The Norman Lear Center at USC's Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism announced a new program today aimed at measuring media impact. With $3.25 million in funding from the Knight Foundation and the …

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A study from the Knight Foundation found a correlation between student use of social media like Facebook and Twitter and their 'greater support for free expression rights.' Read this blog post by Larry Magid on For the Record …

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Study: Youth social media use relates to free speech support …

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Recently I helped co-author a new learning module from the Knight Citizen News Network: Likes & Tweets: Leveraging Social Media for News Sites.

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Recently I helped co-author a new learning module from the Knight Citizen News Network: Likes & Tweets: Leveraging Social Media for News Sites. It’s a pretty detailed resource, intended primarily for online local news startups — but the …

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The latest media innovation comes from the Knight Foundation and the Mozilla Foundation, as they join forces to promote “quality journalism and media innovation.” The Knight Foundation chose Mozilla as a partner due to its …

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