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| 01.05.2025 | Billionaire Lukas Walton names new CIO for his family office | Walmart heir Lukas Walton’s Builders Vision tackles environmental challenges through philanthropy and impact investing.
Walton has named Noelle Laing as the new chief investment officer for his family office.
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| 17.03.2025 | Downtown Detroit Partnership Secures Knight Foundation Grant to Enrich Downtown Detroit | Funding to benefit accessibility, inclusivity, and design of Downtown Parks and Public Spaces DETROIT, MI, UNITED STATES, March 17, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation have granted $800,000 to the Detroit D... |
| 11.02.2025 | ROOST Initiative: A New Dawn for Online Safety in the AI Era | In the heart of Paris, a new initiative is taking flight. The Robust Open Online Safety Tools (ROOST) initiative was unveiled at the French AI Action Summit on February 10, 2025. This ambitious project aims to create a safer digital landsca... |
| 10.02.2025 | Leading Technology Companies and Foundations Back New Initiative to Provide Free, Open-Source Tools for a Safer Internet in the AI Era | Unveiled at the French AI Action Summit, ROOST equips builders with scalable solutions to promote AI safety and help protect young people in the digital age
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| 10.02.2025 | New ROOST initiative launches at Paris AI Summit and aims to secure AI with open source safety tools | Today sees the launch of the Robust Open Online Safety Tools (ROOST) initiative at the AI Action Summit in Paris.
ROOST is a new non-profit organisation incubated at the Institute of Global Politics at Columbia University 'that brings toget... |
| 20.11.2024 | Real or Fake? Finding the best ways to detect digital deception | Professor Matthew Wright, left, and Ph.D. students Saniat (John) Sohrawardi and Kelly Wu are developing a deepfake detection platform that helps evaluators pick out the right tool for the job.
Deepfake technology has people wondering — is w... |
| 19.11.2024 | The New Age of News: Influencers and the Information Landscape | In the digital age, news is no longer confined to traditional media. A seismic shift is underway. About 20% of Americans now turn to social media influencers for their news. This is not just a trend; it’s a transformation. The landscape of ... |
| 18.11.2024 | About 20% of Americans regularly get their news from influencers on social media, report says | The Republican and Democratic national conventions had credentialed influencers to cover their events this past summer. Vice President Kamala Harris sat down with Alex Cooper for her “Call Her Daddy” podcast and talked a little Bay Area bas... |
| 04.08.2024 | The Local News Crisis: A Call to Action for Communities | In the vast landscape of American journalism, local news is the lifeblood of communities. Yet, this vital resource is dwindling. More than half of U.S. counties lack substantial local news coverage. This is not just a statistic; it’s a warn... |
| 03.08.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Brier Dudley: Americans hunger for decent local news coverage | More than half of U.S. counties no longer have any substantial local news coverage, because so many local papers have failed or cut back, so it’s going to be harder to find out what’s going on locally.
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| 14.07.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Jacob L. Nelson: Why are journalists obsessed with Biden’s age? It’s because they’ve finally found an interesting election story
By Jacob L. Nelson | By Jacob L. Nelson
Since President Joe Biden’s disastrous presidential debate on June 27, 2024, election news coverage has focused on one question: Will he remain in the race?
This focus has been apparent to even the most casual of news con... |
| 01.07.2024 | Everlit Partners with Newspack and Automattic to Revolutionize AI Audio in Newsrooms | Everlit + Newspack
Everlit, an emerging innovator in AI-driven media, is proud to announce a partnership with Newspack, and Automattic company, to bring cutting-edge AI audio technology to their newsrooms around the world. This collaboratio... |
| 12.06.2024 | Stetson President Joins 70 College Presidents to Uphold Free Expression on Campuses | Stetson University President Christopher F. Roellke, PhD
Stetson University President Christopher F. Roellke, PhD, is joining 70 other college presidents from across the country to advance higher education's pivotal role in preparing studen... |
| 12.06.2024 | Newspaper Drops Paywall, Moves To Reader Patronage, Generates 37% More Revenue | The problems and unfairness of the copyright system are so manifest that many would like to adopt alternative approaches. But that’s a big step, and one that undoubtedly requires a certain courage. Every example that shows how the move work... |
| 06.05.2024 | Inside libraries' battle for better e-book access | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
Librarians are mounting a fierce state-by-state battle against the high prices they pay to provide patrons with e-books — so far, with little to show for it.
