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29-466: In 2004, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation granted PBS funds to develop a public affairs network, Public Square, given the change in broadcasting to digital thus allowing stations to broadcast multiple channels. (Public Square was also a name previous given to a proposed civic series in early 2000s.) The Knight Foundation announced a challenge grant to PBS to launch this network on December 14, 2004 at

58-423: A core three-hour documentary block four times a day with other programs circulate in the other 12 hours. This gives viewers increased chances to see a program, which might be shown from 4 to 8 times a week. Stations may also choose to place their own programming, such as local government hearings and events, on their subchannel at local discretion. As of 1 January 2021, the current programming is: World

87-592: A grant. (Before 2010, an organization had to be a registered section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.) The process of asking for a grant begins with a letter of inquiry describing the project concept. In addition to the foundation's regular granting program, there are three contests (calls for entries): The Knight News Challenge , the Knight Arts Challenge and the Knight Community Information Challenge . In 2011

116-399: A subchannel and added by April 2006's WETA . San Francisco's KQED started broadcasting its own nonfiction encore channel before April 2005 as well. Following WGBH and WNET teamed up with PBS to roll out a national version of the local channels as World. The stations applied to air programming and PBS was used to distribute the network. The network was launched nationally on August 15, 2007. For

145-426: A year after taking the reins, Maidenburg fell ill. The foundation's headquarters moved from Akron, Ohio to Miami in 1990. At that time, the foundation's portfolio was valued at $ 522 million and staff had grown to 14 employees. On February 5, 1991, James Knight died, leaving a bulk of his estate, $ 200 million, to the foundation. Hills succeeded as chairman of the board. With the foundation besieged by requests in

174-478: A year which only cover 50% of the channel's cost. Stations are required to broadcast half of the network's broadcast day in order to retain their affiliation, thus many member stations with limited channel capacity usually carry the network in a 50/50 split with Create (as both networks maintain looping schedules). Cost are kept down as the channel uses rights and content previously available. Programming has come from PBS, NETA, APT and ITVS International. World shows

203-562: Is carried by the following stations: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation , also known as the Knight Foundation , is an American non-profit foundation that provides grants for journalism, communities, and the arts. The organization was founded as the Knight Memorial Education Fund in 1940. For its first decade, most of its contributions came from

232-803: The Akron Beacon Journal and Miami Herald . The fund was incorporated as Knight Foundation in 1950 in Ohio, and reincorporated as the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in Florida in 1993. Its first grant in the area of journalism was given to the Inter American Press Association , a press advocacy group, in Miami. After Creed Black assumed the presidency of the foundation in 1988, its national presence grew. In 1990,

261-686: The Digital Futures Initiative Summit. PBS would have to raise double the grant amount to get the foundation's grant. Additional, the foundation made a grant to PBS for the first program's pilot slated for the network. The program, Global Watch, was to be co-produced by KCET and KQED . The pilot aired on PBS' National Program Service, while the series would only continue on Public Square. PBS was also discussing with WGBH and WNET to fold Public Square and World together. WGBH and WNET were developing World in 2004. By December 2005, Boston's WGBH and WNET started broadcasting World on

290-817: The Foundation added a fourth contest, the Black Male Engagement Challenge . In 2015 a grant agreement was reached with Wikimedia Foundation to build a search engine called Knowledge Engine . Akron Beacon Journal The Akron Beacon Journal is a morning newspaper in Akron, Ohio , United States. Owned by Gannett , it is the sole daily newspaper in Akron and is distributed throughout Northeast Ohio . The paper's coverage focuses on local news. The Beacon Journal has won four Pulitzer Prizes : in 1968, 1971, 1987 and 1994. The paper

319-548: The Foundation's community and arts programs. Knight works in 26 communities in the United States. In eight communities, a local program director leads the work: Another 18 communities have 'Knight Donor Advised Funds' guided by Knight Foundation via local community foundations. In those communities, the local community foundation is the first point of contact for funding: The foundation endows Knight Chairs who are journalists in tenured positions at universities across

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348-464: The Internet's increasingly disruptive impact on the traditional media industry, Knight began a number of systemic changes in its approach to making grants. As one of his first actions as CEO, Alberto Ibargüen suspended the further creation of endowments of journalism programs at colleges and universities. The premise was that traditional journalism education had to change to meet the unique challenges of

377-567: The Sundance Institute, and Youth Media International. The channel used a new low-cost collaborative model where the channel would offer distribution services, but in return for which producers would be individually responsible for securing funding. In September 2011, a new general manager, Elizabeth Cheng, for the network was hired. United States budget sequestration in 2013 led to a temporary reduction in CPB's budget. To help mitigate

406-496: The United States. Journalism-technology labs in various universities are also funded by Knight Foundation. Knight Foundation funds multimedia training in newsrooms such as National Public Radio and through programs like Knight-Mozilla OpenNews. Knight Foundation presidents have been: John S. Knight , James L. Knight , Lee Hills , Creed C. Black , Hodding Carter III (1997–2005), and Alberto Ibargüen (2005–present). Any individual or U.S.-based organization may apply for

435-407: The board of trustees voted to relocate its headquarters from Akron, Ohio , to Miami , Florida , where it has been headquartered since. From 1907 to 1933, Charles Landon Knight , publisher of the Akron Beacon Journal , provided tuition assistance to college students in need. Following their father's death, John S. and James L. Knight created the Knight Memorial Education Fund in 1940 to continue

