For immediate release: February 19, 2010
Media Contact: Bob Ross at 405/604-5388

Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Announces
$1.56 Million in Grants to Journalism Organizations

(Oklahoma City) --- Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation announced today the distribution of $1.56 million in grants to 22 journalism organizations nationwide.

 

Founded by Edith Kinney Gaylord, Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation's mission is to invest in the future of journalism by building the ethics, skills and opportunities needed to advance principled, probing news and information.

 

"We are pleased to announce grants to so many outstanding journalism organizations, many of which are pursuing entrepreneurial projects aimed at informing our nations citizens," said Bob Ross, President and CEO of Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation. "During this difficult economic time for the media industry, these organizations are filling a void and playing a critical role in our society."

 

Organizations awarded grants from Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation include:

           

• $150,000 to Center for Investigative Reporting to build and test a replicable model for regional news organizations to generate earned revenue.

     

• $125,000 to Center for Public Integrity for the development of digital infrastructure for Investigative News Network, a consortium of nonprofit news organizations. The design and development of a web-based hub will serve as both a networking and story distribution platform.

     

• $105,000 to Radio Television Digital News Foundation for ethics resources and training for online journalists, workshops on ethical news decision-making and high school student media training for Oklahoma teachers.

     

• $100,000 to Center for Public Integrity for Phase I of Rocky Mountain Investigative News Networks I-News, multi-media investigative journalism with an emphasis on data analysis, statistical analysis, data visualization and public records research.

           

• $100,000 to Fund for Investigative Journalism for the Regional Investigative Reporting Grant Program, providing grants up to $5,000 for U.S. journalists to investigate and report on regional issues, often with national implications.

     

• $100,000 to InvestigateWest for production and distribution of watchdog journalism on state and regional issues through the creation of a strong, self-sustaining Pacific Northwest Network of media partners, ranging from established print and online partners to hyperlocal online sites.

           

• $100,000 to Investigative Reporters and Editors for the 2010-2011 Watchdog program. The workshops, covering the basics of investigative journalism, are open to print, broadcast and online journalists working for traditional and new media or as freelancers, as well as journalism students and professors.

           

• $100,000 to Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism for support of its local, collaborative model for nonprofit investigative journalism.

           

• $85,000 to Alfred Friendly Foundation for professional development opportunities for mid-career journalists from developing countries, their fellow journalists and their mentors.

     

• $85,000 to Oklahoma Scholastic Media/OIPA (Oklahoma Interscholastic Press Association) for grants to high schools starting or improving newspapers and yearbooks.

           

• $75,000 to American University for the Investigative Reporting Workshop to create significant original investigative reporting on subjects of national and international importance for publication or broadcast.

           

• $50,000 to Associated Press Managing Editors Association Foundation for NewsTrain, delivering training to news leaders, especially frontline editors.

           

• $50,000 to Eric Friedheim National Journalism Library at the National Press Club for a one-year series of classes for journalists on honing their investigative reporting skills.

           

• $50,000 to FairWarning for an online publication focused on safety and health issues affecting consumers and workers, and related topics of government and business accountability.

           

• $50,000 to Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association (WETA) for Washington Week national broadcast and interactive webcast.

           

• $50,000 to Northeastern University to teach investigative and watchdog reporting techniques to community news pioneers and to reporters and editors at smaller, traditional news outlets.

           

• $50,000 to Voice of San Diego for research, development, production and marketing of a web-based resource aimed at helping communities replicate the voiceofsandiego.org model.

           

• $38,341 to Colorado College for four courses as part of the Journalism Thematic Minor.

           

• $30,000 to Association for Women in Sports Media for a member training grant program.

           

• $25,000 to Fund for American Studies for the Institute on Political Journalism and to underwrite one scholarship for a student from Oklahoma to attend the program.

           

• $25,000 to Newspaper Association of America Foundation for News Challenge, a training program for college students interested in working in digital media.

           

• $20,000 to Mid-America Press Institute Foundation for the College Scholar program, providing travel, room and board and registration expenses for student participants in MPI's 2010-2011 seminars.

     

 

For more information on Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation please visit www.journalismfoundation.org or call 405-604-5388.

 

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