Funds, Fellowships and Foundations
Advertising Research Foundation,
641 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10022. FAX: (212) 319-5265. A non-profit organization supported by agencies, advertisers, media, research firms, universities and associations to promote high standards in advertising, marketing and communications research methodology. President: Michael J. Naples.
Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships,
2000 L. St., NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20036-4997. Tel.: (202) 416-1691; FAX: (202) 416-1695. Email: afpf@aol.com. The Fellowships program, launched and endowed in 1983, matches foreign journalists with host newspaper and newsmagazines in this country. Applications from young reporters with a good command of English are welcomed from developing countries and from any country that has a newly emerging free press. After a short orientation program in Washington, the Fellows take up five-month working assignments, learning about the community and the news publication to which they are assigned. The host organizations pay part of the fellowsÕ living costs, with the Fellowship program providing travel and other expenses. The program is intended as a direct and practical response to developing countriesÕ needs. Executive Director: Susan M. Albrecht. Chairman, Advisory Committee: Jean Friendly.
Alicia Patterson Foundation, The,
Tel.: (202) 393-5995.The Alicia Patterson Fellowship was established in 1965 in memory of Alicia Patterson, editor and publisher of Newsday for nearly 23 years before her death in 1963. One-year grants are awarded to working journalists to pursue independent projects of significant interest and to write articles based on their investigation for the APF Reporter, a quarterly magazine published by the Foundation. Winners are chosen by an annual competition. The competition opens in June, and all entries must be postmarked by October 1. Applications are accepted from U.S. citizens who are print journalists with at least five years of professional experience. Each year a panel of judges convenes to interview and choose APF fellows. The fellowships are $30,000 per fellow. Those interested should write or call for applications during the summer. Executive Director: Margaret Engel. Chairman of the Board: Joseph M. P. Albright. President: Alice Arlen. Treasurer: Maria Casale.
American Press Institute,
11690 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20191. Tel.: (703) 620-3611. FAX: (703) 620-5814. Management training and career development center for newspaper executives and staff members of U.S. and Canadian dailies and weeklies. Annual fellowships available for journalism educators. President and Executive Director: William L. Winter.
Business Press Educational Foundation, Inc., The,
675 Third Ave., New York, NY 10017-5704. Tel.: (212) 661-6360 ext. 319. FAX: (212) 370-0736. BPEF aims to heighten awareness of specialized business press career opportunities and to provide quality educational materials about the roles of journalism, marketing and electronic communication in providing global information. The Foundation assists faculty with curriculum speakers and videos, co-publishes books on the business press, and administers a nationwide paid summer intern program in which journalism majors intern full time in business press editorial. BPEF also refers past interns to job openings. Chair: Ralph R. Schulz. Director, BPEF Student Intern Program: Phyllis L. Reed.
Direct Marketing Educational Foundation, Inc., The,
1120 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036-6700. Tel.: (212) 768-7277; FAX: (212) 599-1268. A non-profit organization devoted to improving the quality and increasing the scope of direct marketing education at the university level. The Foundation conducts a series of Collegiate Institute scholarship programs for college seniors to attend a week-long program on direct marketing. DMEF also conducts a Summer Intern Program for all college juniors and seniors. A Fellowship Program for full-time educators of advertising, marketing, journalism and business-related subjects sends professors to Direct Marketing Institutes sponsored by the Direct Marketing Association as well as Professors' Institutes for those who teach direct marketing, and related courses, at the college and university level. The Foundation also assists interested individuals with career information, and provides teaching aides and course information to educators at nominal costs.
