Two Michigan organizations will benefit from the Knight Foundation's effort continued its quest to fill a growing void of news.
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced Jan. 13 that 24 projects will receive $4.3 million.
From the press release:
(Mary Ann here: The seven counties in this southeastern Michigan are: Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe, Washtenaw, St. Clair and Livingston counties.)Recipient: Community Foundation for Southeast MichiganProject: GreenSpace
Award: $352,000
To encourage support for creating more livable communities, this grant will develop an information hub for the seven-county region of southeast Michigan that will inform residents about how to be good stewards of the area’s natural resources.
The “GreenSpace” project will bring together all the available information on the topic – benefitting anyone from a family searching for a place to hike or bike, to a resident advocating for more parks and recreation and a government official developing land use policy. The hub will encourage users to contribute content and share links to information, helping to nurture leadership and action on important issues.
Details on the other projects are posted on the Knight Foundation's web site.
Recipient: Michigan’s Children, a partner of The Skillman FoundationProject: KidSpeak Neighborhood News
Award: $126,000
As a way to boost involvement in Detroit issues, this grant will help create a multi-media youth news service, where student reports will focus on neighborhoods and schools.
Close to 40 percent of Detroit’s population is functionally illiterate, and many Detroit parents lack a high school diploma – creating obstacles to their children’s success. Also, many low-income families don’t have the Internet access that could bring them vital information about their communities.
Engaging families by providing opportunities for their children to create high quality content will help fill the communications gap, bring young voices into public debate and empower residents and communities to create positive changes.
Hi i am the dan bloom in the Times story who coined the term crash blossoms or crash blooms, haha. i was JOKINg and the term too:
ReplyDeleteBody:Hi i am the dan bloom in the Times story who coined the term crash
blossoms or crash blooms, haha. i was JOKINg and the term took off.
who knew? by the way, can you blog one day on this new coinage of
mine, pro or con, dan bloom, Tufts 1971, in Taiwan forever now,
marooned here. and love it here. I wrote THE SNAILPAPER STATEMENT
today, and here's a preview:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that while the Digital Age
is upon us fast and furious, the print newspaper -- hereafter dubbed
the "snailpaper" -- shall persevere as a good daily read, a
fascinating look at the world around us and a valuable tool for
understanding oped pundits and above the fold headlines. Sure, the
dear snailpaper will also be seen as a useful tool
for wrapping fish at the Fulton Fish Market or lining the bird cage in
the den, but all kidding aside -- har! har! -- the daily snailpaper
can hold its head high and be certain of its place in the culture.
While news migrates in pixels and bytes to the Internet at an
exponential rate, piling breaking story upon breaking story and
turning everyone and his mother into a 24/7 news freak and RSS
aggregator, the plodding snailpaper will nevertheless remain the
bedrock of analysis and insight, from sea to shining sea, delivered at
a snail's pace, yes, read at a snail's pace, yes, and absorbed, word
for word -- on glorius printed paper! white newsprint reflecting inked
letters! -- at a snail's pace, yes, as long as the Republic of Letters
shall live."
Full blast here:
http://zippy1300.blogspot.com/2010/02/snailpaper-statement-mini-version-by.html
2009/1/15 danbloom <danbloom@gmail.com