Why it matters: The ongoing dispute threat... |
| 16.03.2024 | Public officials have new rules about blocking you on social media, SCOTUS decides | Politics Public officials have new rules about blocking you on social media, SCOTUS decides
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| 12.03.2024 | KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE SELECTS DR. MOHAMED ABOUSALEM AS ITS THIRD PRESIDENT | Dr. Abousalem succeeds Dr. Sheldon Schuster, KGI's president since 2003.
Claremont, CA, March 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Keck Graduate Institute’s (KGI) Board of Trustees has selected Dr. Mohamed Abousalem, P.Eng., MBA, to succeed KGI's c... |
| 20.02.2024 | 58 Black investors changing the venture capital industry with firms that fund diverse startup founders | Tech 58 Black investors changing the venture capital industry with firms that fund diverse startup founders
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| 25.01.2024 | Techdirt Podcast Episode 377: Protocols, Not Platforms | We’ve got a nice fresh live recording for you today! Just yesterday, Mike was at the Knight Foundation’s INFORMED Conference to participate in a panel discussion with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber, moderated by former Twitter Trust & Safety he... |
| 22.09.2023 | What The $500 Million Fix For Local News Says About Trust And Impact | Press Forward, a coalition of foundations and philanthropists, announced, two weeks ago, an initiative that would pool 500 million dollars to address the crisis of disappearing local news and information, and accelerate promising trends to ... |
| 19.07.2023 | Small, Diverse, Emerging Fund Managers Are Changing Venture Capital | Elizabeth Galbut and Pocket Sun, co-founders and managing partners at SoGal VenturesSoGal Ventures |
| 12.07.2023 | Avante Capital Partners Changes Private Credit And Private Equity For Women | The Avante Capital Partners team. Center left: Jeri Harman, founder and chairmen. Center right ... [+] Ivelisse Rodriguez Simon, managing rartnerAvante Capital Partners |
| 16.05.2023 | Illumen Capital just closed its second fund worth $168 million to tackle racial and gender bias in asset management using this 10-slide LP deck | Daryn Dodson, managing partner of Illumen Capital. Illumen Capital This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
A fund of funds investing to make venture capital more equitable just cl... |
| 10.04.2023 | Investing In Diverse-Owned Funds Reaps Returns For Kresge Foundation | John A. Barker, Kresge Foundation vice president and chief investment officerKresge Foundation |
| 22.02.2023 | 51 Black investors changing the VC industry with firms dedicated to funding diverse startup founders | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Funding to Black VCs rose to $3.4 billion in 2022 from $2.3 billion in 2021, new data reveals.
Yet, that's 2.1% of the record $162.6 billio... |
| 21.02.2023 | The Gazette and GBH News join pilot program to advance equity in journalism | GBH News and The Gazette are selected for the Maynard Institute's Equity and Belonging Newsroom Transformation Program. “With this pilot, we’re trying to see if we can operationalize the concept of belonging,” said Martin G. Reynolds.
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| 09.12.2022 | Proposed legislation would force US higher education endowments to reveal where they invest | In January, Missouri Representative Emanuel Cleaver will introduce the Endowment Transparency Act into Congress, a move that could, frankly, change everything.
Cleaver’s proposed legislation seeks to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 t... |
| 14.11.2022 | Florida Chapters of Global Women’s Organizations Launch the Florida Census of Women Public Company Directors | "We suspect most companies want to add more women to their boards and we are offering to help," says Deborah Ellinger, chair of the Tampa Chapter of WCD.
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| 29.09.2022 | What does the future of the #MiamiTech movement look like? The Knight Foundation’s Raul Moas weighs in | Facebook
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| 09.09.2022 | Applications open for new program promoting equity and belonging in journalism | Maynard Institute Senior Fault Lines® trainer Jean-Marie Brown leads a session for Maynard Institute fellows at USC in Los Angeles, June 28, 2022. (Michelle Felix Photography) Newsrooms that center the concept of belonging foster innovation... |
| 11.08.2022 | With Knight Foundation investment, ISeeChange will continue bringing Miamians together to combat climate change | Facebook
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Could a people-powered government help tackle some of our most pressing public challenges?
