Journalists were killed in unusually high numbers in 2007, making it the deadliest year for the press in more than a decade, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists’ end-of-year analysis. CPJ is funded by Knight's Journalism Program. More...
"But the death toll has not gotten the attention it deserves, partly because the public has become inured to the overwhelming violence and partly because nearly all the journalists killed in Iraq are Iraqis."
The author of Places Rated Almanac ranks the Akron metropolitan area of Summit and Portage counties as the fifth-best place in America for education. More...
The Knight Center for Specialized Journalism at the University of Maryland has brought together a group of editorial writers from across the nation to study the prospects for national health-care reform. They are grim. More...
The Sunshine Week alliance has begun a yearlong Sunshine Campaign project to bring the discussion of open
government issues to election campaigns from president to local city council. While
the initiative expands the scope of Sunshine Week to cover the entire election
season, specific events and coverage are still planned for Sunshine Week, March
16-22, 2008. More...
The ideas for legacy projects that will live beyond the World Equestrian Games will be implemented by a new Center for Community Legacy Initiatives, to be housed at the Blue Grass Community Foundation. Funding for the new center – $2.55 million over five years – comes via the largest grant ever to a Kentucky project by Knight Foundation. Read more...
A foundation will give $2.55 million to help Lexington jump-start projects that will enhance the city for the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, and continue to benefit the community well beyond that date.
The Carolina Thread Trail will use a $1 million grant from Knight to connect 15 counties around Charlotte with locally-built greenway trails. It's an ambitious plan that is expected to take 15 years; Catawba Lands Conservancy and The Trust for Public Land are cooperating on implementation. More on Charlotte.com.
Hundreds of children at the Boys & Girls Club will get work-force training starting next year because of a new grant that could total $2.5 million, including $1.5 million from Knight. More...
Three years ago, Trustus Theatre partnered with the Knight Foundation After School Project to give at-risk middle school students in the Richland 1 district a chance to learn about theater and acting.
The Knight International Journalism Fellowships program, administered by the International Center for Journalists has helped 30,000 journalists and media managers make a difference around the world.
The Citizen Media Law Project has launched the Legal Threats
Database, which catalogs the growing number of legal challenges faced by
those engaging in online speech.
