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The Tegna Foundation, the charitable foundation sponsored by Tegna Inc., today announced a series of grants to promote diversity in journalism and professional development opportunities for media professionals and students. Tegna Foundation also announced it was making a special $75,000 grant to Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press to support its mission to protect First Amendment freedoms and the newsgathering rights of local journalists.
The special grant to Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press will support efforts to improve the conditions for and protect local journalists who are covering the news in an increasingly hostile environment. This includes training and other outreach measures to help local journalists and law enforcement officials better protect the legal rights of local news gatherers, in addition to efforts to improve the safety of local journalists working to cover protests and demonstrations nationwide.
“As the First Amendment rights of journalists are increasingly under attack, it is critical to safeguard our most basic democratic freedoms,” said Dave Lougee, president and CEO, Tegna. “And fostering greater diversity in media to better reflect the voices of the communities we serve is more important than ever, starting with the recruiting of young talent. We are proud to partner with our 2020 grantees to develop and create opportunities for the next generation of journalists.”
The 2020 Tegna Foundation Media Grants recipients are:
National Association of Black Journalists, in support of the Black Male Media Project and a workshop on race and journalism at the virtual 2020 NABJ/NAHJ Conference