My e-ticket for the Miami trip. Here is why we are going:
New Knight Initiative Seeks to Address Local Information Needs Engaging Community Foundations
$24 Million, Five-Year Project Spurs Innovation through Challenge Grants
MIAMI — A $24 million initiative by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will engage community foundations in a grant-making challenge to find creative uses of media and technology to help keep communities informed and their citizens engaged.
The five-year Knight Community Information Challenge is launched as the media world undergoes rapid change and acknowledges that there is less local information readily available. The challenge is premised on two strongly held beliefs: 1) in a democracy, information is essential for a community to function properly; it is a core need, and 2) since community foundations are established to meet core community needs, they are logical partners in meeting the information needs of communities.
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