The Knight Foundation thinks so. It has just announced a $685,000 investment into New Orleans-base... |
| 08.07.2022 | Ben Smith’s New Media Venture Ably Demonstrates Why Platforming Authoritarian Propagandists Is A Lose-Lose Scenario | Former Buzzfeed and New York Times reporter Ben Smith is poised to launch a new media company named Semafor on the back of $25 million in donations. To grab some attention for the venture’s looming launch, Semafor recently partnered with th... |
| 23.06.2022 | New AGB Resource Prepares Higher Education Board Members to Balance Freedom of Speech with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Freedom of Speech and Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion cover "Upholding the principles of academic inquiry, civil discourse, and free speech is fundamental to college and university missions" - Henry Stoever
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| 28.04.2022 | The Power Of Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion To Improve Risk-Adjusted Returns In Private Equity | Group of Diverse Colourful Hands Raised with Symbols getty |
| 04.04.2022 | JPMorgan Chase, Knight Foundation, Miami Foundation and aire ventures launch $100M Tech Equity Miami funding consortium | Facebook
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| 30.03.2022 | Bridgewater's chief diversity officer explains how the hedge fund is using its new fellowship program to create a pipeline of diverse talent in finance | Advertisement
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| 23.02.2022 | Miami Dade College to expand emerging tech programs, open a Center for AI and expand ‘AI for All’ with new $15M investment | Facebook
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This vision will soon be reality: Every Miami Dade College student, regardless of their discipline, will be e... |
| 07.02.2022 | EXCLUSIVE: Woman- and POC-owned VC and private equity firms have hit an all-time high—but they still raise just a sliver of overall funding | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
JoAnn Price is used to busting venture capital stereotypes.
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| 30.11.2021 | Techdirt Podcast Episode 307: Evolving Norms In The Governance Of Online Communities | In last week's episode, we had a conversation with the creators and curators of the Knight Foundation's virtual symposium on Lessons From The First Internet Ages. This week, we've got the audio from the panel discussion at the symposium tha... |
| 30.11.2021 | Techdirt Podcast Episode 307: Evolving Norms In The Governance Of Online Communities | In last week’s episode, we had a conversation with the creators and curators of the Knight Foundation’s virtual symposium on Lessons From The First Internet Ages. This week, we’ve got the audio from the panel discussion at the symposium tha... |
| 23.11.2021 | Techdirt Podcast Episode 306: Lessons From The First Internet Ages | Earlier this month Mike participated in a content series and virtual symposium on Lessons From The First Internet Ages, hosted by the Knight Foundation, alongside several important figures from the history of the internet. On this week’s ep... |
| 23.11.2021 | Techdirt Podcast Episode 306: Lessons From The First Internet Ages | Earlier this month Mike participated in a content series and virtual symposium on Lessons From The First Internet Ages, hosted by the Knight Foundation, alongside several important figures from the history of the internet. On this week's ep... |
| 22.11.2021 | CodePath is expanding in Miami-Dade, thanks to a $2.25M Knight grant. Here’s its plan for increasing diversity in tech | Facebook
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| 11.11.2021 | Геостартапы: направление задано верно | Геостартапы: направление задано верно |
| 11.11.2021 | Geostartups: setting the right direction | Geostartups: setting the right direction |
| 01.11.2021 | Lessons From The First Internet Ages | On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week I'm excited to be participating in an event that the Knight Foundation is putting on, curated by law professors Eric Goldman and Mary Anne Franks, entitled Lessons From the First Internet Ages. The even... |
| 01.11.2021 | Lessons From The First Internet Ages | On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week I’m excited to be participating in an event that the Knight Foundation is putting on, curated by law professors Eric Goldman and Mary Anne Franks, entitled Lessons From the First Internet Ages. The even... |
| 08.09.2021 | Knight Foundation funds #MiamiTech initiatives that build community. Let’s meet them. | Facebook
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“As Miami’s tech community continues its rapid growth, so too does demand for community and belonging,” says Raul Moas, director of Knight’s Miami program. With that in mind, the John S. and James L Knight ... |
| 06.09.2021 | 6 things to know in #MiamiTech: Elon Musk’s tunnel vision moves ahead; robots on way; crypto and REEF news plus more | Facebook
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Elon Musk’s tunnel transportation is a few steps closer to reality in Fort Lauderdale.
