2012 DJNF Annual Report

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On the cover:Top left, Ellen Austin, 2012 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year, addresses the Fall National High School Journalism Convention in San Antonio. (Photo by Bradley Wilson) A Newark middle school journalist interviews Chad Faulcon about his hopes of playing for the Altanta Falcons football team during the WriteOnSports summer camp; Kenta Joseph outlines a story in the Western Kentucky University Multimedia internship residency program; Nick Schmidt and Freya Rojo review a digital story package at the University of Texas, El Paso, multimedia training session for professors from Hispanic-serving institutions; Vinny Vella and other 2012 interns tour the press room at the Austin American-Statesman while training at the university of Texas, Austin. (Photo by Bradley Wilson)

2012 Annual ReportDow Jones News Fund, Inc.

From the President 2From the Executive Director 32012 Financial Reports 4

Programs At-A-Glance 6

College Programs Multimedia Seminars for Professors 7Student Internships 8

High School ProgramsSummer High School Journalism Workshops 11National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year 17

Publications 19

Board of Directors and Officers 20

Guidelines 21

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“A bit less grim.” That’s how the Economist, the respected British weekly, summed up the health of newspapers at the end of 2012, another challenging year for the industry.

As print advertising revenue and newsroom staffing continued to erode in 2012 in the face of competition from the Internet for dollars and readers, newspapers raised subscription and daily prices and installed paywalls to charge for their online content. These steps appear to have started to stabilize circulation revenue.

Hopefully, they will afford newspapers precious time to evolve new editorial and business models, enabling them to survive in a transformative digital age that has drastically altered how businesses advertise and readers acquire news.

At the Dow Jones News Fund, which has long looked to the newspaper business for the

prestigious professional internships it offers college students each summer, we take heart from these developments. More importantly, however, we continue to focus our planning, recruiting and training on the emerging needs of journalism in a digital world.

In recent years, the Fund as has worked hard to develop internships at such leading online news organizations as the WSJ.com, AccuWeather, and Patch.com. As early as 1996, we offered interns training in digital journalism at the University of Missouri. And in summer 2013 Pam Johnson will run two residential digital workshops at Western Kentucky University and another will be held at Arizona State University. The Fund also provides digital seminars for journalism faculty at Historically Black Colleges and at schools with large Hispanic enrollments.

All these efforts, I am pleased to report, are paying growing dividends. The Fund offered 84 internships in summer 2012, one fewer than in each of the two preceding years. We expect to be able to offer more than 100

internships in summer 2013, as Patch.com, the hyper-local publisher owned by AOL that participated in the News Fund program in 2011 and 2012, expands its involvement. Executive Director Rich Holden, who has worked closely with Patch to expand this relationship, writes about our growing digital programs in his annual letter on the following page.

Amid all the emphasis on new developments, I want to underscore our commitment to training students in the basics of journalism—the ability to report thoroughly and accurately and to write clearly and fairly. Dean Nicholas Lemann of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism put it well a few years ago when he observed, “As the delivery systems of journalism change, there will always be a need for well-researched, accurate and well-written reporting.”

In closing, I want to offer my thanks to News Corporation and Dow Jones & Company for their continued support and to the board of directors of the Dow Jones News Fund for its guidance and oversight. In 2012, Mark Jackson, executive vice president and general counsel of Dow Jones, and Paul Schmidt, senior vice president/finance and treasurer of Dow Jones, joined the board, and Mr. Schmidt was also elected treasurer of the Fund.

From the PresidentRichard J. Levine

Seizing the Digital Future

It began in 2010 during a discussion with Marcia Parker, former West Coast editorial director of Patch.com, a group of more than 800 hyperlocal websites whose parent is AOL.com.

Ms. Parker shares the Dow Jones News Fund’s commitment to recruiting, training and placing young people who are interested in careers in journalism in jobs that are stimulating and rewarding.

She agreed that we should train two Patch.com interns at our site at Western Kentucky University in 2011, followed by two more this past summer. At WKU, before their internships begin, the students work with state-of-the-art equipment to produce multimedia presentations that encompass video, audio, slide shows and, of course, good writing. Dr. Pam Johnson, who directs the program, always emphasizes the importance of strong journalistic skills.

The Patch.com interns provided glowing reviews of their training programs, and senior representatives from Patch.com have attended both 2011 and 2012 to see first-hand the quality of the training. As a result, Patch.

com decided in the fall to send all 40 of its 2013 interns to the WKU training site.

Dr. Johnson agreed to conduct two separate training sites for the interns, and Patch.com representatives will be there for the entire two weeks that the programs will run. This, of course, also provides senior Patch.com staff the opportunity to meet all of its interns at one place and at one time.

Expanding with Patch.com has allowed us to start another digital training program, headed by Michael K. Wong, the director of career services at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University. The Cronkite School is located in downtown Phoenix, and its faculty consists of some of the top names in American journalism. The students will receive excellent training there as well.

Turning to our high school programs, we were able to provide funding for 27 workshops coast to coast this past summer (including one for middle-school students) at which 450 students participated. All of these programs

are run by dedicated professionals who invest a good deal of time and effort into providing a rewarding experience for the students.

While I don’t like to single out individuals, one person who deserves praise is Lisa Button, who has directed our workshop at the University of Arizona in Tucson for many years. She is taking on a new role at the University. She was succeeded by Kathy Harrison who is handing the program over to two outstanding individuals—Elena and Tom Stauffer. Both are talented, professional journalists who bring strong skills to the program.

In other news of scholastic journalism, DJNF was delighted to present its National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year award to Ellen Austin of Palo Alto (Calif.), High School and an adviser to its award-winning Viking sports magazine and its website.

Ms. Austin has been teaching and advising media for the past 17 years after a career in marketing. Her central message is emphasizing inclusion not only on her staffs but in the content as well. She noted that Palo Alto High School has students who speak Farsi, Russian, Korean, Mandarin, Tongan and Spanish. “It’s a 21st Century redefinition of the American melting pot,” she said.

