John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation "originated with the Knight family’s belief in the value of education. The brothers’ father, Charles Landon Knight, had a tradition of helping financially strapped students pay for their college education. To honor his memory, the Knight Memorial Education Fund was established in 1940 to provide financial aid to college students from the Akron area. Supported with contributions from the Akron Beacon Journal, the fund existed until December 1950 when its assets of $9,047 were transferred to the newly created Knight Foundation."

Trustees
Accessed November 2007:


 * Chairman - W. Gerald Austen, M.D.
 * Vice Chairman - Robert Briggs
 * President and CEO - Alberto Ibarguen
 * Cesar L. Alvarez
 * Mary Sue Coleman
 * James N. Crutchfield
 * Marjorie Knight Crane
 * Paul S. Grogan
 * Rolfe Neill
 * Mariam C. Noland
 * Beverly Knight Olson
 * Earl Powell
 * John W. Rogers, Jr.
 * E. Roe Stamps IV
 * Paul E. Steiger

Journalism Advisory Committee
Accessed November 2007:
 * Martin Baron - Editor, The Boston Globe
 * Farai Chideya - Multimedia journalist and author, host, "News and Notes," National Public Radio
 * John L. Dotson, Jr. - Publisher Emeritus, Akron Beacon Journal
 * Eduardo Hauser - Founder and CEO, DailyMe, Inc.
 * Michael Maness - Vice president of strategic planning for newspaper division, Gannett Co., Inc.
 * Geneva Overholser - Hurley Chair, Missouri School of Journalism
 * Ian Rowe - Vice president of strategic partnerships and public affairs, MTV

Contact

 * Web: http://www.knightfdn.org

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * MIT Center for Civic Media
 * Internews
 * Investigative Reporters and Editors
 * Larry Jinks - former chair of Journalism Advisory Committee
 * Julie K. Kohler
 * John S. Knight, Ben Maidenburg, Lee Hills, Creed C. Black, Hodding Carter III - Former Presidents