WORKING@KNIGHT
Sept. 4, 2003 Extra Edition

Ford Foundation Announces Challenge Fund for Journalism

The Ford Foundation, in partnership with Knight Foundation, today announced a new fund to support organizations that promote diversity in the news media. The Challenge Fund for Journalism will help groups broaden their base of financial support through challenge grants and fund-raising training. The seven organizations will have until June 2004 to raise new or increased funds from donors, which will then be matched from the Challenge Fund. Read Ford Foundation's announcement.

	Asian American Journalists Association, $75,000		Native American Journalists Association, $25,000
	National Association of Hispanic Journalists, $115,000		National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, $75,000
	Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, $140,000		National Association of Black Journalists, $50,000
			UNITY: Journalists of Color, Inc., $50,000

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