As always, we offer our gratitude to the Dow Jones Foundation and, in turn, to News Corp. for the continued support of our mission. And, equally important, we extend thanks to all of the media companies nationally for their support of our intern programs. We welcome all comments and suggestions for improving what we do and how we do it.

From the Executive Director

Richard S. Holden

Conversation Launches Start of New Digital Program

2012 Annual Report Planning for the Digital Future 3


The Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.Statement of Support, Revenue, Expenses and Changes in Net Assets - Cash Basis for the Year ended December 31, 2012

SUPPORT AND OTHER REVENUE

Contributions 390,000

Book Royalties 1,548Publication Sponsorship 4,923Other 2,000Net Assets Released from Restrictions 57,200Total Support and Other Revenue $ 455,671

FUNCTIONAL EXPENSESProgram ServicesHigh School Teacher Programs 18,241High School Student Programs 129,000College Student Programs 256,158Career Information Program 15,017Total Program Services $ 418,416

Unrestricted Net Assets - Beginning of Year 22,397

Unrestricted Net Assets - End of Year $ 34,648

Revenue Sources

Program Expenses

Contributions

Book Royalties

Publication Sponsorship

Other

Net Assets Released from Restrictions

High School Teacher Programs

High School Student Programs

College Student Programs

Career Information Program

Editing Intern Scholarships

Editing Intern Training and Travel Costs

Business Reporting Training Center Costs

HBCU Training Program Costs

Intern Programs Operating Costs

Program ServicesHigh school Teacher Programs:

Teacher Awards Student Scholarships 2,500Teacher Awards Operating Costs 15,741

Total High School Teacher Programs Expenses 18,241High School Student Programs:

Journalism Workshops 124,000Workshops Writing Competition Scholarships 5,000

Total High School Student Program Expenses 129,000College Student Programs:Editing Intern Scholarships 28,500Editing Intern Training and Travel Costs 178,409Business Reporting Training Center Costs 5,224HBCU Training Program Cost 24,000Intern Programs Operating Costs 20,025

Total College Student Programs Expenses 256,158Career Information Program:High Schools Newsletter Costs 15,017

Supporting ServicesGeneral and Administrative Expenses:Travel, Meetings and Conference Expenses 6,115Audit Fee 5,450Publication and Printing Costs 2,627Consulting 59Promotion and Sponsorship 2,505Dues and Filing Fees 1,076Postage 10,997Miscellaneous 2,175

Total General and Administrative Expenses 31,004Total Functional Expenses $ 449,420


Breakdown of Program Services

The Dow Jones News Fund, Inc.Statement of Functional Expenses - Cash Basis for the Year ended December 31, 2012


Programs At A Glance National High School Journalism Teacher Awards Program - Begun in 1960

• 1 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year• 4 Distinguished Advisers and 3 Special Recognition Advisers• Scholarships - $2,500 (issued to students of 2011 winners; 2012 winners receive their scholarships in the 2013 academic year)

College Internship Programs - Started in 1960• Four programs served 84 interns who worked at 50 different news organizations • Business Reporting – 24 interns trained at Dow Jones & Company, New York City• Multimedia Editing – 12 interns trained at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green• Sports Editing – 12 interns trained at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln• News Editing – 36 interns trained at Pennsylvania State University, Temple University, University of Texas, Austin and the University of

Missouri• Scholarships - $28,500 awarded

Summer High School Journalism Workshops - Started in 1968• 26 workshops in 19 states, 450 students, 143 co-sponsors including journalists’ groups, news media, foundations, corporations and

individualsSummer Workshops Competition Winners• 2 photographers, 2 multimedia journalists, 4 reporters • Scholarships - $5,000 (issued to 2011 competition winners; 2012 winners receive their scholarships in the 2013 academic year)

Multimedia Training for Educators - Started in 2009• Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green – 9 professors from Historically Black Colleges and Universities• University of Texas at El Paso – 9 professors plus 6 students from Hispanic-serving educational institutions

Publications • Adviser Update – 6,000 copies distributed quarterly to high school journalism teachers and advisers, media professionals, college

educators and scholastic media groups• Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, DJNewsfund.wordpress.com, LinkedIn, Email blasts

Internships Hold Steady Despite Industry Decline

While layoffs and buyouts were the wearying norm in the news business in 2012, the Fund managed to hold internships steady at 84 with a lot of help from supporters in the industry.

The multimedia internship program directed by Pam Johnson attracted 12 including four from Patch. com, a harbinger of a relationship that was to grow in 2013.

Business reporters including staffers hired by Dow JOnes and The Wall Street Journal swelled that program to a roster of 24 students, led ably by Michelle La Roche, Dow Jones training editor.

Sports copy editors at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, went through their journalistic paces with Charlyne Berens and story editors from the Hartford Courant.

News editing interns received their editorial cues at the University of Texas at Austin, directed by Griff Singer; Temple University shepherded by Dr. Ed Trayes; Penn State University instructed by John Dillon and at the University of MIssouri from Associate Dean Brian S. Brooks.

College Programs


84 Interns at 50 Companies

Kenta Joseph, left, develops a storyboard with her team in the digital internship program at Western Kentucky University./WKU Photo


Business ReportingDow Jones & Company, New YorkMichelle LaRoche, DirectorAnika Anand, City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, CaliforniaWatch.org, Berkeley

Arti Virendra Patel, Stanford University MarketWatch.com, San Francisco

Eva Dou, Missouri School of Journalism The Wall Street Journal-Taipei Haley Miller, Brigham Young University, Provo Advertising Specialty Institute, Trevose, Pa.

Julie Cohen, University of Delaware, Advertising Specialty Institute, Trevose, Pa.

Melvin Backman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Thomson Reuters, New York

Michelle Zayed, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Denver Post

Nizar Manek, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Barron’s, New York

Paige Gance, Washington and Lee University Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.

Regina Hing, New York University MarketWatch.com, New York

Shaina Cavazos, Missouri School of JournalismThe Plain Dealer, Cleveland

Victoria Stilwell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Dow Jones Newswires, New York Waan Chomchuen, New York UniversityThe Wall Street Journal Online editions

Trinna Leong, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, The Wall Street Journal, Asia

Daniel Lippman, The Wall Street Journal, Washington, D.C.

