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Recent grants awarded by Correspondents Fund

2011

American journalist in need
A grant to help an American former journalist, retired and fallen on hard times.
Ethiopian journalist in flight
A grant to help with travel expenses for an Ethiopian journalist who has led to another African country and is hoping to come to the United States.

Imprisoned Cameroonian journalist
A grant to help support a Cameroonian journalist who was imprisoned for articles he wrote critical of the government. 

Ethiopian newspaper editor
A grant for an editor of another newspaper in Ethiopia who fled to Kenya under government pressure and is destitute.

Guinean radio reporter
A grant for English lessons for a radio reporter who fled Guinea after witnessing (and nearly being killed in) a massacre by troops of a rally of opponents of the Guinean government. 

Aging journalist from Singapore
A grant to help support a 76-year-old journalist in Singapore whose book on controversial issues led to a trial and stiff jail sentence and fines for contempt of court.

Iraqui Journalist
A grant for a former Iraqi journalist who worked in The New York Times Baghdad bureau to help in his transition to life in the United States. 

Journalist in Residence
Funding to support a Cameroon journalist now in the US as a resident international journalist at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.

Internships in Foreign Bureaus
Funding for the Overseas Press Club Foundation to support its internship program for college students aspiring to become foreign correspondents, to be split among three of the five interns they are sending abroad this year.

Injured British Photographer
A grant for the benefit of a British reporter injured while photographing in Libya.  

Freelance Iranian Photographer
A grant to benefitoan Iranian photographer who had freelanced for local and foreign news agencies, including SIPA, AFP, and Reuters and was forced to flee Iran.

2010

Support for journalist in residence
A grant to City University of New York to help pay expenses of Sri Lankan investigative journalist who is an International Journalist in Residence at CUNY Grad School of Journalism.

Grant for international internships
A grant to the Overseas Press Club Foundation to help fund three interns in Reuters bureaus in Mexico City and Sao Paulo and an AP intern in Dakar.

Support for Congolese correspondent
A grant to help support a journalist and writer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a longtime correspondent of Reporters Without Borders there who has been living in exile since the murder of family members.

Relocated Iraqi staffer
A grant to help a former BBC Baghdad staffer leave Iraq because of threats and resettle in the United States.  

Two Iranian reporters
At the request of Reporters sans Frontières, a grant for two Iranian reporters in need.

Relocation for former NYT journalists
Grants for three Iraqi reporters/translators for The New York Times whom The Times sponsored for resettlement in the United States: one in The Bronx, one in Chicago, and one in Washington DC.

Medical expenses for kidnapped Canadian
At the request of the Committee to Protect Journalists, a grant to help a Canadian journalist who was kidnapped in Somalia in 2008 and held captive for 15 months cope with medical needs.  

2009

Support for Kenyan journalist in residence
A grant to CUNY Journalism School in support of a Rwandan who is the school’s international journalist in residence. The individual has been subjected to harassment, criminal charges and public threats in his native land.

Courage in Journalism Awards
A grant to the International Women’s Media Foundation, sponsors of the Courage in Journalism Awards, for women who are working journalists who have shown extraordinary courage.
 
Internships for aspiring foreign correspondents
A grant to the Overseas Press Club Foundation to support foreign correspondent interns in Hong Kong, Mexico City, and Istanbul.

Help for family of Afghan journalist
Donation to family fund of an Afghan journalist working for the New York Times who was abducted and murdered.

Relocation for Iraqi reporter and translator
A grant to help the former New York Times employee in its Baghdad bureau relocate to the United States.

Ailing Vietnamese Journalist
A grant to a former journalist and translator for The New York Times Saigon bureau who has ongoing health issues and no income.

Support for veteran writer
A grant to a journalist and author with more than 40 years experience who left the professions in 1966 to write books and now has no savings or retirement package – to help him stay in his home.

Relocation for endangered Pakistani journalist
A grant to the Committee to Protect Journalists on behalf of a Pakistani TV journalist, to provide relocation assistance to a safe haven outside of Pakistan.

2008

Support for Iraqi journalist
A grant to City University of New York to help pay expenses  of an Iraqi journalist who is an International Journalist in Residence at CUNY Grad School of Journalism.