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| 25.07.2021 | Lacuna boosts digital twins for metro transit networks with $16M raise | 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!
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| 25.07.2021 | Lacuna boosts digital twins for metro transit networks with $16M raise | All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now.
Lacuna recently raised $16 million to help cities build digital twins to better manage and monetize transit networks. The new funding brings the total investment i... |
| 28.05.2021 | Meet The Female Founder And Impact Investor On A Mission To Expand Investment Opportunities For BIPOC And Female Venture Capital Managers | Bahiyah Yasmeen Robinson, founder and CEO of VC Include VC Include |
| 11.05.2021 | Why Code for Philly and 6 other brigades just got $1M from the Knight Foundation | Code for Philly is one of seven volunteer-driven Code for America brigades to receive part of a $1 million investment from the Knight Foundation, the nonprofit announced Tuesday.
The funding commitment will be spread across the brigades ove... |
| 07.05.2021 | Facebook’s Oversight Board leaves the final ruling on Trump up to Facebook | Facebook’s Oversight Board announced on Wednesday it would uphold Facebook’s decision to restrict former President Donald Trump from posting on Facebook or Instagram immediately following the Capitol Hill riots, but went on to claim Faceboo... |
| 15.04.2021 | NFL star Malcolm Jenkins wants to open door for Black tech investors | Of the vast sums of venture capital invested in fledgling U.S. companies, the overwhelming majority of that money is managed by White men. One NFL player wants to change that.
Malcolm Jenkins launched Broad Street Ventures with the goal of ... |
| 06.04.2021 | Ana Paula Gonzalez to head SoftBank’s Miami Initiative | Facebook
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Ana Paula Gonzalez, who launched and built 500 Startups’ Miami operation, is now SoftBank’s director for the SoftBank Miami Initiative.
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| 23.02.2021 | Is Mandated Sideloading The Answer To App Store Deplatforming? | Smartphone app store policies have come into focus recently, following a series of recent conflicts between app makers and app store operators (principally Apple and Google). These include the removal of conservative-oriented social media p... |
| 12.02.2021 | Melissa Krinzman will be Miami’s new VC-in-Residence | Facebook
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| 10.02.2021 | Why Consumers Care About Influencers, and Why You Should Too | February 10, 2021 8 min read
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| 21.01.2021 | Knight Foundation funds founder mental health initiative and 3 more entrepreneurship organizations | Facebook
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Mental health: It’s an issue that has gotten a lot of attention in the entrepreneurial world lately. Entrepreneurship can be a lonely place, and the events of the last year only exasperate that.
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| 05.01.2021 | Substack’s Curious Views on Content Moderation | Online speech platforms can all count on controversy over speech and content moderation.
It’s what Evelyn Douek calls the “inevitable lifecycle of a user-generated content platform.” Platforms start with a small base of loyal users, but wit... |
| 23.12.2020 | Let's use this moment to benefit ALL of Miami | Facebook
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| 19.12.2020 | The rocket is on the launchpad: 2021 will be #MiamiTech’s breakout year | Facebook
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Host’s note: For this year’s year in review, I wanted a true long-time insider’s perspective. Auston Bunsen was one of the first developers and tech entrepreneurs I met in Miami, from back in the early Supe... |
| 14.11.2020 | Human Capital: Amazon and CZI face labor disputes as Biden promises gig workers better protections | Welcome back to Human Capital. In this week’s edition of HC, you’ll read about the latest labor struggles at Amazon and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, President-Elect Joe Biden’s promises to gig workers, a primary care network for Black pe... |
| 12.11.2020 | Miami’s Center for Black Innovation draws $2.1 million in grants to expand mission | Facebook
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Felecia Hatcher wants Miami to be a hub for Black innovation. Thanks to some heavy backing announced today, this M... |
| 02.11.2020 | Impact, Meet Inclusion: Zeal Capital Launches $50M Fund for Diverse Edtech Founders | Impact investment funds, which try to generate social and environmental benefits alongside financial returns, are a dime a dozen. But one outcome that has yet to materialize is leveling the playing field for minority and underrepresented en... |
| 02.11.2020 | How to Help Teachers and Students Navigate Election Anxiety and Noise | It’s been described as the most important election of our lifetime. And it’s happening as an ongoing pandemic keeps schools and businesses closed, as police brutality and racial injustice spur protests in the streets, and as the civic pilla... |
| 23.10.2020 | Yale may have just turned institutional investing on its head with a new diversity edict | It could be the long-awaited turning point in the world of venture capital and beyond. Yale, whose $32 billion endowment has been led since 1985 by the legendary investor David Swensen, just let its 70 U.S. money managers across a variety o... |
| 22.10.2020 | Nasir Qadree wants to see these behaviors change in VC | Bringing inclusion to venture capital is not just a question of who’s getting the funding, but also who’s doing the investing.