Tony Olivero, Syracuse UniversityThe Wall Street Journal, Sports

Martin Gonzalez, Stanford UniversityThe Wall Street Journal, New York

Anna Russell, New York University WSJ Magazine

South Carolina Graduate Is 2012 Trayes Scholar

Ryan Quinn, a 2012 intern at the New York Times Regional Editing Center in Gainesville, Fla., became the ninth Ed Trayes Scholar, selected by the Temple University professor who has directed residencies in editing for 46 summers. Quinn graduated from the University of South Carolina, attended the training at Temple, then headed to Florida where he was introducted to the quick pace and exacting standards of editing for international editions.

His exposure to design work was the biggest surprise of his experience and one that improved his appreciation for the artistry of that part of an editor’s craft.The honor carries an additional $1,000 scholarship provided by the O’Toole Family Foundation of Short Hills, N.J. The foundation, is headed by Terrence O’Toole, a former editing intern who trained at Temple University.

Victoria Stillwell concentrates during the business reporting training course at Dow Jones headquarters.

Alice Speri, New York UniversityThe Wall Street Journal, London

Ben Kesling, Northwestern UniversityDow Jones Newswires, Chicago

Andrew Seidman, University of Virginia Dow Jones Newswires, Washington, D.C.

Sanette Tanaka, Duke University The Wall Street Journal Yigu Lilian Lin, The Wall Street Journal-Beijing

Multimedia EditingWestern Kentucky UniversityDr. Pam Johnson, Director

Alexandra Scarfone, University of Maryland, College Park, Patch.com

Charles Minshew, Missouri School of JournalismThe Denver Post

Courtney Buchanan, Lehigh UniversityPatch.com

Elaine Vuong, State University of New York, Stony Brook, Patch.com

Erin Boland, Indiana University Times Herald-Record, Middletown, N.Y.

Forrest Burnson, The University of Texas at Austin International Center for Journalists, Washington, D.C.

Jacob Piekarski, University of Minnesota Patch.com

Kenta Joseph, Florida A&M UniversityThe Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Malu Banuelos, Arizona State University WashingtonPost.com, Washington, D.C.

Samantha Kramer, Penn State University Accuweather, State College, Pa.

Sarah Squire, University of MichiganWSJ.com, New York

Varun Saxena, University of Maryland Indianapolis Star.

News EditingMissouri School of Journalism Brian S. Brooks, Director

Benjamin Dashley, Ball State University Indianapolis Star

Brynn Twait, University of Illinois Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald

Christine Scalora, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The Daily Journal, Kankakee, Ill.

Courtney Pitts, University of Nebraska-LincolnMinneapolis Star Tribune

Evette Brown, Bennett College Minneapolis Star Tribune

Jason Bennett, University of Kansas The Kansas City Star

Kristopher Hill, Missouri School of Journalism Chicago Tribune

Mark Libatique, Rutgers University-New Brunswick Detroit News

Samuel Charles, Columbia College, Chicago St. Paul Pioneer Press

Sarah McCabe, University of Kansas St. Paul Pioneer Press

William Guldin, Missouri School of Journalism The Kansas City Star. Pennsylvania State University John Dillon, Director

Carlee Schepeler, Michigan State University, The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette

Crystal Brusch, Florida State University Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gazette

John Bittner, Pennsylvania State UniversityMedia General

Laura Ingrassia, Pennsylvania State UniversityThe Virginian-Pilot, Norfolk



Matthew Baumann, Pennsylvania State University The Roanoke Times

Melisa Easaw, The College of New Jersey The Journal News, White Plains, N.Y.

Miranda Murray, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Media General

Sam Kirkland, Northwestern University Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.

Temple University Dr. Ed Trayes, Director

Amy Schellenbaum, University of ConnecticutThe New York Times

Catherine Sum, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The New York Times

Jillian Kremer, University of Florida Dow Jones Newswires, New York

Joseph Adinolfi, University of Connecticut The Wall Street Journal, New York

Kerri Anne Renzulli, University of Central Florida The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Fla.

Kevin Shaffer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle

Laura Kebede, Missouri School of Journalism Newsday, Melville, N.Y.

Lauren Sedam, Indiana UniversityThe New York Times

Ryan Quinn, University of South Carolina, The New York Times Regional Editing Group, Gainesville, Fla.

Sean Blue, Indiana University, Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass. University of Texas, AustinS. Griffin Singer, DirectorBenjamin Diaz, Long Beach City CollegeSan Francisco Chronicle

Bryan Dugan, University of OklahomaThe Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Emily Tate, Purdue UniversityAustin (Texas) American-Statesman

Jennifer Killin, managing editorThe Del Rio (Texas) News-Herald

Jose Enriquez III, University of Texas at ArlingtonThe Dallas Morning News

Copy editing interns who trained at Pennsylvania State University pose with John Dillon, residency director , during training at University Park, Pa..

Kristina Bui, University of ArizonaLos Angeles Times

Bryan Bastible, University of Texas at Arlington, Beaumont (Texas) Enterprise

Pashtana Usufzy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, San Francisco Chronicle

Regan Templeton, University of Texas, AustinIdaho Falls Post Register

Thomas Kyle-Milward, University of Oregon, Oregonian Publishing, Portland

Tor Haugan, University of Montana-Missoula, Bay Area News Group-East Bay, Walnut Creek, Calif.

Vincent Vella, La Salle University The Denver Post

Sports EditingUniversity of Nebraska, LincolnDr. Charlyne Berens, Director

Brandon Olson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, The Journal News, White Plains, N.Y.

Jacqueline Kantor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gazette

Kevin Kaplan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The New York Times

Kevin Collins, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Hartford (Conn.) Courant

Kyle Brynsvold, Missouri School of Journalism, New York Post

Matthew Walks, University of Oregon, The Denver Post

Michael Vorel, Missouri School of Journalism, Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald

Rebecca Dell, George Mason University, The Palm Beach Post, West Palm Beach, Fla.


Summer Academies Help Professors Update Digital SkillsThe News Fund has continued to offer training for college professors in multimedia skills at Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, and the University of Texas at El Paso. Professors spent a week with instructors at each school. The participants and their universities are listed.

