Knight Foundation's Global Impact

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation focuses on journalism and communities, inspiring and enabling them to reach their highest potential.

Among the foundation's goals: to protect and expand freedom of the press and freedom of information at home and abroad; increase coordination of existing global programs and increase impact with new media; and target countries that are in transition towards a freer media.

Most recently, the foundation has made grants to foster and protect the development of emerging free press institutions in the Middle East, South Asia and East Asia. The centerpiece of that effort is the Knight International Press Fellowship program, funded by more than $19 million and administered by the International Center for Journalists.

Here are links to some of the global work of Knight Foundation grantees. The full list can be found at www.knightfdn.org.

International Center for Journalists, Washington, D.C.
ICFJ has launched a global business journalism program at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, the “MIT of China.” The program offers a two-year master’s degree in which students will learn advanced business reporting.

Inter American Press Association Press Institute, Miami
The Inter American Press Association’s Impunity Project has been expanded into a full campaign, with public awareness advertising, danger training for journalists, increased Rapid Response investigations and personal calls for action with heads of state in the most dangerous countries.

University of Texas at Austin
The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is training Latin American journalists who want to create self-sustaining institutions that defend press freedom and promote high standards of journalism. The Center also is developing a web site and distance learning models on the Internet in Spanish, Portuguese and English.