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Grants List
Active Grants
The Foundation's Journalism Program supports nonprofit organizations
and educational institutions conducting programs that contribute to the program's
areas of interest. With an annual budget of approximately $6 million, the program
makes grants ranging in size from $10,000 to $200,000. Only a handful of grantees,
with whom the McCormick Foundation has formed longstanding partnerships,
receive more than $300,000 per year from the Foundation. Most grants are for either
one-or three-year periods.
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American Society of Newspaper Editors Foundation, Inc.,
Reston,
VA
http://www.asne.org
$250,000
For general support and organizational capacity building
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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Center for Investigative Reporting,
Berkeley,
CA
www.centerforinvestigativereporting.org
$75,000
For investigative reporting on carbon cap-and-trade markets
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Center for Media and Security Ltd.,
Millwood,
NY
www.cmsdwg.org
$200,000
For general support
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2011
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Citizen Advocacy Center,
Elmhurst,
IL
www.citizenadvocacycenter.org
$34,000
For a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute for Midwest journalists on the topic of redistricting
Effective:
4/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Community Renewal Society,
Chicago,
IL
www.chicagoreporter.com
$75,000
For The Chicago Reporter
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Council for the Advancement of Science Writing,
Hedgesville,
WV
www.casw.org
$15,000
For travel fellowships to the New Horizons in Science annual briefing and digital media upgrades
Effective:
6/1/2009
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5/31/2010
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Florida International University Foundation Inc.,
Miami,
FL
www.jmc.fiu.edu
$30,000
For the South Florida News Service
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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Institute for Justice and Journalism,
Oakland,
CA
www.justicejournalism.org
$60,000
For a two-part conference on coverage of urban environmental justice
Effective:
4/1/2009
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6/30/2010
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Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources,
Madison,
WI
www.ijnr.org
$35,000
For an "expedition-style" program on energy issues
Effective:
9/1/2009
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8/31/2010
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International Center for Journalists, Inc.,
Washington,
DC
www.icfj.org
$217,000
For a two-year training program for community Spanish-language radio stations
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.,
Columbia,
MO
www.ire.org
$40,000
For the Community Partnership Pilot Program
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.,
Columbia,
MO
www.ire.org
$100,000
For investigative reporting workshops for ethnic media outlets
Effective:
1/1/2009
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6/30/2010
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Kansas State University Foundation,
Manhattan,
KS
www.found.ksu.edu
$48,000
For a 2010 conference on Community Readiness Communications
Effective:
7/1/2009
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6/30/2010
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Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism,
Evanston,
IL
www.medill.northwestern.edu
$1,355,000
For the creation of an initiative on national security and the media
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2011
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One Economy Corporation,
Chicago,
IL
www.one-economy.com
$50,000
For the Digital Connectors Civic Journalism Project
Effective:
9/1/2009
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8/31/2010
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Research Foundation of the City University of New York,
New York,
NY
www.rfcuny.org
$155,000
For support of a New Business Models for News initiative
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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TCC Group,
New York,
NY
www.tccgrp.com
$400,000
For the Challenge Fund for Journalism
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2011
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The Center for Public Integrity,
Washington,
DC
www.publicintegrity.org
$40,000
For a cooperative consortium of non-profit investigative journalism organizations
Effective:
9/1/2009
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8/31/2010
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The Center for Public Integrity,
Washington,
DC
www.publicintegrity.org
$75,000
For a coooperative consortium of non-profit investigative journalism organizations
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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The Harvard Crimson, Inc.,
Cambridge,
MA
$10,000
For continued support of the Crimson staff training program and the director of public service position
Effective:
4/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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The Ohio State University Foundation,
Columbus,
OH
www1.rf.ohio-state.edu/
$50,000
For a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on emerging energy issues
Effective:
3/1/2009
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2/28/2010
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The Poynter Institute,
St. Petersburg,
FL
www.poynter.org
$50,000
For a 2010 McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on covering the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and for the development of a resource module on Poynter's e-learning platform News University
Effective:
8/1/2010
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7/31/2011
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The Trustees of Indiana University,
Indianapolis,
IN
http://www.philanthropy.iupui.edu
$75,000
For a Nonprofit and Philanthropy Reporting Program
Effective:
10/1/2008
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12/31/2010