University of Texas at El PasoChetachi Egwu, Nova Southeastern University, Davie, Fla.; Ernabel Demillo, St. Peter’s College, Jersey City, N.J.; Freya Rojo, California State University Northridge; Holly Ocasio-Rizzo, California State University Fullerton; Maria-Mercedes Vigon, Florida International University, Miami; Jose Romero, Arizona State University, Tempe; Nick Miller, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces; Nick Taylor, University of Texas

Pan American, Edinburg, Texas; Richard J. Schaefer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. These students also attended the sessions in May with these professors: Barbara Gomez, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; Mariana Dale, University of Arizona, Tucson; Carolina Cruz, Columbia College, Chicago; Celeste Alvarez, Imperial Valley College, Brawley, Calif., Aundre Larrow, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., Adolfo Moro, the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Western Kentucky UniversityDr. Wanda Brockington, Norfolk (Va.) State University; Meredith Clark, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; John Hinsel, Alabama State University, Montgomery; Valerie Black, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte; Mike Abrams, Florida A&M University; Steve Opfer, Norfolk State University; Bill Oglesby, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond; Kimberly Baker, Alabama State University, Montgomery; Erica Taylor, Norfolk (Va.) State University.

Columbia College Workshoppers Examine Violence

High school is a time for exploring careers and the summer high school journalism workshops have offered youth a license to look at life closely. In Chicago, the Columbia College workshop also explored violence and death.

Chicago workshops students were slated to write about fitness. Director Brenda Butler, a former journalist for the Chicago Tribune, said workshoppers have implored the directors to explore the high rate of violence and murder in the city. Adults resisted but struck a bargain that students could write about violence, in addition to the established theme. The result was stunning booklet, “Don’t Shoot, I Want to Grow Up.” View a PDF here: http://issuu.com/thecolumbiachronicle/docs/dont_shoot

They were featured in newspaper articles, on radio, online and participated in a town hall. They presented their booklets to Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and the police superintendent.

Review their work at this link: http://

www.columbialinks.org/townhall and hear commentary on this website, http://chicagoistheworld.org/2012/11/dont-shoot-they-want-to-grow-up/


High School Programs 26 workshops in 19 states

Members of the investigate reporting team talk about remedies to violence at a town hall meeting on the topic in Chicago./Columbia Links Photo


2012 Summer Journalism Workshops

ALABAMAMulticultural Journalism WorkshopUniversity of AlabamaMeredith Cummings, workshop directorDepartment of JournalismTuscaloosaWebsite: http://aspa1.ua.edu/mjw/www.twitter.com/AlaSPA

ARIZONAUniversity of ArizonaMs. Cathy Burch, workshop directorSchool of JournalismTucsonWebsite: The Chronicle

CALIFORNIAMulticultural Journalism WorkshopCalifornia Chicano News Media AssociationSan DiegoMr. Leonel Sanchez, workshop directorPoint Loma Nazarene UniversitySan Diego Website: http://www.ccnma.org

MOSAIC California Chicano News Media Associa-tionSan JoseMr. Joseph Rodriguez, workshop directorSan Jose Mercury NewsSan JoseWebsite: www.ccnma.org

CONNECTICUTConnecticut Health Investigative Team Reporting WorkshopC-HIT Investigative Summer Reporting Workshop

Lisa Chedekel and Lynne DeLucia, workshop co-directorsQuinnipiac University and the University of Con-necticutWebsite: www.c-hit.org

FLORIDAUniversity of Miami Peace Sullivan/James Ansin High School WorkshopFred Blevens, workshop directorSchool of CommunicationCoral GablesWebsite: http://com.miami.edu/

Dow Jones/NBC Universal High School Media Work-shopFlorida A&M UniversityDorothy Bland, workshop directorTallahassee

ILLINOISColumbia CollegeColumbia LINKS Summer 2012 Reporting AcademyBrenda Butler, directorChicagoWebsite: http://www.columbialinks.org/

Illinois Press Foundation/Eastern Illinois UniversityDr. Sally Renaud, workshop director Betsy Jewell, co-directorJournalism DepartmentCharlestonWebsite: http://ipfworkshop.wordpress.com/

INDIANAIABJ High School Multimedia Workshop@Butler UniversityDeShong Perry, workshop directorLeisa Richardson, workshop co-directorhttp://blogs.butler.edu/iabj/


KENTUCKYWestern Kentucky UniversityXposureRobert Adams, workshop director< br/> Adams-Whitaker Student Publications CenterBowling GreenWorkshop Blog: http://wkuxposure.wordpress.com/

MASSACHUSETTSNew England High School Journalism CollaborativeMilton Valencia and Maureen Iaricci, workshop directorsRegis CollegeWeston

MICHIGANJournalism Institute for Media DiversityDow Jones High School WorkshopAlicia Monique Nails, workshop directorWayne State UniversityDetroit Website: comm.wayne.edu/jim.php

MINNESOTAThreeSixty Journalism Intermediate Journalism CampUniversity of St. ThomasLynda McDonnell, workshop director St. Paul Website: www.threesixtyjournalism.org

MISSOURIUniversity of MissouriMissouri Urban Journalism WorkshopProfessor Anna Romero, workshop directorSchool of JournalismColumbiaWebsite: http://2012urbanpioneer.columbiamis-sourian.com/

NEW JERSEYPrinceton University Summer Journalism ProgramRich Tucker, directorPrinceton UniversityPrinceton Website: www.princeton.edu/sjp/

Write On SportsByron Yake, executive directorSouth Orange Website: www.writeonsports.org

NEW YORKRobert Greene Urban Journalism WorkshopProfessor Zachary Dowdy, workshop directorSUNY - Stony BrookMelville LibraryStony BrookWebsite: http://www.greenegazette.com/ NYU Urban Journalism WorkshopNew York UniversityProfessor Yvonne Latty, workshop directorArthur Carter Journalism InstituteNew YorkWebsite: http://urbanjournalismworkshop.org/

Jenny Vrentas, an NFL reporter for the Star Ledger, Newark, offers interviewing tips to middle school participants in the WriteOnSports workshop in Newark. She talked to the students about her career covering professional sports as they prepared to conduct a press conference with local talent Chad Faulcon who was being considered as a walkon by the Atlanta Falcons./News Fund Photo


OKLAHOMAUniversity of OklahomaMr. Ray Chavez, workshop directorGaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communica-tion, Norman Website: www.ou.edu/gaylord/home/main/out-reach/oidj.html

PENNSYLVANIA Temple University High School Journalism Work-shopMs. Maida Odom, workshop directorDepartment of JournalismPhiladelphia http://tuhsjournalism.wordpress.com/

TEXASYouSA Urban Journalism WorkshopSan Antonio CollegeMs. Irene Abrego, workshop directorJournalism DepartmentSan AntonioWebsite: You S.A.

