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		<title>Sunshine Week comes to Washington DC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With political leaders pledging great transparency, do we still need Sunshine Week to promote open government?
Absolutely.
This year's Knight Open Government Survey, done by George Washington University's  National Security Archive,  found that only 13 of 90 surveyed federal agencies have made any concrete changes to their Freedom of Information practices even though the president directed them to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.knightblog.org/sunshine-week-comes-to-washington-dc</link>
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		<title>Co-chair of Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics honored for leadership excellence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, William English "Brit" Kirwan, co-chair of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, was awarded the 2010 TIAA-CREF Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence. Kirwan is Chancellor of the University System of Maryland.
"Chancellor Kirwan brings a collaborative and cooperative leadership style to higher education welcoming all viewpoints," said Stephanie Bell-Rose, Managing Director [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.knightblog.org/knight-commission-on-intercollegiate-athletics-co-chair-honored-for-leadership-excellence</link>
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		<title>Knight Foundation will have novelist Chenjerai Hove as its guest for the next two years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Zimbabwe novelist Chenjerai Hove will be calling Miami home for at least the next two years. As a guest of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Hove will give guest lectures to Miami Dade students, and also interact with the general public by attending a variety of community events. His stay was coordinated [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.knightblog.org/knight-foundation-will-have-novelist-chengerai-hove-as-its-guest-for-the-next-two-years</link>
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		<title>FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn speaks about digital literacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week at America's Digital Inclusion Summit, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn detailed the recommendation for a National Digital Literacy plan, including the creation of a Digital Literacy Corps. Here are her complete remarks:

FCC/Knight America's Digital Inclusion-Mignon Clyburn from The Newseum on Vimeo.
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		<link>http://www.knightblog.org/fcc-commissioner-speaks-about-digital-literacy</link>
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		<title>Video: Montage from America&#039;s Digital Inclusion Summit</title>
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		<link>http://www.knightblog.org/video-digital-inclusion-summi</link>
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		<title>National Broadband Plan will increase digital literacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Broadband Plan aims to have broadband in 90% of American households by 2020 (currently, the number is somewhere around 65%). Affordable access is only a piece of the plan, however.
The FCC recommends the creation of a three-part National Digital Literacy Program. During the America's Digital Inclusion Summit, FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, at right, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.knightblog.org/national-broadband-plan-will-increase-digital-literacy</link>
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		<title>New contest to create easier online access to government services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[America's Digital Inclusion Summit has concluded. Video from the Summit will be posted later. In the meantime, you can view tweets about the event by following #BBplan.
During the opening remarks of America's Digital Inclusion Summit, Knight Foundation President and CEO Alberto Ibargüen announced a new contest to develop web apps that would access government and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.knightblog.org/new-contest-to-create-easier-online-access-to-government-services</link>
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		<title>Live: FCC previews recommendations for National Broadband Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[America's Digital Inclusion Summit has concluded. Video from the Summit will be posted later. In the meantime, you can view tweets about the event by following #BBplan.
In opening remarks at today's America's Digital Inclusion Summit, Knight Foundation's President and CEO Alberto Ibargüen said:
"The FCC believes, as we at Knight Foundation do, that you cannot have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.knightblog.org/live-fcc-previews-recommendations-for-national-broadband-plan</link>
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		<title>What Knight Foundation and its grantees are learning from the Community Information Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Knight Foundation hosted the Media Learning Seminar to help inform community foundations about the information needs of communities in a democracy. As traditional local news sources and investigative reporting decline, citizens are increasingly involved in the co-creation of new information sources, including online news startups, localized Twitter feeds from political candidates and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.knightblog.org/learning-from-cic</link>
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		<title>SXSW Interactive: Picks for Journalists</title>
		<description><![CDATA[South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive, the year's most anticipated tech conference, is just around the corner - kicking off on Friday, Mar. 12 in Austin, Texas. Many of today's biggest web and mobile apps were launched during SXSW, including Twitter (2007) and Foursquare (2009). There's a lot of speculation about what this year's big hit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.knightblog.org/sxsw-interactive-picks-for-journalists</link>
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