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Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism
https://www.journalism.cuny.edu/centers/tow-knight-center-entrepreneurial-journalism/Last activity: 07.10.2021
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The Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism trains journalists to launch and develop their own startup media projects. We run a four-month intensive program for media professionals from all over the world.
In September 2010, the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY established the nation’s most intensive program in entrepreneurial journalism with the creation of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, funded by grants from The Tow Foundation and the Knight Foundation.
The Center’s mission is to help create a sustainable future for quality journalism in three ways:
• Educating students and mid-career journalists in innovation, entrepreneurship, and business management;
• Researching topics relevant to the development of viable economic models for the new digital media;
• Funding, developing, and nurturing new journalistic enterprises.
With the support of the Center, the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY now offers the first Master of Arts degree in Entrepreneurial Journalism. Candidates for the new degree will take most of the same courses required for the School’s traditional MA in Journalism in their first three semesters and then spend a fourth semester immersed in the School’s intensive Entrepreneurial Journalism Program. Mid-career professionals and other graduate students can also apply to that one-semester program and earn an Advanced Certificate upon successful completion of the course of study.
Professor Jeff Jarvis is the Tow-Knight Center’s Director and Jeremy Caplan is its Director of Education.
In September 2010, the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY established the nation’s most intensive program in entrepreneurial journalism with the creation of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, funded by grants from The Tow Foundation and the Knight Foundation.
The Center’s mission is to help create a sustainable future for quality journalism in three ways:
• Educating students and mid-career journalists in innovation, entrepreneurship, and business management;
• Researching topics relevant to the development of viable economic models for the new digital media;
• Funding, developing, and nurturing new journalistic enterprises.
With the support of the Center, the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY now offers the first Master of Arts degree in Entrepreneurial Journalism. Candidates for the new degree will take most of the same courses required for the School’s traditional MA in Journalism in their first three semesters and then spend a fourth semester immersed in the School’s intensive Entrepreneurial Journalism Program. Mid-career professionals and other graduate students can also apply to that one-semester program and earn an Advanced Certificate upon successful completion of the course of study.
Professor Jeff Jarvis is the Tow-Knight Center’s Director and Jeremy Caplan is its Director of Education.
Overview
Location
United States, New York
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2010
Mentions in press and media 7
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| Apr 2, 2017 | Facebook, Mozilla, Craig Newmark, others launch $14 million fund to support news integrity | Facebook, Mozilla, the City University of New York, and other tech industry leaders and nonprofits have joined together to launch a $14 million fund dedicated to advancing news literacy. The money will be invested in the News Integrity Init... |
| Apr 2, 2017 | Facebook, Mozilla, Craig Newmark, others launch $14 million fund to support news integrity | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Facebook, Mozilla, the City University of New Yor... |
| Jun 5, 2016 | INNOVATE2016: For CUNY Professor Jeff Jarvis, Donald Trump is the emperor troll | Andrew Keen Contributor Andrew Keen is the author of three books: Cult of the Amateur, Digital Vertigo and The Internet Is Not The Answer. He produces Futurecast, and is the host of Keen On. More posts by this contributor How Facebook gives... |
| Jul 16, 2013 | U.S. Government Can No Longer Be Trusted To Protect The Internet From International Power Grabs | Editor’s note: Jeff Jarvis is the author of “What Would Google Do?,” “Public Parts,” and the Kindle Single “Gutenberg the Geek” and is cohost of This Week in Google. He directs the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism at the Cit... |
| Aug 12, 2010 | Keen on… with Jeff Jarvis: "We Should Switch to a Default of Publicness" (TCTV) | As the author of popular BuzzMachine blog and the 2009 hit What Would Google Do, CUNY Assistant Professor Jeff Jarvis has established himself as one of the liveliest and most incorrigibly optimistic new media pundits. If anything, Jarvis’ i... |
| I graduated from Columbia Journalism School and had 6 internships but couldn't land a full-time job. Freelancing saved me — and I've realized my elite Ivy League education failed me. | "Being a brand and your own company is something that never occurred to me in school," Eric Adelson, an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Florida, said. gremlin/Getty Images This story is available exclusively t... |
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FAQ about Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism
When was Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism founded?
Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism was founded in 2010.
What has the press written about Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism?
Parsers VC has collected 7 articles mentioning Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism, among them “Facebook, Mozilla, Craig Newmark, others launch $14 million fund to support news integrity” (Apr 2, 2017) and “Facebook, Mozilla, Craig Newmark, others launch $14 million fund to support news integrity” (Apr 2, 2017).
Is Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism still active?
Yes, Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 7, 2021.