Texas Christian UniversityHigh School Journalism WorkshopDaxton Stewart, workshop directorSchieffer School of JournalismFort WorthWebsite: http://www.schiefferschool.tcu.edu/593.htm

University of Texas at El PasoJournalism in JulyDr. Zita Arocha, workshop directorSam Donaldson Center for Communication StudiesEl PasoWebsite: http://borderzine.com/2011/07/

VIRGINIAVCU’s Scholastic Journalism WorkshopVirginia Commonwealth UniversityMary Ann Owens, workshop directorSchool of Mass CommunicationsRichmondWebsite: http://masscomm.vcu.edu

WISCONSINMarquette University Urban Journalism WorkshopDiederich College of Communication Ms. Sheena Carey, workshop directorMilwaukeeWebsite: http://www.marquette.edu/comm/ujw/

Summer Workshop Winners Use Scholarships for CollegeIn 2012, eight students among the 450 who attended DJNF-supported workshops won $1,000 college scholarships for the work they did in the summer. They will reeive their scholarships in 2013 as entering college freshmen or returning sophomores.

The winners were selected by DJNF staff, based on essays outlining their commitment to a journalism career, their submitted work and recommendations from workshop directors. The students’ work appeared in newspapers or on websites produced by the programs.

Four scholarships were awarded in the writing competition, one for multimedia and three to photographers. The photography winners were Brittany Embree of Oklahoma City who attended the workshop at the University of Oklahoma, Alexa Hicklin of the Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush High School in Philadelphia who attended the Temple University High School workshop and Yetzabell Rojas, a Diversity Workshop at University of Arizona participant and student at Douglas High School.

The winning multimedia journalist is Andrew Briz of Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, a participant in the Peace Sullivan/James Ansin High School Workshop in Journalism and New Media at the University of Miami.

The writing winners and the workshops they attended were: Zanira Abubakar of the Connecticut Health I-Team workshop, a senior at New Haven’s Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School; Julianne Micoleta, Missouri Urban Journalism Workshop participant and senior at Elk Grove (Ill.) High School; Corina Martinez, a Mosaic workshopper at San Jose State University and senior at Presentation High School and Nicholas Ghibaudy who attended the Peace Sullivan/James Ansin High School Workshop in Journalism and New Media, a student at College Academy of Broward College.

The 2011 winners received their scholarships in 2012.


Ellen Austin was chosen as the 2012 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year by a panel of journalists and educators for her extraordinary work in pushing the envelope and empowering students. She is the 54th adviser honored by the Fund, with a group of seven teachers selected as Distinguished and Special Recognition Advisers.

Ellen Austin was co-adviser of the INfocus broadcast and adviser to the website vikingpsortsmagazine.com and Viking Sports magazine at Palo Alto (Calif.) High School. She is an award-wininng teacher and champion of student free expression. Her year included travel to the National high school journalism conventions in San Antonio and San Francisco, presenting at a Teach-In for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s spring conference. The program is co-sponsored by the Poynter Institute for Media Studies of St. Petersburg, Fla., and The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition.

Here are excerpts from her talk, Leaps of Faith.

It is a great and humbling honor to be addressing you today. I would like to talk this afternoon about leaps of faith.

I teach English and journalism at Palo Alto High School. We have a journalism fleet at Paly, where I work with some astonishing colleagues: Paul Kandell; a good friend, outstanding teacher, and my anchor; and colleagues Mike McNulty, Esther Wojcicki, and Margo Wixsom.

About 20-25 per cent of Paly’s 2,300 students pass through the doors of our journalism programs. We are building a bond-funded Media Arts Building, with doors slated to open next fall.

That building represents tangible support from our parent community, who are willing to take another bite in taxes because they understand that our schools are our futures.

Let me paint a picture of what it looked like yesterday in Viking’s classroom as editors staffed up weekend coverage for the football playoff game: video and DSLR cameras being checked out, sideline reporter’s passes getting picked up and distributed; editors organizing the timeline expectation for the game recap and photos – by midnight? 1 a.m.? Friday night. A crisp discussion of how tweets, real-time game photos and videos, and Facebook posts would flow and converge together throughout the evening to create a hybridized stream of coverage from kickoff through final buzzer.

If I could read minds, I’m pretty sure a Tumblr meme floating in the air right now might read, “Sweet: living in California’s wonderland of student free expression, with a new building and rooms full of students singing “Kum Bah Yah” and then writing and posting all weekend long.“

So I’d like to tell you, as radio commentator Paul Harvey used to say, “the rest of the story…”

I live my life by several mantras that drive me: “Leap, and the net will appear” is the primary one.

Reluctant Teacher Takes Up Camera and Leaps of Faith

Ellen Austin accepts her plaque from Aaron Manfull, 2011 National High School Teacher of the Year. Photo by Randy Swikle

National Teacher Awards 8 Teachers from 5 States

I grew up in Illinois, the Land of Lincoln; moved to Europe in my 20s; spent two decades in Minnesota; and moved six years ago to the nation’s hub of innovation and entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley. But as writer and academic JRR Tolkien put it well: “Not all those who wander are lost.”Neither of my parents were writers or journalists. My dad, a mechanical engineer and weekend pilot, passed away eight years ago. I am thankful for his gifts: He taught me to how to take a photo and to fly an airplane, and always to take leaps of faith.

