The Future of Journalism: Where We've Been, Where We're Going Len Downie, vice president at large, The Washington Post, evaluates the hurdles confronting print journalism's transition to the web -- including mass layoffs and buyouts and falling advertising revenues. He also proposed several innovative models for the industry, including institutional or philanthropic support, micropayment systems and new media formats.
Q&A: Changes in the Knight Fellowships Program
It's not the same old story, not in journalism and not at the Knight Fellowships program. Beginning with the 2009-10 fellowship year, the program will put a new emphasis on journalistic innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership. A conversation with Jim Bettinger, Dawn Garcia and 2010 Knight Fellow Krissy Clark, reporter, American Public Media
Familiar Faces, New Models: How to be a Journalism Entrepreneur
Journalists discuss how they've adapted their reporting skills to experimental new enterprises. Jerry Capeci, '96, founder of GangLandNews.com speaks about switching from an ad-supported business model to a subscription-based revenue stream. Geri Migielicz, 2005, talks about founding Story4, a multimedia production company that supplies groundbreaking visual content to online news outlets that no longer have the resources assemble it themselves. Robert Rosenthal, Executive Director of the Center for Investigative Reporting discusses how the organization's reporters produce quality investigative content for a range of different publications. Finally, Jose Zamora, a Journalism Program Associate at the Knight Foundation, describes the foundation's News Challenge program, which every year awards $5 million to digital news projects that use open-source technology.
Alumni Speed Show & Tell
Knight & PJF alumni screen short excerpts of recent film projects or read from their recently published books. Farai Chideya, 2002 Knight Fellow alumna, kicks off this session with a reading from her new novel, "Kiss the Sky." Presenters
Jul 11, 2009
Obama, Sotomayor and the Future of Race in America Luis Fraga, former Stanford political science professor and noted expert on Latino and racial politcs, argues that Barack Obama's electoral victory and recent nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court mark a dramatic shift in the country's racial thinking and are indicative of long-term trends. Politicians, now more than ever, are needing to reach across racial divides in order to win votes, a seachange that is opening up new opportunities for minorities like Obama and Sotomayor to rise to the top.
The Frinky Science of the Human Mind
Stanford Business School Professor Baba Shiv delves into the surprising workings of the brain during his lecture. "Frinky," a combination of "freaky" and "funky" was an apt descriptor for the mental experiments he describes. Deftly incorporating the anatomy of the brain, Shiv makes the case that emotional responses are vital to responsible decision making, and that -- despite popular belief -- rational thought is perhaps not all it's cracked up to be.
6th Knight Fellowships Reunion & Conference
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
What Newsweek Learned From the Koran Incident Mark Whitaker, editor, Newsweek
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". Audio
The Global Threat of Emerging Infectious Agents (Avian Flu and Others) David Relman, Stanford associate professor of medicine, infectious disease and geographic medicine.
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."
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.
