March 09, 2011
Knight names new VP of Journalism and Media Innovation: Michael Maness
Today the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced that Michael Maness will become the vice president of the Journalism and Media Innovation program…
Maness recently spent more than three years as Gannett’s vice president of innovation and design. While there, he launched several new brands and local sites. He also developed the news industry’s first daily web video newscast done without a television partner. And he was included in the Newspaper Association of America’s 20 under 40 list for 2006.
During the last five years, Knight has invested more than $100 million in a multi-faceted Media Innovation Initiative, which includes programs such as the Knight News Challenge and the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy.
In his new role, Maness will succeed Eric Newton, who will become senior advisor to Knight president Alberto Ibargüen. “Knight Foundation and the journalism field have benefitted enormously from Eric Newton’s leadership,” said Ibargüen. “Moving forward he will play a key role in pursuing strategic partnerships and attracting new ideas.”
The News for Digital Journalists blog is made possible by a grant to USC Annenberg from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
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