A product of the Carnegie Foundation and the Knight Foundation, this partnership is focused on helping journalism schools enrich their programs to improve.

The Carnegie-Knight Initiative involves three distinct efforts:

1. Curriculum Enrichment that will integrate the schools of journalism more deeply into the life of the university.
2. News21 Incubators: annual national investigative reporting projects overseen by campus professors and distributed nationally through both traditional and innovative media.
3. The Carnegie-Knight Task Force, focusing on research and creating a platform for educators to speak on policy and journalism education issues.

At a time when technology's digital revolution is changing the news industry, the Carnegie-Knight Initiative will focus on preparing future media leaders to be analytic thinkers, clear writers and communicators, armed with an in-depth understanding of the context and complexity of issues facing the modern world.