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For immediate release: August 14,
2006
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism
Foundation Announces $2.1 Million Grants to
Journalism Organizations
(Oklahoma City) --- The
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism
Foundation announced today the distribution
of $2.1 Million in grants to 37 journalism
organizations nationwide.
Edith Kinney Gaylord started
the Foundation in 1982 to support local and
national efforts to improve the quality of
journalism practices among various media.
The Foundation provides funding for projects
that promote excellence and instill high
ethical standards in journalism.
Gaylord began her career at
The Daily Oklahoman and later
continued at the Washington Bureau of the
Associated Press where she was the only
female member on the general news staff.
Throughout her career, she covered some of
the nation’s top news stories, became
president of the Women’s National Press Club
and secretary of Eleanor Roosevelt’s Press
Conference Association. As a newswoman,
Gaylord covered a large and diverse number
of events, but her coverage of women’s
issues helped lead the way for women in
journalism.
“Edith
Kinney Gaylord was a pioneering journalist
and philanthropist with a life-long passion
for the news business,” said Robert J. Ross,
President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism
Foundation. “The Foundation board is pleased
to continue her vision by funding projects
that strive for high quality and ethical
decision making in all media.”
Organizations awarded grants
from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism
Foundation include:
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$200,000 challenge grant to Middle
Tennessee State University for Phase I
of the Video Systems Digitization
Project converting analog to digital
equipment for the broadcast studio.
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$150,000 to
the Association for Education
in Journalism and Mass Communication for
The Journalism and Mass Communication
Leadership Institute for Diversity, a
program that seeks to increase gender,
racial and ethnic diversity in
administrative and other senior-level
positions in journalism and mass
communication education.
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$150,000 challenge grant to the
University of Oklahoma for KGOU’s
Expanding Horizons Capital Campaign
which includes renovating the station’s
new headquarters in Copeland Hall and
upgrading broadcast studio equipment.
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$110,000 to the Carole Kneeland Project
for Responsible Television Journalism
for the Newsroom Leadership Conference,
an annual conference for news directors
that provides intensive training
including: ethical decision making,
newsroom systems, action planning and
newsroom coaching.
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$100,000 to Youth News Service Los
Angeles Bureau for the Foster Youth
Writing and Education Project teaching
journalism, writing and photography
skills to underserved youth in the Los
Angeles County foster care system.
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$51,000 to Rose State College for a
student broadcast studio, enabling
journalism students to have hands-on
experience in developing, writing,
videotaping, editing, producing, and
broadcasting a campus/community newscast
and monthly news magazine.
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$30,000 to Oklahoma Press Association
for Oklahoma newspaper representatives
to attend the National Newspaper
Association's convention in Oklahoma
City, October 11-13, 2006.
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$29,500 to Cache High School for
expansion of the journalism program
including training, equipment, bus
transportation, and summer stipends for
editors and trainers for two journalism
camps.
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$25,000 to Real Change for a technical
assistance program to help the North
American Street Newspaper Association’s
members assess capacity building needs,
offer organizational development
services specific to the needs of street
newspapers, and connect members to
locally based resources.
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Grants ranging from $75,000 to $100,000
include: Brandeis University; Freedom
of Information Foundation of Texas; Fund
for Investigative Journalism; George
Washington University; Washington Center
for Politics and Journalism; and
University of Arizona.
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Grants ranging from $25,000 to $30,000
include: National Conference of
Editorial Writers Foundation; Pundit
Productions; Reporters Committee for
Freedom of the Press; Society of
American Business Editors and Writers;
University at Albany; and University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000
include: Bill of Rights Institute;
Coalition of Journalists for Open
Government; Cumberland College;
Coalition for Homeless Concerns;
National Cowboy & Western Heritage
Museum; Street Roots; University of
Arkansas; University of Baltimore; and
Vietnamese American Association.
For more information on the
Ethics and Excellence in Journalism
Foundation, please visit
www.journalismfoundation.org or call
405-604-5388.
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