My mother is here today and has been a teacher since 1957 — and still teaches today. That you still are a teacher at 77 in a career that has gone for more than half a century is a wonder. She is the inspiration, support, and template of much that I do in my classroom and my life.

My path to journalism advising started with a camera. I grew up in Rockford, Illinois. In 1976, when I was a 7th grader, the Rockford government, facing a budget crisis, proposed a property tax referendum, much like Paly’s.

It failed. Our K-12 schools were stripped of all sports, music, orchestras, choirs, bands, all journalism, all art. Over 400 teachers lost their jobs. Including my mom, whose position as a music teacher was eliminated.

There were two impacts on my life of that failed referendum: first, I vowed never ever EVER to become a teacher; secondly, I picked up a camera, and fell in love.

My dad, an amateur photographer, built a darkroom in our basement to give me something to

do. I took to the chemistry, sequence, and magic of photography with joy. I found my voice — with film.

Although my AP Lit seniors wouldn’t believe it if they heard me right now, my heroes are not Jane Austen (unless it’s that one, right there – yes, it’s the family punchline) or Shakespeare – whose birthday I share.

My heroes were legendary midcentury photojournalists: Gordon Parks, Margaret Bourke-White, Robert Capa, Dorothea Lange. Their lenses were courageous, creating a dialogue about social issues with images that leveraged change that needed to come.

I was six months old when JFK was assassinated, 4 years old when Dr. Martin Luther King was killed in Memphis, in first grade when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon.

What would our collective memory be without the iconic photographs of those moments?

After finishing up at the University of Illinois, including stints as a photographer on the “Daily Illini” campus paper and the “Illio” yearbook, I spent time living in Europe teaching English as a foreign language, then moving to Minnesota, where I set up a small photo studio in a warehouse in St. Paul. Somewhere along the way, bowing to family pressure, I also got my teaching certification —“just in case.”

My camera has traveled into Kentucky coal country to document the proud but poverty-laden lives there; I’ve run from mobs in South Africa when I visited that nation in the last days of apartheid and

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Ellen Austin speaking at the Advisers Luncheon during the 2012 Fall National High School Journalism Convention in San Antonio. Photo by Randy Swikle

turned my lens on the villages in the homelands which were looking towards a coming freedom.

What has traveled from photography into my life as a teacher is an emphasis on capturing strong visuals in our stories.

I coach my students to think with their eyes as much as their ears, using the mantra from early photojournalist Cartier-Bresson: “The decisive moment.”

Viking decided early to be a photography-forward magazine because images are integral to the “story” of sports. Photos also reach members of our community for whom printed words are hard to access. Visual journalism is a tool of inclusion.

The verse my Kentucky grandmother taught me from the New Testament provides the second mantra by which I live: “Knock, and the door shall be opened.”

I’d add: if it doesn’t open, you may need to kick it [gently]. Because change often means pushing against the status quo. Back to that young girl, the photographer. I thought it would be nifty to take pictures for the school paper when we finally got electives back two years later. One day in the fall of freshman year, I went to the “Pub Room,” to meet longtime newspaper adviser, Joan Schmelzle, and asked to join the newspaper staff.

She looked me up and down, and said, “I don’t take GIRLS as photographers.”

I’d heard about glass plate negatives. I didn’t realize I’d just met a glass ceiling for a freshman girl.

I walked up to the school counselor’s office to ask if that sounded right to him. I have no idea what went on behind the scenes, but suddenly I was on the staff – as a photographer. And a girl.

That experience of someone trying to shut a door stays with me as a teacher. Who are we missing on our staffs right now? Who are we missing out there in the world of our audience? How do we [kick] open those doors and invite those kids in?

Alan Lamarque, current Viking co-editor, entered Paly journalism through an alternate summer journalism internship program based in East Palo Alto and started by Paul Kandell five years ago. East Palo Alto (or EPA) borders Palo Alto. EPA has historically been black, Hispanic and economically struggling.

Alan, who’s Mexican-American, completed the summer EPA program, joining Viking as a sophomore, the youngest staff member ever. He has won awards for his writing, was named managing editor his junior year, and this year, as a senior, is one of the three co-editors in chief.

Alan says, “I wasn’t even on this path to being where I am now, but I can’t imagine what it would be like if I hadn’t been here. I’m the first Latino editor on Viking. To be standing up in front of people telling them what we’ve done, much of the time the students are Asian or white and they don’t usually look much like me. It makes me proud to be Latino.”

Film also matters more to inclusion and connections. Maryssa Sklaroff, co-executive producer of INfocus, Paly’s broadcast program, says, “The capabilities of film are extraordinary. Film is accessible to everybody, the Internet is accessible to every high school student. If you have access to that, it doesn’t matter what cultural background you come from ,what languages you speak or how far apart you are.”

Read the complete talk and view the accompanying slides at http://ellenjaustin.com/?page_id=63


Four Distinguished Advisers and three Special Recognition Advisers in 2012 are all award winners in their own right. Many have served scholastic journalism as state, regional and national officers and by teaching their peers at workshops and conferences.

The teachers received a free set of The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition and a teacher copy of the Journal. They also received free access to a webinar through the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Students of Distinguished Advisers compete for $500 scholarships in spring 2013.

Distinguished Advisers

Beatrice Motamedi, The Urban School of San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif., advises The Urban Legend, co-directs Newsroom by the Bay, and is a global journalism educator and workshop leader. She received her B.A., English with honors, Northwestern University; M.A., writing, Stanford University, graduate of Creative Writing Program. She is a certified journalism educator through the Journalism Education Association, has taught and advised high school journalism since 2004. She came to teaching after more than 20 years as a reporter, writer and editor for various news media among them the United Press International, the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Examiner, Salon.com, Wired; Oakland Tribune, CNN.com, La Prensa, The International Herald Tribune, Newsweek and WebMD. She has also freelanced as a book and magazine editor and writer for corporate publications and websites.

