The Florida Center for Investigative Reporting is the recipient of a $100,000 grant from the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation.
This is the fourth year the Oklahoma City-based foundation has contributed to FCIR’s efforts to operate Florida’s only bilingual investigative journalism organization focused on government waste. This year’s award includes a $75,000 donation that’s made now and a second, $25,000 grant that must be matched with new donations to FCIR.
“FCIR very much appreciates the continuing support of Ethics and Excellence in Journalism,” said Sharon Rosenhause, FCIR’s board president. “We hope our readers, supporters and partners will help us raise the $25,000 match so we can expand our public service journalism across Florida.”
The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation invests in a variety of media outlets to improve ethics and standards in journalism. Founded in 1982 by pioneering journalist Edith Kinney Gaylord, the foundation now funds institutions and organizations nationwide.
In its first four years, FCIR has won more than 30 national and regional awards, including National Headliner Awards, Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, Green Eyeshade Awards and Florida Society of News Editors honors. FCIR makes its stories available to traditional and emerging media, including Florida’s NPR member stations, the Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, The Ledger in Lakeland, the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, as well as Spanish-language and ethnic media. FCIR also shares stories with the Center for Public Integrity and New America Media, and is a member of the Investigative News Network, an association of more than 60 nonprofit investigative news organizations.