Dow Jones Newspaper Fund, Inc., The,
P.O. Box 300, Princeton, NJ 08543-0300. Tel.: (609) 452-2820; FAX: (609) 520-5804. Internet: newsfund@ wsj.dowjones.com. Web Site: http://www. dowjones.com/newsfund. The goal of the Newspaper Fund is to encourage bright young people to consider careers in newspaper journalism. In 1998, it will offer up to 120 intern scholarships to college students. Editing internships are for college juniors, seniors and graduate students as copyeditors with a $1,000 scholarship for those returning to college upon the completion of a summer of work. Business reporting internships are for minority students who are sophomores or juniors. All scholarships are awarded at the end of the summer after reports have been received from the intern and the internÕs supervisor at the news organization where they worked. All internships take place at daily newspapers and online newspapers and real-time/financial news services. The Newspaper Fund provides pre-internship training courses for the interns. Up to 35 journalism workshops for minority high school students will be supported during the summer of 1997. DJNF sponsors fellowships for high school journalism teachers and supports the Intensive Journalistic Writing Workshop. The foundation also sponsors a "special awards" competition which is climaxed each fall with the naming of the High School Journalism Teacher of the Year. Publications include The Journalist's Road to Success; Newspapers, Diversity and You and the Adviser Update. Career literature and program information available by calling 1-800-DOWFUND. Executive Director: Richard S. Holden.
Freedom Forum, The,
1101 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va., 22209. Tel: 703-528-0800; web site: www.freedomforum.org. The Freedom Forum is a nonpartisan, nonprofit foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation pursues its priorities through programs including conferences, educational activities, publishing, broadcasting, online services, fellowships, partnerships, training and research. The Freedom Forum funds only its own programs and related partnerships. Unsolicited funding applications or requests are not accepted. Operating programs are the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn, and The Newseum at The Freedom Forum World Center in Arlington, Va. It also has offices in San Francisco; Cocoa Beach, Fla; London; Hong Kong; Buenos Aires, and Johannesburg, South Africa. The Freedom Forum was established in 1991 under the direction of Founder Allen H Neuharth as successor to the Gannett Foundation. That foundation was established by Frank E Gannett in 1935. The Freedom Forum does not solicit nor accept financial contributions. Its work is supported by income from assets totaling more than $1 billion. Chairman: Charles L. Overby; President: Peter S. Prichard; Executive director/Newseum: Joe Urschel; Executive director/First Amendment Center, Ken Paulson.
Fund for Investigative Journalism, Inc., The,
Room 419, 1755 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036-2102. Tel.: (202) 462-1844. The Fund provides grants to journalists to enable them to report abuses of authority or the malfunctioning of institutions that harm the public, and for media criticism and analysis. Since 1969 the Fund has made more than 900 grants. Two grantees have won Pulitzer prizes. Chairman: Patrick Sloyan. Executive Director: Anne R. Grant.
Hearst, William Randolph Foundation,
Journalism Awards Program, 90 New Montgomery Street, Suite 1212, San Francisco, CA 94105. Tel.: (415) 543-6033 or 1(800) 841-7048; Fax: (415) 243-0760. Since 1960 the Foundation, under the auspices of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication, has funded and administered the annual Hearst Journalism Awards Program. The program, designed to encourage excellence in journalism education, conducts monthly contests in writing, photojournalism and broadcast news during the academic year for undergraduate students attending accredited schools of journalism. Each contest is judged by a panel of respected editors and news directors of non-Hearst newspapers and broadcast stations. Scholarships are awarded to the student winners with matching grants going to their departments of journalism. Scholarships and grant money available for the 1998-99 academic year totals $366,000. Entries must be selected and submitted by administrators of participating schools. Contact your journalism department chair for further information, or write: Jan C. Watten, Program Director, Journalism Awards Program, The Hearst Foundation, 90 New Montgomery Street, Suite 1212, San Francisco, CA 94105. The William Randolph Hearst Foundation was established under the non-profit laws of California in 1948, exclusively for educational and charitable purposes. Program Director: Jan C. Watten.
Institute for Public Relations,
University of Florida, PO Box 118400, Gainesville FL 32611-8400. Tel.: (352) 392-0280; FAX: (352) 846-1122; URL: institute.forpr.com Since its establishment in 1956, the Institute for Public Relations Research and Education has pioneered many significant achievements that have had a marked impact on the conduct and acceptance of professional public relations. The Institute's mission is to improve the effectiveness of organizational management by advancing he knowledge and the professional practice of public relations through research and education. Everything we do - our publications, awards, competitions, research - is open to students, educators and practitioners regardless of their organizational affiliations. President/CEO: John W. Felton.
