Oklahoma journalism foundation gives $1.56M in grants

The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation announced Friday the distribution of $1.56 million in grants to 22 journalism organizations nationwide.

Founded by Edith Kinney Gaylord, the foundation’s mission is to invest in the future of journalism by building the ethics, skills and opportunities needed to advance principled, probing news and information.

Bob Ross, president and chief executive of the foundation, said these grants were awarded:

→$150,000 to the Center for Investigative Reporting to build and test a replicable model for regional news organizations to generate earned revenue.

→$125,000 to the Center for Public Integrity for the development of digital infrastructure for Investigative News Network, a consortium of nonprofit news organizations.

→$105,000 to the Radio Television Digital News Foundation for ethics resources and training for online journalists, workshops on ethical news decision-making and high school student media training for Oklahoma teachers.

→$100,000 to the Center for Public Integrity for Phase I of Rocky Mountain Investigative News Network’s I-News.

→$100,000 to the Fund for Investigative Journalism for the Regional Investigative Reporting Grant Program, providing grants up to $5,000 for U.S. journalists to investigate and report on regional issues.

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