Carnegie-Knight Task Force

The Shorenstein Center participates in an initiative funded by Carnegie Corporation of New York and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The two foundations joined together with twelve universities to develop a vision of what a journalism school can be at an institution of higher education.

The twelve institutions that participate in the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education are:

• Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
  University of Southern California, Los Angeles
• College of Communication, University of Texas
  Austin, Texas
• Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
  University of California, Berkeley
• College of Journalism and Mass Communication
  University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University
  New York, New York
• Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy
  Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Medill School of Journalism
  Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
• Missouri School of Journalism
  University of Missouri, Columbia
• Philip Merrill College of Journalism
  University of Maryland, College Park
• S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
  Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
• School of Journalism and Mass Communication
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
  Arizona State University, Tempe

The Task Force has developed a website, Journalist’s Resource, for journalism educators, students and journalists. The site provides access to scholarly reports and papers on a wide range of topics.

Based at the Shorenstein Center, the Task Force has produced five reports on journalism and journalism education. Carnegie-Knight deans speak out on public policy issues affecting journalism and journalism education. These have included a New York Times article on the impact of FCC regulations on local reporting, and a Washington Post article taking on the issue of government secrecy and the press.

The six reports are:

• A Report on the Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education, 2011
• Journalism School Curriculum Enrichment
• Mandatory Testing and News in the Schools: Implications for Civic Education
• The Internet and the Threat It Poses to Local Media: Lessons from News in the Schools
• Young People and News
• Creative Destruction: An Exploratory Look at News on the Internet