Inter American Press Association Scholarship Fund, Inc.,
2911 NW 39th St., Miami, FL 33142-5148. Tel.: (305) 376-3522. Awards scholarships to working newsmen and journalism graduates in the United States and Canada for a year of study in Latin America, and to newsmen and journalism graduates in Latin America for a year of journalism study in United States or Canada. Deadline: August 1. Stipend: $10,000.
International Association for Mass Communication Research, (IAMCR),
Baden Powellweg 109-111, 1069 LD Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Tel: 31-20-6101581; FAX: 31-20-61042821; E-mail: Hamelink @ IAMCR.NL. The International Association for Mass Communication Research (IAMCR) is the largest international professional organization in the field of communication research. Established in 1957 the Association now has more than 2,300 members in some 70 countries. The specific aims of IAMCR are: To provide a forum where researchers, practitioners and policy-makers in the communication field can meet and discuss their work; to stimulate interest in communication research; to disseminate information about research results, research methods and research needs; to encourage research and the exchange of information on practices and conditions that impede communication and communication research; to contribute by means of research and the dissemination of research results to the training of journalists and other media professionals. IAMCR publishes a regular newsletter with up-to-date information on its different activities. 1995 Conference: June 27-30 in Portoroz, Slovenia. President: Hamid Mowlana.
Maynard Institute for Journalism Education,
409 Thirteenth St., 9th Fl., Oakland, CA 94612. Tel.: (510) 891-9202; Fax: (510) 891-9565.
Media Institute, The,
1000 Potomac St., NW, Suite 301, Washington, DC 20007. Tel.: (202) 298-7512; FAX: (202) 337-7092. A nonprofit research foundation specializing in communications policy issues. The Institute seeks to foster freedom of speech, a competitive communications industry, and excellence in journalism. Founded in 1979, The Media Institute pursues a program agenda that encompasses virtually all sectors of the media, ranging from traditional print and broadcast outlets to contemporary entrants such as cable, satellites, and computer networks. The Institute publishes books and monographs, prepares regulatory filings and court briefs, convenes conferences, and sponsors a luncheon series in Washington called "Communications Forum" for journalists and communications executives. The organization has evolved into one of the countryÕs leading "think tanks" focusing on the First Amendment and communications policy. Review copies of publications are sent to educators upon request. President: Patrick D. Maines. Vice President: Richard T. Kaplar.
National Press Foundation,
1211 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 310, Washington, D.C. 20036. Tel.: (202) 721-9101; Fax: (202) 530-2855; Email: bob@natpress.org; Website: www.natress.org. Sponsors conferences for journalists on major issues in the news. President: Bob Meyers.
New Directions for News,
515 Cherry St., Suite 250, Columbia, MO 65201. Tel.: (314) 882-1110. FAX: (314) 884-4735. A 501(c)(3) non-profit institute fostering innovation in newspapers to make them more relevant and useful in the service of a democratic society. Its aim is to be both a practical aid and a source of new visions for the profession. NDN focuses on three initiatives: innovation, new audiences and information technology. Its UnderCovered: Reaching the New U.S.A. project has produced an 8-part, 7 1/2 hour video series providing interviews with 160 experts and representatives of five demographic groups under-represented in newspapers and a prototypes publication addressing the new information needs of these groups. The information technology initiative explores the implications of emerging information technologies for journalism through research, conferences and publications.
Newspaper Association of America Foundation,
1921 Gallows Rd., Vienna, VA 22182. A charitable and educational organization devoted to strengthening the press in America. It is a public foundation supported by the newspaper business, private foundations and individuals through an endowment fund.
