For immediate release: August 24, 2007

 

 

Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation Announces

$1.59 Million in Grants to Journalism Organizations

 

(Oklahoma City) --- Robert J. Ross, President and CEO of Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation, announced today the distribution of $1.59 million in grants to 35 journalism organizations nationwide.

 

Edith Kinney Gaylord founded Ethics and Excellence in Journalism 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.

 

“We are excited to announce another cycle of grants, many of which are intended to enhance the education of journalism students aspiring to one day join the media profession. Edith Kinney Gaylord always stressed the importance of involving youth in programs she supported and we intend to make this a priority at the foundation,” said Bob Ross.

 

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

 

  • $110,000 to Oklahoma City National Memorial Foundation for ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff to speak at the National Media Symposium on April 19, 2008.

    

  • $100,500 to International Center for Journalists for the 2008 World Affairs Journalism Fellowships, a program that will send 12 journalists overseas for up to 3 weeks to report on a local story with an international focus.

    

  • $100,000 to Georgetown University for the Pearl Project, a faculty-student initiative investigating the circumstances of reporter Daniel Pearl's kidnapping and murder.

    

  • $88,000 to George Washington University for the Kalb Report, four forums that will be held at the National Press Club in Washington DC.

         

  • $80,000 to Washington Center for Politics & Journalism for the Politics & Journalism Semester, a twice-yearly program that brings 13 college journalists to Washington to learn about politics while they intern in major new bureaus.

    

  • $68,000 to the National Press Foundation for Introduction to Washington DC, a program for college journalists that includes seminars and site visits to Capitol Hill, House and Senate press galleries, the Supreme Court, GAO, Pentagon, White House, Cox News Bureau and CBS.

         

  • $65,400 to Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation for an internship program placing Oklahoma college journalism students in community newspaper newsrooms and for workshops for newspaper staff with nationally recognized speakers.

         

  • $63,000 to Oklahoma Scholastic Media/OIPA for micro grants ranging from $2,500 to $7,500 intended to start or strengthen Oklahoma high school newspapers.

         

  • $60,000 to Southwestern Oklahoma State University for the new Media Convergence Center.

         

  • $50,000 to Native American Journalists Association which recently moved from South Dakota to Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma.

         

  • $50,000 to UNITY for Student Campus Boot Camp, a week-long program for college-age students leading up to the 2008 UNITY Quadrennial Convention in Chicago.

         

  • $46,000 to Florida International University for development and production of two educational videos and DVDs (How a Newsroom Operates, Role of the Press in a Democracy) to be offered free to journalism schools and professional newsrooms in Latin America.

         

  • $44,000 to South Dakota State University to develop and offer, primarily through distance education, journalism courses to Native American high schools and tribal colleges.

         

  • $40,000 to Cache High School to expand its journalism curriculum to include a student TV studio.

    

  • $31,000 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.

         

  • $27,000 to Young DC for the Best Practices Project, focusing on teen training and newspaper distribution.

    

  • $25,000 to Washington and Lee University for the 2008 Democratic Mock Convention.

         

  • $25,000 to Youth Radio for the Youth and Politics Desk, producing on-air and online content, blogs, podcasts and vodcasts.

         

  • $15,500 to Bill of Rights Institute for First Amendment Student Video Contest, directing students to create original video content that explores First Amendment issues in the context of everyday life.

    

  • $13,820 to Vietnamese American Association for continued support of Southeast Asian writers in Oklahoma City.

    

  • $6,855 to Edmond Public Schools Foundation for the journalism departments at Memorial, North and Santa Fe High Schools.

 

Grants ranging from $30,000 to $80,000 include Student Press Law Center, University of California Berkeley Campus, University of Tennessee, Brandeis University, University of Maryland, Maynard Institute and National Judicial College.

 

Grants ranging from $9,000 to $30,000 include Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Street Roots, Kernel Press, Cumberland College, Coalition of Journalists for Open Government and Coalition for Homeless Concerns.

 

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

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