For immediate release: February 10, 2009

Media Contact:  Bob Ross at 405/604-5388

 

 

Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Announces

$1.27 Million in Grants to Journalism Organizations

 

(Oklahoma City) --- Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation announced today the distribution of $1.27 Million in grants to 19 journalism organizations nationwide.

 

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

 

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

           

• $145,000 to Radio and Television News Directors Foundation for Preserving Ethical Journalism Standards in the Digital Age, providing training to newsroom managers, journalists, educators and students across the country.

     

• $120,000 to Arizona State University for the Edith Kinney Gaylord Visiting Professor in Journalism Ethics.

           

• $100,000 to Fund for Investigative Journalism. The Fund gives grants, ranging from $500 to $10,000, to reporters working outside the protection and backing of major news organizations.

           

• $100,000 to International Center for Journalists for the 2009 World Affairs Journalism Fellowship program.

           

• $100,000 to Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. The Center will focus on Wisconsin communities to produce investigative journalism in the public interest.

           

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

           

• $76,133 to Center for Public Integrity for the Pearl Project, a faculty-student initiative at Georgetown University investigating the circumstances of reporter Daniel Pearls kidnapping and murder.

           

• $75,000 to American University for the Investigative Reporting Workshop. The workshop undertakes investigative reporting projects for multimedia publication or broadcast, serves as an incubator for innovative projects and as a laboratory for testing new tools and techniques.

           

• $75,000 to Investigative Reporters and Editors for Watchdog Workshops focusing on the best practices of investigative journalism and Web 2.0.

           

• $60,000 to University of Montana for Reznet Online Journalism Training and Mentoring Project for Native American College Students.

           

• $54,450 to Understanding Government for Government in My Backyard, a pilot focusing on local reporting about the way federal monies are spent in towns around the country.

     

• $50,000 to Alfred Friendly Foundation for professional development opportunities for mid-career journalists from developing countries, their fellow journalists, and their mentors.

           

• $50,000 to Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation for NBC's Ann Curry's participation in the Reflections of Hope Award dinner on April 19, 2009 and the National Media Symposium on April 20, 2009.

     

• $50,000 to University of Maryland for the Journalism Center on Children & Families.

     

• $40,000 to George Washington University for This Just In! A Series on Democracy and the Press, a one-hour, weekly radio/online series of audio walking tours of current exhibits, as well as special programs, seminars and symposia at The Newseum.

           

• $30,000 to Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources for the Energy Country Institute, an 8-day expedition style program in the Four Corners region helping journalists better understand regional and national issues of energy production and energy conservation.

           

• $25,000 to PublicMedia for general operating funds for Chi-Town Daily News, a nonprofit online newspaper covering Chicago. A neighborhood reporting program and a public affairs reporting program create opportunities for civic engagement and informed public debate.

           

• $25,000 to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for the Global Investigative Journalism Network for an improved and dynamic website offering forums for discussion, resources for reporting, online training modules, digital working space and guidance.

           

• $7,000 to Oklahoma Christian University for acquisition of copyrighted materials for the 7th edition of Media Ethics: Issues and Cases to be published by McGraw-Hill in 2010.

 

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

 

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