobile Tools, Reporting, Toolkit
Bridging the digital divide with new media techniques to deliver content products to market, KDMC offers fellowships, access to experience and expertise.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on November 23, 2011
Topics: Craft, Education, Resources, Technology Tags: Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Digital Leadership, Fellowship, Information Ecology, KDMC, Knight Digital Media Center, Knight Foundation, New Media, New Media Platform, News Entrepreneurs, University of Southern California
Released in 2009 in collaboration with the Aspen Institute, this paper explores what people require to inform their lives in the digital age and how journalism functions in service of this.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on October 25, 2011
Topics: Community, Distribution, Policy, Resources Tags: Community News, Digital Age, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Information Ecology, Internet, Knight Foundation, Local News, Newspapers, Radio, Television
With a goal of "ensuring everyone’s right to information," the National Freedom of Information Coalition has been actively supporting state member groups' and journalists' right of open access to information since 1991.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on October 12, 2011
Topics: Community, Craft, Policy, Resources Tags: Access To Information, Accountability, First Amendment, FOIA, Investigative Journalism, Knight Foundation, Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press, Transparency, Watchdog Reporting
A rich collection of videos and articles from a gathering at the Paley Center for Media to discuss journalism education for the 21st century.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on October 5, 2011
Topics: Community, Education, Resources Tags: Audience Engagement, Carnegie Corporation, Carnegie-Knight, Digital Media, Entrepreneurship, Future of Journalism, Journalism Education, Knight Foundation, Online Tools, Paley Center for Media, Thought Leaders
Knight’s beta site is rich with research, reflection and reports from the field of news on innovation and experiments underway.
Posted by Journalism Accelerator on September 16, 2011
Topics: Education, Experiments, Resources, Revenue Tags: Community Engagement, Education, Evaluation, Experimentation, Grants, Knight Foundation, Nonprofit, Philanthropy, Publishing, Research, Sustainability