Rod Satterthwaite, Dexter High School, Dexter, Mich., is adviser to The Squall newspaper and website. He holds a B.A. with honors in English education from Michigan State University; M.Ed. with an emphasis in English from Grand Valley State University. Satterthwaite, who has been teaching for 19 years, has been at Dexter since

1999, where he teaches introduction to journalism, photojournalism and newspaper as well as Advanced Composition, English 10, Language and Literature, Speech, Sports Literature and Creative Writing. He is also an adjunct instructor teaching introduction to journalism and feature writing courses at Washtenaw Community College and has taught a graduate course called “Critical Issues in Scholastic Journalism” at Michigan State.

Jim Streisel, Carmel High School, Carmel, Ind., advises HiLite newsmagazine, its website, http://www.hilite.org and Acumen, a topical news magazine. He earned his B.S.,

from Ball State University, certification in secondary and middle school journalism and English. Streisel is a certified and master journalism educator through the Journalism Education Association. He has written two texts, “High School Journalism: A Practical Guide” and “Scholastic Web Journalism: Connecting with Readers in a Digital Age,” both published by McFarland.

Bretton Zinger, Chantilly High School, Chantilly, Va., advised The Purple Tide newspaper and website, Andromeda art and literary magazine, The Knightly News news show, former president of the Association of Fairfax


2012 Honored Teachers Lead Award-Winning Student Newsrooms

2012 Distinguished Advisers Jim Streisel, Rod Satterthwaite, Beatrice Motamedi and Bretton Zinger with their plaques after the Advisers Luncheon in San Antonio. Photo by Randy Swikle.

Professional Educators. He began teaching this fall at Robert Adams Middle School, Holliston, Mass., where he advises the newspaper and the literary magazine. Zinger earned a B.S. in education, from the University of Kansas, attended the London Film School, and earned an M.A. in new professional studies from George Mason University. He is a master journalism educator through the JEA. He has taught videography for the Institute for the Arts, Fairfax, Va., and posts the “Words on Words” series on the JEA listserv. He received a Gold Key from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in 2011 and was a 2010 DJNF Special Recognition Adviser.

Special Recognition Advisers

Jeff Kocur, Hopkins High School, Minnetonka, Minn., is adviers to the Royal Page newspaper, www.royalpage.org website and the Regalia yearbook. He holds a B.S. in secondary English education, Winona State University; M.A. Ed., St. Mary’s University of Minnesota; pursuing an M.A., in journalism and mass communication, Kent State University. Kocur was named the 2012 Minnesota Journalism Educator of the Year. He started the journalism class at Hopkins three years prior as an English elective for sophomores through seniors. He is a member of the Journalism Education Association’s Scholastic Press Rights Commission and the board of the Journalism Educators of Minnesota. His students have won multiple national awards since 2006; one of his editors-in-chief won a Free Spirit Award including conference travel and a college scholarship from the Freedom Forum.

Melissa Wantz of Foothill Technology High School, Ventura, Calif., si adviser to The Foothill Dragon Press, www.foothilldragonpress.org. She has a B.A. in English literature, University of California, Santa Barbara; master’s in English literature with an emphasis in creative writing, California State University, Northridge. Wantz worked as a professional reporter for the Ventura County Star-Free Press. She earned teaching credentials and

taught English at a middle school before transferring to Foothill Technology. She taught herself the Joomla content management system, built the website and launched the publication in 2010. The Foothill Dragon Press received its second consecutive Online Pacemaker from NSPA and its first Gold Crown from Columbia Scholastic Press Association in 2012. Two students received $5,000 scholarships in the Free to Tweet competition sponsored by the First Amendment Center in honor of the 220th Anniversary of the First Amendment.

Rebeca Zimmermann, Highland High School, Albuquerque, adviser to Highland Highlight newspaper and yearbook, is president of the New Mexico Scholastic Press Association.She earned a B.A. in journalism, minor in marketing,

Texas A&M University; State teacher certification with endorsements in language arts, social studies, University of New Mexico; M.A. secondary education, University of New Mexico. Zimmermann came to teaching six years prior specifically to teach journalism and newspaper. She worked for nearly 13 years as a freelancer, a municipal, police and general assignment reporter at the Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald, and an editor for the New Mexico Jewish Link. She also worked as a newswoman in the Albuquerque bureau of the Associated Press. She was a standout college journalist and editor-in-chief of the Texas A&M Battalion newspaper. Zimmermann has organized state scholastic publication competitions, presented at workshops.


Highland Highlight staffers at Highland High School in Albuquerque surround teacher Rebeca Zimmermann, seated on the floor, with copies of The Wall Street Journal Clssroom Edition.


2011 Teacher Awards Program Scholarships Given to College Freshmen

The winning student, Kaitlyn Williams, received a $1,000 scholarship to the University of Missouri. A student of Aaron Manfull, she graduated from Francis Howell High School North, St. Charles, Mo.

Students of 2011 Distinguished Advisers received $500 scholarships in competitions at their schools.

• Krista James, attending the University of Alabama, student of Erin Coggins, Sparkman High School, Harvest, Ala.

• Richard P. Radke, Ball State University, student of Stan Zoller, Rolling Meadows (Ill.) High School

• Wayne Epps, attending James Madison University, student of Chris Waugaman, Prince George (Va.) High School

• Paige Stewart, student of Susan Colyer, Southside High School, Fort Smith, Ark.

With Watergate Legends and Free Speech Champions

Above, Aaron Manfull gets Ben Bradlee, Bob Woodard and Carl Bernstein to autograph a book about the impact of Watergate on American journalism at an ASNE panel in April 2012. At left, he is congratulated by Gene Policinski, executive director of the First Amendment Center and Ken Paulson, ASNE president, First Amendment Center CEO.

2011 Teacher Honoree Circulates at Conferences

Aaron Manfull, the 2011 Teacher of the Year from St. Charles, Mo, spoke at several conferences in 2012. He participated in a livestreamed chat

with Ed Sullivan, executive director of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association in March, then attended the American Society of News Editors conference in April in Washington, D.C. A highlight was a 40-year retrospective on Watergate with Bob Woodard and Carl Bernstein and running commentary by Ben Bradlee.

The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition provided free subscriptions to 12 high school media teachers selected through an annual essay competition for the fourth consecutive year in 2012.