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University of Georgia Foundation,
Athens,
GA
www.uga.edu/academics/grady.html
$50,000
For continued support to refine and carry out the Annual Survey of Journalism and Mass Communications
Effective:
4/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor,
MI
www.umich.edu
$47,000
For a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Census 2010
Effective:
7/1/2009
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6/30/2010
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University of Tennessee,
Knoxville,
TN
www.utk.edu
$48,000
For a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on the future of nuclear energy
Effective:
3/1/2009
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2/28/2010
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Washington State University Foundation,
Pullman,
WA
http://communication.wsu.edu/virtualjournalism
$45,000
For a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Reporting on Virtual Spaces
Effective:
7/1/2008
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6/30/2010
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Yale University,
New Haven,
CT
http://environment.yale.edu/climate
$30,000
For training of broadcast meteorologists in coverage of climate change
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Academy for Educational Development,
New York,
NY
www.aed.org
$41,500
For three editions of the Youth Media Reporter on news literacy, technology and funding
Effective:
4/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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American University,
Washington,
DC
www.newmediawomen.org
$200,000
For continued support of the New Media Women Entrepreneurs' initiative
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Asian American Journalists Association,
San Francisco,
CA
www.aaja.org
$200,000
For the Executive Leadership Program and a 15th anniversary Media Demonstration Project
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2011
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Beyondmedia Education,
Chicago,
IL
www.beyondmedia.org
$30,000
For support of the Girls! Action! Media! program
Effective:
11/1/2009
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10/31/2010
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Beyondmedia Education,
Chicago,
IL
www.beyondmedia.org
$15,000
For bridge support of the Girls! Action! Media! program
Effective:
6/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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California Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation,
Sacramento,
CA
www.cnpa.com
$50,000
For support of the California Scholastic Journalism Initiative to train high school teachers and students in the Los Angeles Unified School District
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Chicago Community Trust,
Chicago,
IL
www.cct.org
$25,000
For a citywide survey on the state of information health in Chicagoland
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2011
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Chicago Horticultural Society/Chicago Botanic Garden,
Glencoe,
IL
www.chicagobotanic.org
$10,000
For a citywide high school environmental reporting conference.
Effective:
4/1/2010
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3/31/2011
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Columbia College Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
www.colum.edu
$250,000
For continued support of Columbia Links
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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Columbia College Chicago,
Chicago,
IL
www.iam.colum.edu
$25,000
For the 3G Summit on Girls, Gaming and Gender
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Columbia University,
New York,
NY
www.journalism.columbia.edu
$45,000
For support of a military veterans' project
Effective:
10/1/2009
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9/30/2010
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Community Media Workshop,
Chicago,
IL
http://www.newstips.org
$150,000
For support of the CMW media guide and an initiative involving Chicago-area ethnic media
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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Community Technology Foundation of California,
San Francisco,
CA
$20,000
For support of a California-based Media Greenhouse initiative
Effective:
4/1/2009
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3/31/2010
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Community Television Network,
Chicago,
IL
www.ctvnetwork.org
$90,000
For "Hard Cover" journalism training
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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Educational Video Center,
New York,
NY
www.evc.org
$50,000
For one year of support for documentary work with youth
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Free Spirit Media NFP,
Chicago,
IL
www.freespiritmedia.org
$200,000
For a broadcast journalism program at Chicago Public Schools
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2011
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Fund for the City of New York, Inc.,
New York,
NY
www.fcny.org
$50,000
For the Radio Rootz journalism program
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Global Action Project,
New York,
NY
www.global-action.org
$50,000
For support of the Urban Voices program
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Illinois Press Foundation, Inc.,
Springfield,
IL
$30,000
For support of High School Journalism Camp scholarships for Chicago students and high school adviser multimedia training workshops
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2011
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Indiana University,
Bloomington,
IN
$35,000
For a summer diversity sports journalism institute for inner city youth in Indianapolis and Chicago
Effective:
4/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Jim Murray Memorial Foundation,
La Quinta,
CA
www.jimmurrayfoundation.com
$25,000
For Jim Murray Memorial Journalism Scholarships
Effective:
7/1/2007
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6/30/2012
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KU Endowment Association,
Lawrence,
KS
www.journalism.ku.edu
$50,000
For continued support of a military-media education training program
