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12/27/2008

Alvah H. Chapman Jr., Civic-Minded Leader of Knight Ridder, Dies at 87

Alvah H. Chapman Jr., the former publisher of The Miami Herald and chairman of the Knight Ridder newspapers and one of South Florida’s most influential philanthropic and civic leaders, died on Thursday at his home in Miami. He was 87.
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Miami Civic Giant Alvah Chapman Leaves Legacy

The Miami Herald
12/25/2008

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Mike Pate: We must strengthen ties to our community

Tallahassee Democrat
12/21/2008
Tallahassee residents are being squeezed — and not just by high food and volatile gas prices.
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Medill Students, With Knight's Help, Launch Web Site with Facebook App -- New Way of Commenting*

Editor & Publisher Online
12/17/2008
Some of the first winners of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation News Challenge have successfully developed and launched a new Web site that gives Facebook users a variety of ways to comment on the news. Brian Boyer and Ryan Mark two Medill journalism students with a background in programming who were Medill scholarship winners (thanks to the News Challenge grant) along with four other Medill graduate students rolled out News Mixer. The site was developed using Facebook Connect for the Cedar Rapids Gazette in Iowa.
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Knight Foundation President Alberto Ibargüen Addresses Economic Outlook 12/30/2008: I'm Alberto Ibargüen, and I appreciate this opportunity to talk a bit about our work at Knight Foundation. As 2008 draws to a close, we’re very proud of the transformational work we’ve done to advance journalism and communities.