... 2009) – Emerging from 1,562 applications, 20 winners today received $3.7 million in the 2009 Knight Arts Challenge, a community-wide contest by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to find the best ideas for the South Florida arts. The winners' projects include: Putting an orchestra back in the pit during Miami City Ballet's ...

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is giving Detroit Public Library a $866,000 grant "to expand free Internet access to the public at the Parkman ... an ever-growing range of activities including job searches and resume building." Learn more about the foundation's investments in Detroit. _uacct = "UA-2257162-1"; urchinTracker();

"Over the next five years 18 artists around the country will receive $50,000 unrestricted grants from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as part of an arts fellowship … The awards, known as USA Knight Fellowships, will be presented to artists who live and work in the 26 cities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers."

... a broader applicant pool, particularly targeting software developers and entrepreneurs. The fourth annual Knight News Challenge (www.newschallenge.org), sponsored by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, awards up to $5 million a year for innovative uses of digital technology aimed at helping to transform news and information sharing. The ...

... based nonprofit media and technology organization and Knight News Challenge winner, has reorganized as the Open Media Foundation. The nonprofit media and technology organization was founded in 2003, offering ... each station to feature the best of their combined content. The Open Media Foundation will celebrate these and other accomplishments this Friday, Dec 4th at the 3- ...

... Johnson had his contract extended one year beyond his recent seven-year pact through 2016. The Faculty Athletics Representatives Association honored the late Myles Brand by naming him the winner of the David Knight Award... Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich has been selected for the Disney Spirit Award, given annually to college football's most inspirational figure... 2009 William V. ...

... latin superstar Paulina Rubio found the time to start her own foundation. Called Fundación Paulina Rubio, the foundation benefits kids with neurological disorders. Rubio announced her new foundation along with a benefit concert, titled "Paulina & Friends," which is set to take place at the James L. Knight Center in April. She revealed that her friends could include American Idol ...

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... she announced the worldwide launch of Fundación Paulina Rubio, benefiting children with neurological disorders. Rubio shared details of the gala concert, Paulina & Friends, set for April at the James L. Knight Center. "Friends" could include Jennifer Aniston, Matthew Perry and American Idol's Randy Jackson. "I'm sending out e-mails now and trying to get as much ...

... for the next generation. All ticket and print sales go toward matching the Knight Arts Challenge grant awarded to the BFI from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. This matching grant provides funds to maintain year-round ... and Kathryn Marks). Since 2009 the BFI has been under the umbrella of the Dade Community Foundation, a 501c3. About the John S. and James L. Knight ...

... between two Spanish-language media companies - and how it started at a Knight Digital Media Center training session Craig Matsuda ... ; in partnership with New America Media, the McCormick Foundation and the Knight Foundation. I have asked Craig to follow up with program participants ... of professional isolation. But a fortuitous meeting at a recent Knight Digital Media Center program has resulted in a ...

... we’re not interested.” Gotham Gazette is brought to you by Citizens Union Foundation. It is made possible by a grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Altman Foundation, ... of New York, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, New York Times Foundation, the Charles H. Revson Foundation, the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and readers like you. ...

... interest. The network, which received its initial funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, has been trialled on journalism projects that have received grants through the foundation's Knight News Challenge competition. "Unlike established media organisations that have the resources to pursue important reporting in the face ...

... the fans get their books, and 100 large was raised in no time. The Knight Foundation is pumping $3.7 million in to the South Florida arts scene via the Knight Arts Challenge, a contest of sorts to find the most innovative ideas ... The 20 winners were selected from some 1500 applicants. And the Victor Pinchuk Foundation has a new $100k biennial award for visual artists under the age of ...

... and clients, see the How OMLN Works page. OMLN received its initial funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and the first corpus of clients is made up of journalism projects that have received grants through the Knight News Challenge. These Knight grantees include some of the most promising ventures and innovative thinkers in online ...