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Media Literacy 101: The Doritos Challenge

Susan Moeller | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Knight News Challenge, Hunger, Knight Foundation, Eric Newton, Washington Post, Op-Ed, Hunger in the United States, Caption Contest, Leslie Walker, Doritos, Media News, Media, Thanksgiving, Media News
Susan Moeller

Today's digital-media-enabled contests, perhaps even the most familiar reality-TV, American Idol-type kind, are popular because they promise a rags-to-riches success for at least one contestant.

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Chicago Community Trust Doles Out $500,000 For Local Journalism

Huffington Post | Posted 11.05.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Chicago Community Trust, Chicago Journalism, Community Media Workshop, Chicago News Cooperative, Chicago Youth Voices Network, Gapers Block, Local Journalism, Knight Foundation, Terry Mazany, Windy Citizen, Beachwood Reporter, Better Government Association, Columbia College, Community News Matters, Chicago News

Local journalism in Chicago is getting a big shot in the arm. The Chicago Community Trust on Thursday announced 12 winners of grants totaling $500,00...

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Media Literacy 101: Losing Our Ability to Listen to the World (in English)

Susan Moeller | Posted 11.02.2009 | Technology

Read More: Blogosphere, Arab Media, Bloggers, Icann, Knight Foundation, English, Domain Names, Global Voices, Chinese, America First, Globalization, Official Language, Technology News
Susan Moeller

The decision to allow Web addresses to be written completely in non-Latin alphabets isn't just a huge deal for most of Asia, the Middle East and wide swaths of the rest of the world. It's a huge deal for Americans.

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Traditional Media Falters While Non-Profit Journalism Grows

John Mecklin | Posted 10.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Bay Area News Project, Evan Smith, Nonprofit Journalism, Herb Sandler, Warren Hellman, Propublica, Journalism, Texas Tribune, Knight Foundation, Media News
John Mecklin

What sustains a not-for-profit magazine is a balanced approach to revenue that includes advertising, subscriptions, charitable donations and, as goody-goody as it may sound, a real belief that the journalism being done is important, and would not be done otherwise.

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Obama-izing Journalism: Can Reporters be Counted on as Stimulus Watchdogs?

Monroe Price | Posted 04.05.2009 | Media

Read More: First Amendment, Economic Stimulus, Newspapers, Obama, Knight Foundation, Media News
Monroe Price

How can we use this moment -- the need for skilled, consistent, ubiquitous journalistic accountability -- to address structural issues that diminish the Fourth Estate?

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