Effective:
11/1/2009
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10/31/2010
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Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge,
LA
appl003.lsu.edu/masscomm/mcweb.nsf/index
$24,500
For support of an ethnic media model program in Louisiana
Effective:
7/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media,
St. Paul,
MN
www.americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org
$75,000
for continued support of Public Insight Journalism
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation,
Washington,
DC
http://www.nabef.org/
$150,000
For broadcast diversity development programs and a college public service announcement contest
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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National Association of Hispanic Journalists,
Washington,
DC
www.nahj.org
$100,000
For the Parity Project
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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National Museum of Mexican Art,
Chicago,
IL
www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org
$150,000
For RadioArte
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2011
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Northwestern University - Media Management Center,
Evanston,
IL
www.mediamanagementcenter.org
$275,000
For general support of the Media Management Center and administration of the McCormick Fellows program
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Pacific News Service,
San Francisco,
CA
www.newamericamedia.org
$100,000
For partnerships between journalism schools and community media
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting,
Washington,
DC
www.pulitzercenter.org
$30,000
For the Global Gateway: Youth Media Chicago initiative
Effective:
9/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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Radio Television Digital News Foundation, Inc.,
Fredericksburg,
VA
www.rtndf.org/rtndf
$150,000
For Camp STN workshops and the News Literacy project
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2011
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Radio Television Digital News Foundation, Inc.,
Fredericksburg,
VA
www.rtndf.org/rtndf
$150,000
For support of a High School Teacher Television Camp and follow-up
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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Research Foundation for the State University of New York,
Stony Brook,
NY
$100,000
For a News Literacy high school and college curriculum
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Research Foundation of the City University of New York,
New York,
NY
www.rfcuny.org
$50,000
For a New York City High School Journalism collaborative project
Effective:
9/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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Research Foundation of the City University of New York,
New York,
NY
www.rfcuny.org
$35,000
For a New York City news literacy summit
Effective:
4/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education,
Oakland,
CA
www.maynardije.org
$160,000
For the Media Academy, the Editing Program and Web operations
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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Roosevelt University,
Chicago,
IL
www.roosevelt.edu/
$210,000
For a youth media technology fund
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2011
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Roosevelt University,
Chicago,
IL
www.roosevelt.edu/
$12,000
For student support of the creationof a website, published book and town hall about political reporting
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2011
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Roosevelt University,
Chicago,
IL
www.roosevelt.edu/
$100,000
For continued support of the McCormick Foundation High School Media Awards and scholastic press activities
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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School of Journalism Foundation of North Carolina Inc.,
Chapel Hill,
NC
www.jomc.unc.edu
$50,000
For one year support of the "Community News in a Digital Age" rural news initiative
Effective:
11/1/2009
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10/31/2010
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Stony Brook Foundation Inc.,
Stony Brook,
NY
http://www.stonybrook.edu/journalism/
$25,000
For support of a Multimedia Final Conference Report on news literacy
Effective:
1/1/2009
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5/31/2010
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Street-Level Youth Media,
Chicago,
IL
www.street-level.org
$120,000
For support of the Sounding Point program
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2011
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The Associated Press Managing Editors Foundation, Inc.,
New York,
NY
www.apme.org
$75,000
For continued support of NewsTrain workshops
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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The Poynter Institute,
St. Petersburg,
FL
www.poynter.org
$40,000
For a News Literacy Project initiative in selected Chicago middle schools
Effective:
9/1/2009
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8/31/2010
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The Poynter Institute,
St. Petersburg,
FL
www.poynter.org
$30,000
For expansion of the News Literacy Project's work in Chicago schools, pursuit of local partnerships and development of impact measurement techniques
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2011
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The Poynter Institute,
St. Petersburg,
FL
www.poynter.org
$150,000
For support of a News Literacy Project program in Chicago Public Schools
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2011
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The Regents of the University of California,
Berkeley,
CA
http://journalism.berkeley.edu/
$20,000
For general support of a media technology conference
Effective:
9/1/2009
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8/31/2010
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True Star Foundation, Inc.,
Chicago,
IL
www.truestarmagazine.com
$40,000
For support of youth media journalism training and publishing of True Star magazine
