Areas of Support

The Journalism Program funds a wide variety of activities that support our mission, including educational programs and publications, fellowships, monitoring, research, advocacy and training. Generally, these activities are targeted toward leaders and opinion leaders in journalism and seek to make substantial and enduring change. Areas of support include:

News Leadership

To promote the development of effective and farsighted leadership in news organizations, the foundation supports and conducts programs that:

Increase understanding of changes affecting news business, audiences and technology;
Promote diversity of staffing and content in the news media; and
Improve leaders' understanding and commitment to core news values.

Youth Media

To promote the development of future generations of journalists, the foundation supports and conducts programs that:

Strengthen high school journalism and nurture future journalists;
Encourage teen inquiry, civic engagement and expression; and
Increase young people’s awareness of the First Amendment.

Free Speech

To promote freedom of expression and the vital importance of all news media in a free society, the foundation supports and conducts programs that:

Monitor and protest abuses against journalists;
Examine restrictive laws, rulings and regulations; and
Strengthen public support for the First Amendment.

Journalism Education

To strengthen the quality and depth of journalism, the foundation supports and conducts programs that:

Strengthen journalism training at the collegiate level;
Increase understanding between the military and the media and improve coverage of national security; and
Strengthen specialized reporting in a variety of topics essential to the functioning of democracy.

Special Journalism Projects