McCormick Foundation Invests Nearly $5 Million in Youth Journalism, Quality News Content and News Literacy

Grants Supporting Quality Content

1. Center for Public Integrity, Washington, D.C.

$150,000 over two years

For collaborative regional and national investigative stories

2. Chicago Community Trust, Chicago, IL

$100,000

To support the Community News Matters initiative

3. City Colleges of Chicago Foundation, Chicago, IL

$50,000

To assist in producing a youth voices segment on a new PBS public affairs show

4. Community Media Workshop, Chicago, IL

$160,000 over two years

In support of its community news initiative and for the production of their annual media guide

5. Community Renewal Society, Chicago, IL

$175,000 over two years

For continued support of The Chicago Reporter's investigative news, public policy analysis and

community engagement work

6. International Center for Journalists, Washington, D.C.

$200,000 over two years

To support the training of U.S. ethnic journalists on digital media skills

7. Investigative News Network, Washington, D.C.

$75,000

For administrative, legal and technology support for the Investigative News Network

8. Kansas University Endowment Association, Lawrence, KS

$200,000 over two years

For continued support of the Military and Media Project

9. The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, Oakland, CA

$160,000 over two years

For support of a media diversity assessment study

10. New America Media (Pacific News Service), San Francisco, CA

$200,000 over two years

In support of expanding news partnerships and regional online news hubs

11. Northwestern University – Medill School of Journalism, Evanston, IL

$450,000 over two years

For the Watchdog Initiative and Center for Innovation in Technology/Media

12. Poynter Institute, St. Petersburg, FL

$340,000

For administration and hosting of McCormick Foundation's Specialized Reporting Institutes

13. The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

$75,000

To support a consortium of Midwest university journalism professors for public service reporting

14. WBEZ Alliance, Inc., Chicago, IL

$50,000

For Vocalo.org to partner with media that serve youth and community audiences

TOTAL - $2,385,000

Grants Supporting Youth Media and News Literacy

15. After School Matters, Chicago, IL

$150,000 over two years

For support of technology improvements at Gallery 37 Center for the Arts and inclusion of news for

literacy training ASM media arts instructors

16. Beyondmedia Education, Chicago, IL

$120,000 over two years

To support the reportage of youth violence in Chicago

17. Columbia College, Chicago, IL

$300,000 over two years

For continued support of the Columbia LINKS journalism program for Chicago teens

18. Community Television Network, Chicago, IL

$120,000 over two years

To expand the Youth News for You news literacy program

19. Educational Development Center, Boston, MA

$300,000 over two years

In support of its Chicago office to manage the Youth Media Technology Fund

20. President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA

$200,000 over two years

To establish a Youth & Media Lab at the Berkman Center

21. One Economy, Washington, D.C.

$50,000

To support the expansion of youth journalism training in Chicago and the Teen Reporter

22. Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, Washington, D.C.

$100,000 over two years

To expand the Pulitzer Center's Global Gateway project in Chicago schools

23. Research Foundation of the State University of New York, Albany, NY

$75,000

For a National News Literacy Summit on best practices in news literacy education at Stony Brook University

24. True Star Foundation, Chicago, IL

$100,000 over two years

For support of youth media, broadcast training and True Star magazine

25. USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, Los Angeles, CA

$135,000 over two years

To support the Intersections youth reporting project and High School Journalism Days

26. We the People Media, Chicago, IL

$120,000 over two years

To expand a journalism training program for Chicago's inner city youth

27. Young Chicago Authors, Chicago, IL

$130,000 over two years

For the continuing support of Say What magazine and youth media training

TOTAL - $1,900,000

Grants Supporting Press Freedoms

28. American Society of Newspaper Editors Foundation, Reston, VA

$150,000 over two years

For the continued support and expansion of the Liberty Tree Initiative's college First Amendment festivals

29. American University, Washington, D.C.

$150,000 over two years

To support research and a summit on copyright policies and journalism in the digital age

30. First Amendment Coalition, San Francisco, CA

$80,000 over two years

For the First Amendment Legal Defense Initiative

31. Illinois First Amendment Center, Springfield, IL

$150,000 over two years

For First Amendment education materials, teacher support and conference

32. Radio & Television News Directors Foundation, Washington, D.C.

$100,000 over two years

To support press freedoms for journalists

TOTAL - $630,000

GRAND TOTAL - $4,915,000