Nasir Qadree is a venture capitalist who has built a deep, diverse network of founders and funders. After a caree... |
| 23.09.2020 | How Coca-Cola, Old Navy And Other U.S. Employers Are Encouraging Employees To Vote In The 2020 Election | getty |
| 23.09.2020 | Cross Sector Partnerships Bridging the Digital Divide: Detroit Spotlight | Amongst its far-reaching effects, the coronavirus pandemic of 2020 illuminated another as-yet-unsolved plague on American society: the yawning economic and educational chasm perpetuated by the “digital divides” across access to high speed i... |
| 08.09.2020 | Why established venture firms should court emerging managers | Noramay Cadena Contributor
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| 09.07.2020 | Americans Disagree On What Content Should Be Moderated, But They All Agree Social Media Companies Suck At Moderation | No one agrees on how tech companies should perform the impossible job of moderating their platforms. But almost everyone agrees platforms are doing it wrong. |
| 01.07.2020 | A guide to investing for racial equity | From taking a knee to blacking out our social media to raising our fists in protest, many of us are experiencing outrage, frustration, anguish and empathy for all that is unfolding in our country.
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| 29.06.2020 | Knight Foundation Grant To Copia To Research Content Moderation, Governance, Rules & Norms For Internet Infrastructure | So many of the discussions around content moderation have focused on the so-called "edge-providers" (the companies that are more user-facing). We all know the stories about content moderation dealing with Facebook, Twitter, YouTub... |
| 29.06.2020 | Knight Foundation Grant To Copia To Research Content Moderation, Governance, Rules & Norms For Internet Infrastructure | So many of the discussions around content moderation have focused on the so-called “edge-providers” (the companies that are more user-facing). We all know the stories about content moderation dealing with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google,... |
| 25.06.2020 | This SimCity-type game will help players understand urban planning via Philly open data | With a grant from the Knight Foundation, a new video game out of Drexel University’s Entrepreneurial Game Studio (ESG) will help players better understand urban planning in Philadelphia.
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| 17.06.2020 | Startup Genome report offers ecosystem insights on the way forward | Facebook
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It’s been a year since Startup Genome put Miami’s startup ecosystem on the global map for the first time. At that time, the Miami metro area cracked the organization’s top 30 ranking of st... |
| 11.06.2020 | Why We Need More Black Voices In The C-Suite | NEW YORK, USA - MAY 26: The Wall Street Bull (The Charging Bull) is seen in Lower Manhattan, New ... [+] York City, United States on May 26, 2020. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Anadolu Agency via Getty Images |
| 10.06.2020 | Место Алексиса Оганяна в совете директоров Reddit занял глава Y Combinator Майкл Сейбель | Фото: Facebook Майкла Сейбеля
Reddit включил главу венчурного фонда Y Combinator Майкла Сейбеля в состав совета директоров, пишет The Verge.
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| 05.06.2020 | 5 things to know in #MiamiTech: New $100M SoftBank fund, a big LEAP for startup contests, Synapse and more | Facebook
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SoftBank this week announced a $100 million Opportunity Fund that will invest only in companies led by people of color. Just 1% of venture-ba... |
| 29.05.2020 | In Trump Versus Twitter, Decentralized Tech May Win | U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday, seeking to amend Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Section 230 prevents social media companies from civil liability for the content posted on them. The order targe... |
| 28.05.2020 | Landmark Study Examines What Ties Residents To Their Communities | The grand opening of Chicago's Bennett Park in August 2019. An Urban Institute report looks at what ... [+] matters most in attaching residents to their communities.Cory Dewald |
| 25.05.2020 | Boulder fitness businesses want to be trusted to reopen safely with coronavirus a lingering obstacle | Boulder fitness business owners are asking for a little bit more flexibility and trust from the government to reopen safely as the coronavirus lingers locally and other sectors of the economy begin operating at a slower-than-normal pace.