For the first time a graduating senior penned the essay for his school, York (Pa.) County School of Technology. His teacher Nicki Stiger explained, “When I asked my students what was their favorite section of the newspaper, one student said, “Well, I never read the newspaper.” Jason Gomez, a senior in our newly developed class, must have seen the look of sadness and concern on my face. Of 30 students, he was the only one to take the challenge of writing the 250-word persuasive essay. I had him in English as a freshman and he is right, our school really has helped him discover his passions. He has overcome his speech and language disability and improved his writing, spelling and speaking. He is just one example of the type of students I teach.

Jason wrote: “. . .I am a student in the Graphic Arts division of York Tech and we study many different types of typography. Because

the school lacks funds for a newspaper subscription, I decided to take matters into my own hands to further our education in both journalism and graphic arts. It would be an honor if I could win this free subscription for my fellow students.”

Other winners were:• Annamarie Warren, Waxahachie (Texas)

Global High School• Juli Stricklan, Rigby (Idaho) High School• Karen Ford, Holton (Kan.) High School• Taisha Matthews, Frank Sinatra School of

the Arts, Astoria, N.Y.• Sonya Boyd, Shaw High School, Columbus,

Ga.• Russell Hill, Coronado High School,

Lubbock, Texas• Diane Hofsess, Southfield (Mich.) High

School• Lynne Moore, Nativity School, Hollywood,

Fla.• Mary Kay Downes, Chantilly (Va.) High

School• Leslie Bogar, Valor Christian High School,

Highlands Ranch, Colo. • Mark Eaton, T.C. Williams High School,

Alexandria, Va.

In addition, teachers who were selected through the National Teacher Awards program also received the subscriptions, for a total of 25 schools.

WSJ Classroom Edition Gives Subscriptions to Media Teachers

Adviser Update, the free quarterly newspaper for high school media teachers and advisers distributed 6,000 copies each press run, to teachers, newspaper editors and college professors interested in scholastic journalism. It is printed by Dow Jones & Co., in Chicopee, Mass.

George Taylor, 1985 National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year, is the editor. He works with a designer and copy editing staff, aided by contributing writers including high school media teachers and columnists.Contributions from sponsored messages help defray the costs of the newspaper.

Publications



OfficersPresidentRichard J. LevineFormer Vice President, NewsDow Jones & Company

TreasurerPaul SchmidtVice President and General Manager, Financial MarketsDow Jones & Company

SecretaryRobin Sawyer2000 National High School Journalism Teacher of the YearFirst Flight High School, Kill Devil Hills, N.C.

Executive DirectorRichard S. HoldenDow Jones News Fund, Inc.

Directors

Don E. CarterMember EmeritusFormer Executive Director

Thomas E. EnglemanFormer Executive DirectorExecutive Editor, Teen Voices of Democracy Pamela FisherSenior Vice President, Corporate DiversityNews Corporation

Mark JacksonCorporation CounselDow Jones & Company

Diana Mitsu KlosMedia Consultant

Neal Lipschutz Senior Vice President and Managing Editor Dow Jones Newswires Laurence G. O'DonnellRetired Managing EditorThe Wall Street Journal

Dr. Reginald OwensF. Jay Taylor Chair of JournalismLouisiana Tech University

Dr. Russell G. ToddG.B. Dealey Chair, Journalism DepartmentUniversity of Texas at Austin

StaffRichard S. Holden, Executive DirectorLinda Shockley, Deputy DirectorDiane Cohn, Director of Finance

Dow Jones News FundBoard of Directors


National High School Journalism Teacher Awards ProgramDescription: To recognize high school Journalism teachers who have made an outstanding contribution to teaching journalism and/or advising a high school newspaper, newsmagazine or news websiteEligible: Any high school journalism teacher or adviser with at least three years of teaching experience. Nominations may come from principals, newspaper editors, other teachers, alumni, press associations or the teachers themselves Awards: $1,000 college scholarship for a student of the Teacher of the Year; $500 college scholarships for a student of each of the four Distinguished AdvisersDeadline: July 1

DJNF High School Journalism WorkshopsDescription: To encourage high school students to consider careers in journalism by providing an opportunity to work with professional journalists and instructors on reporting, writing and editing a student newspaper, magazine or news websiteEligible: Colleges, schools, nonprofit organizations Grant: $2,500 up to $8,000 Deadline: October 1

Centers for Editing ExcellenceDescription: To provide pre-internship intensive training for college juniors, seniors and graduate students, selected through DJNF’s News Editing Intern Program, who will work professionally as copy editing interns for news mediaEligible: Colleges or nonprofit organizations Grant: Maximum of $20,000 for 10 students Deadline: October 1

News Editing Internship ProgramDescription: To encourage students to consider copy editing as a career in news and multimedia journalism by providing training, paid summer internships and scholarship grantsEligible: College juniors, seniors and graduate students Scholarship: $1,000Deadline: November 1

Digital Internship ProgramDescription: To encourage students to consider multimedia editing as a career in journalism by providing training, paid summer internships and scholarship grantsEligible: College juniors, seniors and graduate students Scholarship $1,000Deadline: November 1

Business Reporting Internship ProgramDescription: To encourage college juniors, seniors and graduate students to seek business reporting internships by providing training, paid summer internships and scholarship grants.Eligible: College juniors, seniors and graduate students Scholarship$1,000Deadline: November 1

Sports Editing Program Description: To encourage students to consider sports copy editing as a career by providing training, paid summer internships and scholarship grants Eligible: College juniors, seniors and graduate students Scholarship: $1,000Deadline: November 1

The News Fund is a national foundation supported by Dow Jones & Co., Dow Jones Foundation and others within the news industry. Our emphasis is on education for students and educators as part of our mission to promote careers in journalism. DJNF operates several high school and college-level grant programs. Those who would like to submit unsolicited proposals should go to the Grant Proposal page athttps://www.newsfund.org to read more and download a form. For more detailed descriptions, visit the Programs section. Grant applications, guidelines and instructions also appear in the Forms section.

Deadlines for Proposalsand Program Nominations

2012 DJNF Annual Report

Documents

Transcript of 2012 DJNF Annual Report