The Poynter Institute has been awarded a $5 million grant
from Craig Newmark Philanthropies to establish the Craig Newmark
Center for Ethics and
Leadership at Poynter. The grant is the single largest contribution to Poynter,
according to the non-profit.
The Center
for Ethics and Leadership will “improve fact-based expression by training
journalists and working with news organizations to hone and adopt meaningful
and transparent ethics practices,” according to Poynter. The Center at Poynter
aims to be the "industry's ombudsman," a place where journalists,
ethicists, and citizens convene to elevate American discourse and battle
disinformation and bias, Poynter says.
"I
want to stand up for trustworthy journalism and stand against deceptive and
fake news," said Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist and Craig Newmark
Philanthropies. "And I want to help news organizations work together to
protect themselves and the public. Poynter's the right place to do this work
because the institute has long been very serious about trustworthy news, and it
has been committed to both training journalists and holding media organizations
accountable."
Poynter
senior vice president Kelly McBride will lead the initiative as the Craig
Newmark Journalism Ethics Chair.
The grant
to the Poynter is part of Craig Newmark Philanthropies' $15 million investment
aimed at advancing journalism ethics, with $10 million going to the Columbia Journalism
School to establish and name the Craig Newmark
Center for Journalism
Ethics and Security and the Craig Newmark Professorship of Journalism.
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