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| 05.05.2020 | COVID stories: How EveryMundo navigates crisis, plus ways to get help, give back | Facebook
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This is part of a series of news roundups about startups and organizations in the South Florida tech community navigating the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways. Send items for considerat... |
| 17.04.2020 | Election Modifications to Avoid During the COVID-19 Pandemic | As we approach the presidential election this November, election officials are developing plans to deal with the unique risks posed by the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. I have written about how states have grappled with past elect... |
| 30.01.2020 | Knight Foundation injects another $1 million to fuel Miami’s startup ecosystem | Facebook
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To deepen community connections and expand access to funding in the South Florida startup community, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation on Thursday announced a pledge of more than ... |
| 28.01.2020 | Flipboard expands into local news | Flipboard, the personalized news aggregation app used by 145 million users per month, is today launching a new feature aimed at bringing local news coverage to 23 cities across the U.S. and Canada, including major metros like New York, LA, ... |
| 20.11.2019 | With 1909, entrepreneurship resources grow in Palm Beach County | Facebook
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Imagine walking into a welcoming workspace where you can talk to a software developer, a graphic designer, a business mentor or a startup founder. On any given day, you can ask anyone for ... |
| 16.11.2019 | Investors in the house, and 500 Startups Miami’s Batch 2 rocked it | Facebook
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Vexi, of Mexico, created a first credit card experience for the enormous under-banked population. 1Doc3, of Bogota, built an app where Spanish speaker can get answers from doctors in secon... |
| 27.10.2019 | How do you defy the odds and raise founder-friendly funding? Read on | Facebook
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| 12.09.2019 | Knight Foundation invests $925K to fund The Underline’s technology master plan | Facebook
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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has made another key investment in The Underline, this time to fund a technology master plan for the proposed 120-acre linear urban park, biking and walking trail ... |
| 27.07.2019 | The Knight Foundation launches $750,000 initiative for immersive technology for the arts | The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is looking for pitches on how to enhance and augment traditional creative arts through immersive technologies.
Through a partnership with Microsoft the foundation is offering a share of a $750,00 p... |
| 22.07.2019 | How Miami Is Empowering Its Diverse Startup Ecosystem | Miami is a fascinating coastal city. It serves as a gateway to Latin America with more flight connections to LATAM than any other U.S. city. If fact, eMerge Americas, the first tech-focused conference uniting the U.S. and Latin America, is ... |
| 01.05.2019 | Knight to invest more than $1M in 9 entrepreneurship projects aimed at deepening connections | Facebook
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A fellowship program that provides top-performing local university engineering students with professional development and venture opportunities. An angel network that opens new investment ... |
| 20.02.2019 | The Fight Against ‘Fake News’ in the Classroom Gets a Boost | Years before phrases like “fake news” and “alternative facts” made their way into the English lexicon, Alan Miller realized that a time was coming when the truth would need defending.
It was 2006, and Miller—then an investigative reporter i... |
| 04.10.2018 | Fake news: Twitter still flooded with sham accounts | Twitter continues to be plagued with misinformation, with four of five fake accounts that were active during the 2016 election still in operation, according to a new study.
The fake accounts continue to publish more than 1 million tweets pe... |
| 26.09.2018 | Author Hits Detroit to Discuss Dangers of Automating Public Assistance | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
There are few life events more stressful than suddenly losing a job. One of the safety net measures in place for displaced workers is unemployment insurance: reoccurring, stat... |
| 18.09.2018 | Knight Foundation devotes $5.25 million to studying last-mile autonomous car service | 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!
Autonomous car technology is progressing at a rap... |
| 18.09.2018 | Knight Foundation devotes $5.25 million to studying last-mile autonomous car service | Autonomous car technology is progressing at a rapid clip. Google spinoff Waymo’s fleet has racked up more than 8 million real-world miles, and Cruise, the driverless car division of General Motors, managed in one year to reduce its cars’ di... |