464-517: The channel bandwidth so as to forestall any FCC attempts to reduce the existing allocated bandwidth. The relaunched service planned to target more diverse audiences with a median age of 36. The revamped World had a monthly theme for coherence and personality to create online action and buzz. The channel expanded its scope of program offerings, such as reviewing archives, film festivals, indie producer hubs, public radio, Independent Television Service, Link TV, MiND TV, Minority Consortia, New American Media,

493-547: The cuts, CPB redirected some funds towards the World network, specifically in the amount of US$ 750,000 (equivalent to $ 981,000 in 2023), that had been earmarked for the National Minority Consortia. The network is available to stations that are member of APT and NETA (formerly available to PBS's National Program Service subscribers and PBS Plus members). Affiliation fees of 4 levels from $ 5,500 to $ 32,000

522-474: The digital age. Knight also began experimenting with non-traditional approaches to connecting with new grantees, such as contests that limited grantees to 150 words to describe ideas and were open to anybody. The first of these contests, the Knight News Challenge, sought ideas that used "digital technology to inform communities." In addition to Knight's pivot toward funding digital innovations,

551-550: The early 1990s for emergency funding to "save our symphony," Penelope McPhee, director of the Arts Program, designed the Magic of Music initiative . In 1992, Knight launched the five-year initiative with $ 5.4 million in grants to build the connection between orchestras and their audiences. In 1999, the foundation approved a second phase, expanding the program to a total of $ 13 million over 12 years. Knight-Ridder newspapers and

580-464: The first year, the Ford Foundation funded the company's investments' cost, and PBS contributed some funding from its own revenue-generating activities. By March 2009, the network lacked enough coverage to secure an underwriter. On July 1, 2009, PBS withdrew from the channel. By September 2009, with the sole exception of ITVS Global Voices, all the other channels left network. An overhaul of

609-575: The foundation also doubled down on its support of the First Amendment, funding regular surveys that gauged high school students' awareness of it, and helping create organizations like the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University to "preserve and expand First Amendment rights in the digital age through research and education, and by supporting litigation in favor of protecting freedom of expression and

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638-525: The foundation gave grants for education, social services, cultural organizations and some journalism-related causes. In its first decade, the foundation's financial resources came from contributions from the Akron Beacon Journal and Miami Herald , and from personal grants from John and James Knight. Other Knight newspapers also contributed in the early 1960s; this led to a limited number of grants to those cities. Despite several family ties,

667-482: The foundation held ties to 26 U.S. cities and in 1998, the foundation's board of trustees voted to permanently fund these 26 cities, independent from where Knight-Ridder bought or sold their newspaper business in the future. Across the 26 cities, the foundation deployed program directors to oversee funding initiatives. Each city has a Knight Community Advisory Committee, a group made up of local residents, which offer funding suggestions for their city. In 2005, to address

696-499: The foundation was legally independent of Knight-owned newspapers. Newspaper contributions to the foundation stopped five years later. At that time, the Knights' mother Clara, who died on November 12, 1965, left her inheritance of 180,000 shares of Knight stock to the foundation. The stock was valued at $ 5.2 million. Two years later, in 1974, Knight Newspapers merged with Ridder Publications to create Knight-Ridder Inc. , which created

725-571: The largest newspaper company in the country at the time. Lee Hills , former president of Knight Newspapers, became Knight-Ridder chairman and CEO. Hills, a foundation trustee since 1960, was the first person outside the family to head Knight Newspapers. In April 1975, John Knight signed his final will, leaving the bulk of his Knight-Ridder shares to Knight Foundation. The foundation opened its first office in Akron with two full-time employees: President Ben Maidenburg , former Akron Beacon Journal executive editor and his secretary, Shirley Follo. More than

754-469: The mission of helping needy Akron college students pay for college. The Akron Beacon Journal also contributed some money to the education fund. In December 1950, the Knight Foundation was created with a beginning balance of $ 9,047, transferred from the education fund. Knight Foundation incorporated in the state of Ohio with the goal of carrying out the work of the education fund. At its start,

783-513: The network was in the works as of September 8, 2009. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) funded R&D for the relaunch and covered costs so stations would not have to pay the license until June 2011. The network was relaunched in July 2010, with the revamped website slated for more of a roll-out on July 1. The relaunch would also draw in stations as digital tier channels and face more cable subscribers. Nielsen ratings improved using more of

812-455: The press." Under Ibargüen, Knight also expanded its support of the arts, through "Knight Arts Challenges" in a number of Knight Communities. The Foundation's website describes grant-making programs in journalism, communities, and the arts. Communities which had Knight-Ridder Newspapers in 1991, at the time of the last founder James L. Knight 's death, are considered to be among the 26 "Knight Communities" which are eligible for funding through

841-809: Was founded with the 1897 merger of the Summit Beacon, first published in 1839, and the Akron Evening Journal, founded in 1896. In 1903, the Beacon Journal was purchased by Charles Landon Knight . His son John S. Knight inherited the paper, in 1933, on Charles' death. The Beacon Journal under Knight was the original and flagship newspaper of Knight Newspaper Company, later called Knight Ridder . The McClatchy Company bought Knight Ridder in June 2006 with intentions of selling 12 Knight Ridder newspapers. On August 2, 2006, McClatchy sold

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