Messaging

Our key messages

The messages below are not necessarily meant to be used verbatim. They are intended to inform communication about Knight by representing the most essential key points about our foundation. If you have a chance to speak, write, twitter, lecture, email, or in any other way communicate about Knight Foundation, these key points help you make sure to cover the basics.

  • Knight Foundation promotes informed and engaged communities.
  • Specifically, Knight Foundation advances innovative approaches, participants, leaders and spaces to foster community engagement.
  • Knight advances journalism excellence in the digital age, through an array of media innovation projects and other initiatives.
  • Knight seeks projects that lead to transformational, sustainable change.
  • Knight believes that successful grants and initiatives require: Discovery, vision, courage, tenacity and know-how.
  • Knight pledges to be approachable, transparent and responsive toward grantees and everyone else it interacts with.
  • Knight experiments with digital technology, online community and new grant-making concepts to connect with innovators worldwide.

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