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc.,
McLean,
VA
www.unityjournalists.org
$10,000
For help defraying costs of a diversity summit in Boston
Effective:
6/1/2009
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5/31/2010
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University of Colorado at Boulder,
Boulder,
CO
www.colorado.edu/journalism
$110,000
For the Resolving Door community journalism project
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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University of Georgia Foundation,
Athens,
GA
www.uga.edu/academics/grady.html
$25,000
For continued assessment of the Annual Survey of Journalism and Mass Communication in 2009
Effective:
7/1/2009
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6/30/2010
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University of Southern California,
Los Angeles,
CA
www.knightnewmediacenter.org
$100,000
For expansion of the "Transforming News Organizations for the Digital Now" series
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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University of Southern California,
Los Angeles,
CA
www.knightnewmediacenter.org
$50,000
For a Media Leadership Conference
Effective:
3/1/2009
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2/28/2010
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University of Southern California,
Los Angeles,
CA
$50,000
For support of Intersections, a South Los Angeles Reporting Project for youth
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Urban Media Foundation,
Los Angeles,
CA
$45,000
For support of after-school journalism workshops for at-risk youth in South Los Angeles
Effective:
11/1/2009
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10/31/2010
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Wayne State University -- Department of Journalism,
Detroit,
MI
www.comm.wayne.edu
$40,000
For continued support of an Ethnic Media initiative
Effective:
9/1/2009
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8/31/2010
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We The People Media,
Chicago,
IL
www.wethepeoplemedia.org
$90,000
For the Urban Youth International Journalism Program
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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West Virginia University,
Morgantown,
WV
http://journalism.wvu.edu
$85,000
For a multimedia journalism education partnership project
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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WNYC Radio,
New York,
NY
www.wnyc.org
$50,000
For the Radio Rookies youth journalism program
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Young Chicago Authors,
Chicago,
IL
www.youngchicagoauthors.org
$85,000
For youth media activities and a Youth Media Festival
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Youth Communications New York Center, Inc.,
New York,
NY
www.youthcomm.org
$50,000
For New York Youth Communication's journalism program
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Youth News Service L.A. Bureau,
Los Angeles,
CA
www.layouth.com
$50,000
For support of the Youth Media Los Angeles Collaborative and the creation of an online database of scholastic and student journalism programs
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Youth News Service L.A. Bureau,
Los Angeles,
CA
www.layouth.com
$140,000
For youth journalism training and publication of LA Youth
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2011
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Better Government Association,
Chicago,
IL
www.bettergov.org
$45,000
For development of a Government Accountability web site
Effective:
11/1/2009
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10/31/2010
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Chicago Headline Club Foundation,
Chicago,
IL
$40,000
For a citywide survey on the state of transparency and reporter access
Effective:
6/1/2010
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5/31/2011
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Committee to Protect Journalists, Inc.,
New York,
NY
www.cpj.org
$150,000
For support of the Americas program
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2011
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First Amendment Coalition,
San Rafael,
CA
www.cfac.org
$40,000
For a conference to train community media journalists on leveraging Freedom of Information (FOI) laws and online research tools
Effective:
11/1/2009
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10/31/2010
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Illinois First Amendment Center,
Springfield,
IL
www.illinoisfirstamendmentcenter.com
$100,000
For a youth First Amendment Program
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Kent State University,
Kent,
OH
http://www.jmc.kent.edu
$30,000
For support of a First Amendment, Civic Engagement and Student Free Press Experience Study
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa Inc.,
Miami,
FL
www.sipiapa.org
$200,000
For continued support of the Chapultepec Project
Effective:
1/1/2009
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12/31/2010
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Society of Environmental Journalists,
Jenkintown,
PA
www.sej.org
$50,000
For continued support of the Freedom of Information Watchdog Project
Effective:
4/1/2010
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12/31/2010
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Student Press Law Center,
Arlington,
VA
www.splc.org
$130,000
For continued support of the McCormick Publications Fellowship
Effective:
1/1/2010
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12/31/2011
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The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press,
Arlington,
VA
www.rcfp.org
$250,000
For continued support of the McCormick Legal Fellowship
Effective:
8/1/2010
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7/31/2012
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The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press,
Arlington,
VA
www.rcfp.org
$250,000
For continued support of the McCormick Tribune Legal Fellowship
Effective:
8/1/2008
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7/31/2010
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