Nieman Foundation,
One Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel.: (617) 495-2237; FAX: (617) 495-8976. Provides annual, academic year fellowships for professional journalists, called the Lucius W. Nieman Fellowships at Harvard University. Applicants must have had at least three years of media experience; must receive a leave of absence for the academic year, September to June; must agree to return to their employer at the end of the year; and must agree to refrain from professional work during their stay at Harvard. Nieman Fellows are free to study in all schools and departments of Harvard University. Fellows also meet with distinguished figures from journalism, public service, the arts, business, education and science in an extracurricular program of seminars. No course credits are given or degree granted for work done during the year. Application forms will be supplied upon request. Deadline for applying is Jan. 31 for U.S. journalists, March 1 for international journalists. Curator: Robert Giles.
Poynter Institute, The,
801 Third Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 3370I. Tel.: (727) 821-9494; FAX: (727) 821-0583. A nonprofit school for journalists devoted to raising levels of excellence in newspapers, broadcast news, online news sites and journalism generally. Offers more than 50 seminars annually for university students, teachers and professionals (in newspapers, TV news, radio, magazines and online) in these areas: Reporting, Writing & Editing; News Research; Visual Journalism; Media Leadership and Management; Media Ethics; Broadcast Producing and Reporting; New Media; Diversity; Community Coverage. Sponsors Research Fellowships for scholars of invited research. Makes its media and communications library available to journalism educators at no charge and provides research materials and applications online at www.poynter.org. President: James M. Naughton. Dean: Karen Brown Dunlap. Application Information: Betty Headley.
Pulliam Journalism Fellowship,
The Indianapolis News, Box 145, Indianapolis, IN 46206-0145. Tel.: (317) 633-9121; FAX: (317) 630-9549. A 10-week program (June to August) that combines internships on the The Indianapolis Star & The Indianapolis News and The Arizona Republic with seminars by reporters, editors and columnists. Fellows also work with the fellowship's writing coach. The Fellowships were established in 1974 by the late Eugene C. Pulliam, publisher of The Star, The News, The Arizona Republic, The Phoenix Gazette, The Muncie Star and Press and The Vincennes Sun-Commercial. Twenty Fellowships, each worth $5,250, are awarded in the spring. Early postmark deadline for application is November 15. Final postmark deadline is March 1. Winners will be announced by April 1. Director: Russell B. Pulliam, editor of The News.
Reader's Digest Foundation,
Pleasantville, NY 10570. FAX: (914) 238-7642. Awards travel-research grants to journalism schools and departments to improve techniques of magazine writing. Provides "Excellence in Journalism"Õ scholarship funds to Schools of Journalism at selected universities. Executive Director: Claudia L. Edwards.
Scripps Howard Foundation,
312 Walnut Street, 28th Floor, Cincinnati, OH 45202. Tel.: (513) 977-3035; FAX: (513) 977-3800. URL: http://www. scripps.com/foundation. The Scripps Howard Foundation strives to advance the cause of a free press through support of excellence in journalism, quality journalism education and professional development. Through special grants, the Foundation supports activities on behalf of literacy, minority recruitment and development in journalism, and First Amendment causes with special focus on the communities in which the company does business. Other programs include: internships, fellowships, semester in Washington news bureau for advanced reporting students, national awards program, a national symposium, diversity initiatives, and new media programs. President and CEO: Judith G. Clabes; Executive Director: Patty Cottingham.
Sigma Delta Chi Foundation,
PO Box 77 (16 S. Jackson St.), Greencastle, IN 46135-0077. Tel.: (765) 653-3333; FAX: (765) 653-4631. Programs include annual Pulliam Kilgore FOI Internships for two graduate students and annual Mark of Excellence Awards in 29 journalistic categories for students. Also sponsors the $40,000 Eugene C. Pulliam award annually to an outstanding editorial writer. The purpose of the fellowship is to encourage editorial writers to renew their personal resources and develop new or specialized interests through travel or advanced study. Funds the annual Broadcasting-Taishoff Seminar.
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation,
PO Box 28875, Atlanta, GA 30358. Tel.: (404) 256-0444; FAX: (404) 252-9135. Sponsors seminars for employees of Southern newspapers. Seminars are held on Southern college campuses and at Southern newspapers. Executive Director: R.E. Ivory.
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