ASNE Foundation

To create a new First Amendment awareness campaign and strengthen national Sunshine Week in 2008

Al Jazeera English Research Project

To study whether Al Jazeera's English programming increases cross-cultural dialogue and understanding

American Society of News Editors Foundation

To teach the next generation of journalists, increase student media and improve First Amendment awareness among all high school students by expanding highschooljournalism.org

Appleseed: The News Literacy Project

To develop and launch Appleseed: The News Literacy Project

Ashoka News & Knowledge Entrepreneurs

To identify and invest in social entrepreneurs in journalism through Ashoka Fellowships

Aspen Institute

To focus the Aspen Forum on Communication and Society on issues of media and community

Boulder Carbon Tax Tracker

To create a citizen/professional journalism project using innovative web tools and citizen journalism practices to track Boulder's implementation of a carbon tax

Center for Future Civic Media

To create new community news products in a major national center with MIT's Media Lab and Comparative Media Studies program

Chi-Town Daily News

To create a new, low-cost model for training citizen journalist in every neighborhood of a major city to contribute to a citywide news site

Citizen Media Law Project

To create a 50-state database that will contain legal actions against citizen journalists, as well as state-specific legal guides

City University of New York

To enable low-income journalism students to get work experience comparable to others through this internship. This internship is an integral part of the curriculum of the new journalism program

Committee to Protect Journalists

To strengthen CPJ's worldwide reporting network