JOURNALISM PROGRAM
Journalism Program
Total $5,592,688*
Seeks to improve news literacy and foster a free and vigorous news media.
* Includes $812 from returned portion of unused grants from prior years
American Press Institute Inc.
For support of the Transformation Series
$75,000
American Society of Newspaper Editors Foundation, Inc.
For general support and organizational capacity building
$125,000
American Society of Newspaper Editors Foundation, Inc.
For the Liberty Tree initiative
$100,000
American University
For support of J-Lab's McCormick Initiative for New Media Women Entrepreneurs
$40,000
American University
For the McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs (NMWE) initiative
$50,000
Asian American Journalists Association
For support of the Executive Leadership Program
$60,000
Better Government Association
For development of a Government Accountability web site
$45,000
Beyondmedia Education
For Girls! Action! Media!
$15,000
Beyondmedia Education
For support of the Girls! Action! Media! program
$30,000
Broadcasters' Foundation
For assistance to radio and television journalists
$25,000
First Amendment Coalition
For legal assistance to ethnic media
$20,000
First Amendment Coalition
For a conference to train community media journalists on leveraging Freedom of Information (FOI) laws and online research tools
$40,000
Center for Media and Security Ltd.
For general support
$100,000
The Center for Public Integrity
For a cooperative consortium of non-profit investigative journalism organizations
$40,000
Columbia College Chicago
For continued support of Columbia Links
$125,000
Committee to Protect Journalists, Inc.
For an online journalism initiative and Latin American program
$75,000
Community Media Workshop
For support of the CMW media guide and an initiative involving Chicago-area ethnic media
$75,000
Community Renewal Society
For continued support of The Chicago Reporter
$60,000
Community Technology Foundation of California
For support of a California-based Media Greenhouse initiative
$20,000
Community Television Network
For "Hard Cover" journalism training
$45,000
Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
For travel fellowships to the New Horizons in Science annual briefing and digital media upgrades
$15,000
DePaul University
For a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Chicago's Olympic bid
$41,000
Florida International University Foundation Inc.
For the South Florida News Service
$30,000
Free Spirit Media NFP
For HoopsHIGH
$50,000
Free Spirit Media NFP
For support of the FSM Connections initiative
$40,000
Fund for the City of New York, Inc.
For Women's eNews
$30,000
Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa Inc.
For continued support of the Chapultepec Project
$100,000
iFOCOS
For the We Media Game Changers Awards
$50,000
Illinois First Amendment Center
For continued support of a First Amendment education campaign
$75,000
Illinois Press Foundation, Inc.
For a high school journalism camp and journalism advisor workshop
$15,000
The Trustees of Indiana University
For a Nonprofit and Philanthropy Reporting Program
$50,000
Institute for Justice and Journalism
For a two-part conference on coverage of urban environmental justice
$60,000
Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources
For an "expedition-style" program on energy issues
$35,000
International Center for Journalists, Inc.
For a two-year training program for community Spanish-language radio stations
$117,000
International Women's Media Foundation
For continued support of the Leadership Institute for Women Journalists
$75,000
Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.
For investigative reporting workshops for ethnic media outlets
$70,000
Jim Murray Memorial Foundation
For Jim Murray Memorial Journalism Scholarships
$5,000
Kansas State University Foundation
For a 2010 conference on Community Readiness Communications
$48,000
KU Endowment Association
For continued support of a military-media education training program
$50,000
Louisiana State University
For support of an ethnic media model program in Louisiana
$24,500
Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education
For the Media Academy, the Editing Program and Web operations
$80,000
Minnesota Public Radio/American Public Media
For support of the Public Insight Journalism Initiative
$75,000
National Association of Broadcasters Education Foundation
For broadcast diversity development programs and a college public service announcement contest
$75,000
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
For support of the Parity Project
$150,000
National Museum of Mexican Art
For Radio Arte's First Voice/Primera Voz News Program
$50,000
Northwestern University - Media Management Center
For continued support of the McCormick Tribune Fellows program
$300,000
Northwestern University - Media Management Center
For general operating support
$350,000
Northwestern University - Medill School of Journalism
For the creation of an initiative on national security and the media
$360,000
The Ohio State University Foundation
For a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on emerging energy issues
$50,000
One Economy Corporation
For the Digital Connectors Civic Journalism Project
$50,000
Pacific News Service
For support of New America Media's journalism school initiative
$100,000
Pacific News Service
For ethnic media collaborative coverage of returning veterans
$50,000
The Poynter Institute
For support of the McCormick Change Leadership Fellows
$90,000
The Poynter Institute
For a News Literacy Project initiative in selected Chicago middle schools
$40,000
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
For the Global Gateway: Youth Media Chicago initiative
$30,000
Radio Television Digital News Foundation, Inc.
For support of a High School Teacher Television Camp and follow-up
$75,000
Radio Television Digital News Foundation, Inc.
For news leadership training
$125,000
The Regents of the University of California
For general support of a media technology conference
$20,000
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
For continued support of the McCormick Tribune Legal Fellowship
$125,000
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
For continued support of the McCormick Legal Fellowship
$50,000
Research Foundation of the City University of New York
For support of an Entrepreneurial Journalism course
$50,000
Research Foundation of the City University of New York
For support of a New Business Models for News initiative
$78,000
Research Foundation of the City University of New York
For a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on coverage of financial crime
$50,000
Research Foundation of the City University of New York
For a New York City High School Journalism collaborative project
$50,000
Roosevelt University
For continued support of the McCormick Foundation High School Media Awards and scholastic press activities
$50,000
School of Journalism Foundation of North Carolina Inc.
For one year support of the "Community News in a Digital Age" rural news initiative
$50,000
Society of Environmental Journalists
For the First Amendment Watchdog Project
$50,000
Stony Brook Foundation Inc.
For support of a Multimedia Final Conference Report on news literacy
$25,000
Street-Level Youth Media
For the Sounding Point radio program
$40,000
Student Press Law Center
For a McCormick Tribune Publications Fellowship
$64,000
True Star Foundation, Inc.
For youth media activities
$15,000
True Star Foundation, Inc.
For youth media activities
$20,000
Twin Cities Media Alliance
For continued support of efforts to strengthen local news
$40,000
UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc.
For help defraying costs of a diversity summit in Boston
$10,000
University of Colorado at Boulder
For the Resolving Door community journalism project
$55,000
University of Georgia Foundation
For continued assessment of the Annual Survey of Journalism and Mass Communication in 2009
$25,000
University of Miami
For research project into South Florida Haitian newsrooms and audience
$25,000
University of Michigan
For a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on Census 2010
$47,000
University of Southern California
For to support of the 2009 High School and Community College Journalism Days
$20,000
University of Southern California
For a two-part conference on coverage of urban environmental justice
$60,000
University of Southern California
For a Media Leadership Conference
$50,000
University of Tennessee
For a McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute on the future of nuclear energy
$48,000
Urban Media Foundation
For support of after-school journalism workshops for at-risk youth in South Los Angeles
$45,000
Wayne State University -- Department of Journalism
For continued support of an Ethnic Media initiative
$40,000
We The People Media
For the Urban Youth International Journalism Program
$45,000
West Virginia University
For a multimedia journalism education partnership project
$36,000
Young Chicago Authors
For "Say What" magazine and the Louder Than a Bomb poetry festival
$45,000
Youth News Service L.A. Bureau
For general support
$40,000
Y-Press
For a media diversification initiative
$30,000