Exhibit 99.2


                  CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
                       PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

         In connection with the Quarterly Report of Knight-Ridder, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 29, 2002, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Gary R. Effren, Senior Vice President/Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the
Company, hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, as adopted pursuant to
ss. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

               (1)    the Report fully complies with the requirements of section
                      13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

               (2)    the information contained in the Report fairly presents,
                      in all material respects, the financial condition and
                      results of operations of the Company.


/s/ GARY R. EFFREN
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Gary R. Effren
Senior Vice President/Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
November 5, 2002