Reunion Seminars
The Sixth Knight Fellowships Reunion and Conference, held July 7-10, 2005 included a program of talks and seminars about the current state of journalism and its future, as well as the global reach of Islam, avian flu, civil liberties and hip hop.
Jul 8, 2005
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What Newsweek Learned From the Koran Incident
Mark Whitaker, editor, Newsweek
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The Power of Hip hop
Marcyliena Morgan, Stanford associate professor of communication and director of the Stanford Hip hop Archive, with Farai Chideya, 2002 Knight Fellow and co-host of NPR's "News and Notes with Ed Gordon".
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Civil Liberties Since 9/11
Kathleen Sullivan, Stanford professor of law, former dean of the Law School.
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The Global Threat of Emerging Infectious Agents (Avian Flu and Others)
David Relman, Stanford associate professor of medicine, infectious disease and geographic medicine.
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Announcement of the first winner of the James V. Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism.
Remarks by James Risser, director emeritus of the Knight Fellowships. (
Transcript)
Jul 9, 2005
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Rethinking the Muslim World in a Global Perspective, Azim Nanji, director of the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London and author of "The Muslim Almanac" and "The Historical Atlas of Islam."
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Three Futures of Journalism
Sandy Close, editor, Pacific News Service on ethnic media; Dan Gillmor, author, journalist and blogger, on grassroots journalism; and Rick Rodriguez, executive editor, Sacramento Bee and president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors, on the future of newspapers. Introductory remarks by Eric Newton, director of journalism initiatives for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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Journalism at the Heart of the Orange Revolution
Olena Prytula, 2003-04 International Knight Fellow, Ukraine. (Transcript)
