Special Publications

Welcome to the online library of Knight publications and periodicals. Bound, printed versions of some of these publications are available via email to publications@knightfdn.org.

Annual Reports

• 2006 Knight Foundation Annual Report: "Transform. Lead." Experience it online. | Download a PDF file.
• 2005 Knight Foundation Annual Report "Transformation" (Online) or (Adobe PDF)
• 2004 Knight Foundation Annual Report (Adobe PDF) "Networks"
• 2003 Knight Foundation Annual Report (Adobe PDF) "We the People"
• 2002 Knight Foundation Annual Report (Adobe PDF) "Freedom"
• 2001 Knight Foundation Annual Report (Adobe PDF) "New Crises, Enduring Commitments"
• 2000 Knight Foundation Annual Report (Adobe PDF) "A New Approach"
• 1999 Knight Foundation Annual Report (Adobe PDF) "The First Fifty Years"
• 1997 Knight Foundation Annual Report (Adobe PDF)

Magic of Music Symphony Orchestra Initiative

• Magic of Music Final Report: The Search for Shining Eyes (2006)
• Magic of Music Issues Brief #5: "Smart Concerts: Orchestras in the Age of Edutainment” (Dec. 2004)
• Magic of Music Issues Brief #4: "Initiators and Responders: A New Way to View Orchestra Audiences” (July 2004)
• Magic of Music Issues Brief #3: "Bridging the Gap: Innovations to Save Our Orchestras,” (Oct. 2003)
• Magic of Music Issues Brief #2: "Bridging the Gap: Orchestras & Classical Music Listeners,” (June 2003)
• Magic of Music Issues Brief #1: "Orchestra & Community: Bridging the Gap” (Feb. 2003)
• “Classical Music Consumer Segmentation Study” (Oct. 2002)

Journalism Publications

• The Future of the First Amendment: Part III (September 2007)
• All Eyes Forward: How to help your newsroom get where it wants to go faster. (2007, J-Lab and Knight Citizen News Network)
• Journalism 2.0. How to survive and thrive; a digital literacy guide for the information age. (2007, API / The Learning Newsroom)
• News, Improved: How America's Newsrooms Are Learning to Change features the success of strategic professional development at more than two dozen U.S. newspapers. (April 2007)
• The Knight Open Government Survey, titled 'File Not Found,' shows that 10 years after E-FOIA, most Federal agencies are delinquent (March 2007).
• The Internet and the Threat it Poses to Local Media: Lessons from News in the Schools
  (Carnegie-Knight Task Force on the Future of News, January 2007)
• Mandatory Testing and News in the Schools: Implications for Civics Education
  (Carnegie-Knight Task Force on the Future of News, January 2007)
• The Business of News: A Challenge for Journalism's Next Generation ( Carnegie-Knight Journalism Initiative)
• Journalism's Crisis of Confidence: A Challenge for the Next Generation (May 2006, Carnegie-Knight Journalism Initiative)
• News in a New America: By Sally Lehrman. (January 2006) Read it online or Download a PDF file.
• The Future of the First Amendment: Part II (September 2006)
• The Future of the First Amendment: Part I (February 2005)
• Minority Students in Journalism (available in printed form)
• Newsroom Training: Where's The Investment? (April 2002)
• ASNE High School Journalism ONLINE HOSTING
• The American Journalist in the 21st Century (2003)
• Diversity Best Practices (2003)
• The Media Missionaries: American Support for Journalism Excellence and Press Freedom Around the Globe. By Ellen Hume(April 2004)
• Keeping Secrets: Public Information in the Era of Homeland Security by Pete Weitzel of CJOG for ASNE. (May 2004)

Communities Program

• Listening and Learning: Community Indicator Profiles of Knight Foundation Communities and the Nation (March 2001)
• Listening and Learning 2004 and and Appendix to Listening and Learning 2004 (March 2004)
• Growing the Middle Class: Connecting All Miami-Dade County Residents to Economic Opportunity (June 2004)

Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics

• March 1991 Report: Keeping Faith with the Student-Athlete: A New Model for Intercollegiate Athletics"

• March 1992 Report: "A Solid Start: A Report on Reform Of Intercollegiate Athletics"

• March 1993 Report: "A New Beginning for a New Century: Intercollegiate Athletics in the United States"

• 1999 Reprinting: Reports of the Knight Commission 1991-93
• June 2001 Report: "A Call to Action: Reconnecting College Sports and Higher Education"

White Papers prepared for the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics

• Sept. 7, 2004: Robert Frank Report "Challenging the Myth: A Review of the Links Among College Athletic Success, Student Quality, and Donations"
• Sept. 17, 2004: John Sandbrook Report
  "Division I-A Postseason Football History and Status"