About Journalist's Resource
The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, part of the Harvard Kennedy School, 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 five, then nine and now 11 universities to develop a vision of what a journalism school can be at an institution of higher education.
The Carnegie-Knight Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education has three parts:
- A curriculum enrichment effort to deepen the journalism education
- News21, an innovative news reporting project for students that builds on intensive content-based coursework
- The Carnegie-Knight Task Force, which is the research arm of the Initiative, based at the Shorenstein Center
In addition to Journalist’s Resource, the Task Force has produced five reports on journalism and journalism education. The most recent is Journalism School Curriculum Enrichment (PDF).
The Task Force also coordinates group efforts by the deans to 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.
