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Knight Foundation Announces $2 Million Grant from Google

[Source: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, October 26, 2010]
Donation will support the foundation’s media innovation initiatives.MIAMI – Knight Foundation announced today that it has received a $2 million grant from Google Inc. to support the foundation’s ...

FACT Challenge Submissions Closed With 90 Social Justice Projects

[Source: NetSquared.org, by Claire Sale, October 7, 2010]
The 2nd annual FACT Social Justice Challenge called for your innovative projects that leverage web and/or mobile technologies to foster collaboration around social justice issues. Submissions ...

From Distribution to Audience Engagement

[Source: The Fledgling Fund, September 8, 2010]
The Fledgling Fund has released a new white paper, as a part of their effort to deepen their understanding of the processes that support a film contributing to social change. Please read their ...

Grantee Tells Its Own Story from the Inside Out

[Source: Heinz Endowments]
Last year, the Heinz Endowments launched a new interactive section of its website, “In the Spotlight,” where grantees have a forum to tell their stories directly as they know best. Now in the ...

OSI Presents - A Multimedia Katrina Review

[Source: Open Society Institute, August 31, 2010]
The Open Society Foundations have been engaged in strengthening civic engagement in New Orleans for more than a decade—work that became even more urgent and nationally relevant after Hurricane ...

FACT Challenge Submissions Open

[Source: NetSquared.org, August 23, 2010]
The French American Charitable Trust (FACT) is pleased to announce the second annual FACT Social Justice Awards.  FACT is committed to addressing the fundamental inequalities and ...

Knight Foundation Launches Technology for Engagement

[Source: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, by Paula Ellis, Damian Thorman, August 24, 2010]
Five projects that use technology to help residents take action to strengthen their communities will receive $2.23 million in funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The support ...

NBPC Presents: Rip and Rebind

[Source: BlackPublicMedia.org, August 19, 2010]
Rip and Rebind is an anthropological snapshot of life taken with hip-hop's camera. Through a collaged narrative reflecting the mash-up genre whose origins are largely found in Hip-Hop, this sonic ...

Solving the Challenges of the News Frontier

[Source: Carnegie.org, August 2, 2010]
A Way Forward: Solving the Challenges of the News Frontier, a report of the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education, assesses the road ahead in which entrepreneurial ...

ZeroDivide Receives Stimulus Funding to Foster New Generation of Technology Adopters in Underserved Youth and Tribal Communities

[Source: ZeroDivide, August 18, 2010]
ZeroDivide was today awarded $2,070,399 in two grants from the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Vice-President Joe Biden announced the ...