Media Decoder: $250,000 Grant to Finance Website Tied to PBS Series

The Knight Foundation plans to give money to the PBS series “How We Got to Now” to create a site aimed at encouraging idea-sharing among civic leaders, urban planners, designers and others.



NPR Gets $17 Million in Grants to Expand Coverage and Develop Digital Platform

The grants, to be announced Monday, come just three months after NPR, which is facing financial difficulties, said it would cut 10 percent of its staff.

    



Media Decoder: Center to Offer Tools for Gauging Impact of Media

With $3.25 million from two foundations, the Norman Lear Center will create a “global hub” for people who want to measure the actual impact of media.

    

Professor Sues Columbia, Claiming Misuse of Funds

Sylvia Nasar, a professor and the author of “A Beautiful Mind,” said the university had mishandled money received from the Knight Foundation.