Channel One and Knight Foundation Partner to Help Teens Learn the First Amendment.Multimedia Awareness Campaign Will Help Students and Teachers Focus on Rights and Freedoms WASHINGTON -- Channel One and the John S. and James L. Knight James Landon Knight (born 21 July 1909 Akron, Ohio, died 5 February 1991 Santa Monica, California) was an American newspaper publisher and founder of the Knight Ridder group of newspapers. He was also co-founder of the John S. and James L. Foundation today announced a new national campaign to help U.S. teens understand and appreciate the personal freedoms guaranteed them by America's First Amendment. Channel One, the preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae news and public affairs Those public information, command information, and community relations activities directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department of Defense. Also called PA. See also command information; community relations; public information. content provider for teens reaching more than seven million students in middle schools and high schools across the country, will use in the campaign a mix of Channel One broadcast programming, ChannelOne.com programming, public service announcements, student events, and instructional materials and resources for educators. The three-year program, funded with a Knight Foundation grant of $2.25 million, will begin in January 2007. "We are thrilled with the opportunity to broaden our relationship with Knight Foundation, particularly given the significant need to educate our next generation on the values of the First Amendment," said Judy L. Harris, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Channel One. "The foundation has a rich legacy supporting student-created news and civic education. When paired with Channel One's standing as a trusted, unbiased journalism vehicle that brings news into the classroom, we can create a powerful forum for students to learn, discuss and debate the First Amendment." The partnership between Channel One and Knight Foundation launched last year with a project to promote the nation's first-ever celebration of Constitution Day. The shared initiative encouraged educators to teach the First Amendment and teens to become proponents of the rights and freedoms guaranteed within. "Our surveys of high school teens show there's great interest in the First Amendment but also great skepticism," said Knight Foundation President Alberto IbargE-en. "Our collaboration with Channel One will help us take the message of the rights - and responsibilities - of freedom of expression and the press directly to the future leaders Future Leaders is a UK schools-led charitable organisation that aims to widen the pool of talented leaders especially for urban challenging secondary schools. It was founded in March 2006 by Nat Wei, a former founder of Teach First. of this country." Harris continued, "Channel One has reinvented itself in the last 18 months, becoming a 24/7 news and public affairs provider with a new home base in Washington, D.C. We stand today as the only multimedia, for-teens news network. Knight Foundation shares our passion for informing teens on issues that will impact their future. Together we can move the needle on awareness and ensure the First Amendment is not taken for granted Adj. 1. taken for granted - evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth"; "we hold these truths to be self-evident" axiomatic, self-evident obvious - easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind; "obvious errors" by so many of America's teens." Channel One joins a host of Knight Foundation grantees and partners in support of more First Amendment education in America's schools, including the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, the Student Press Law Center, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, the Bill of Rights Institute, J-Ideas at Ball State University and the Freedom Forum's First Amendment Schools project. For content, resources, and information on the First Amendment, visit www.ChannelOne.com and www.teachfirstamendment.org. About Channel One Peabody and Webby See WBI. award-winning Channel One is the preeminent news and public affairs content provider reaching more than 7 million teens in middle schools and high schools across the country, nearly 30 percent of teenagers in the U.S. In recent months, Channel One News has covered fast-breaking world events from regions such as Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Thailand, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (srē läng`kə) [Sinhalese,=resplendent land], formerly Ceylon, ancient Taprobane, officially Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, island republic (2005 est. pop. , Jordan, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, Myanmar, and Qatar. Channel One News programming has been featured on leading networks and news programs, including CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , ABC News
ABC News is a division of American television and radio network ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company. Its current president is David Westin. , the WB, Nightline and The Today Show. Visit www.ChannelOne.com to learn more. About the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Knight Foundation promotes excellence in journalism worldwide and invests in the vitality of U.S. communities where the Knight brothers The Knight Brothers were a soul music duo, comprising Richard Dunbar (b 31 May 1939) and Jimmy Diggs (b James Leon Diggs, 11 October 1938). Both had been singing in local church choirs, when they met while living in Washington D.C. in the early 1950s. owned newspapers. Since 1950, the foundation has approved nearly $300 million in journalism grants. For more information, visit www.knightfdn.org. |
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