Internships for aspiring foreign correspondents
A grant to the Overseas Press Club Foundation to support its internship program for journalism students who wish to become foreign correspondents.

Imprisoned Azeri journalists
A grant to the Committee to Protect Journalists on behalf to two Azeri journalists imprisoned for their work and in need of legal aid and assistance to their families.

US filmmaker defense funds
A grant to the Committee to Protect Journalists on behalf of a US filmmaker and his Nigerian translator for legal expenses.

Courage in Journalism Awards
A grant to the International Women’s Media Foundation  to support Courage in Journalism Awards program honoring brave women journalists around the world who demonstrated extraordinary strength of character in pursing their profession under difficult or dangerous circumstances.

Sick American Journalist
A grant to an American journalist with 20 plus years of experience to help cover expenses because of ongoing health problems and inability to work full time.

Two Chadian editors in exile
A grant to the Committee to Protect Journalists to help with resettlement costs for two Chadian editors who fled Chad following threats and detention. The grant would pay for six months for one to study English in exile in Cameroon, as well as provide living expenses for the other until he joins his wife in exile in Canada.

Family of jailed Cuban journalist
A grant to the Committee to Protect Journalists to cover the costs of school  supplies and clothing for wife and children of a jailed Cuban journalist as they adjust to their new life in Texas.

Medical relief for American journalist
A grant to assist a Maine journalist reestablish his freelance career while he is recovering from an accident and other medical issues.

2007

Families of imprisioned Ethiopian journalists
A grant to the Committee to Protect Journalists for families of 19 imprisoned journalists in Ethiopian journalists for food and clothing.

Two exiled Burundian radio journalists
A grant to the Committee to Protect Journaliststo help Amnesty International continue to provide housing for two exiled Burundian radio journalists

Education for Bhutan journalists
A grant to the Independent Journalism Foundationto develop a range of education curricula and training programs for media professionals in Bhutan.

Family expenses of murdered Russian journalist
A grant to the Committee to Protect Journalists on behalf of murdered Russian journalist murdered for exposing high-level corruption in Russian military.  Funds for father who needs medical treatment. Family financially burdened due to funds used for 10 years towards legal funds.

Medical Treatment for Rwadan editor
A grant to the Committee to Protect Journalists for medical treatment for Rwandan editor who was brutally assaulted.

Dag Hammarskjold Scholarship Fund
A grant to the United Nations in support of the Dag Hammarskjold Scholarship Fund, which provides fellowships to promising young journalists by providing an opportunity to expand their knowledge of foreign policy and diplomacy.

Independent Iraqi journalist and documentary producer
To alleviate financial pressure caused by relocation to US (based on death threats from insurgents).  Needed money to support wife and children for rent and basic living expenses, as well as support for his two families in Iraq and Syria.

Exiled Russian journalist
A grant to the Committee to Protect Journalists for Russian journalist forced to flee Russia based on sinister threats to his life, making it impossible for him to work.  Funds are for resettlement in US..

Support for exiled Iranian journalist
A grant to City University of New York on behalf of Iranian journalist seeking asylum in the U.S.  Funds are for support during his academic year as an international journalist in residence at the CUNY graduate school of journalism.

Housing for American journalist
Former newspaper copy editor who needs financial assistance.  Ex-husband does not pay child support; she has no medical insurance, hard to find work, evicted from apartment.  Needed funds to get belongings out of storage before auctioned off, and also to put a down payment on an apartment.

Internships for aspiring foreign correspondents
A grant to the Overseas Press Club Foundation to expand its internship program to assist students as they launch careers in international journalism

Evacuation aid for Somali journalists
A grant to the Committee to Protect Journalists for evacuation aid on behalf of three Somali journalist who are under attack by Islamist militias and government forces for reporting on the insurgency.

Support for Bangladeshi journalist
A grant to the Committee to Protect Journalists to support a Bangladeshi journalist who requires medical treatment as a result of beatings during his imprisonment.  Also funds will support his legal defense and relocation.

Former Saigon bureau translator and correspondent assistant
Vietnamese communist authorities prohibited him from working as a journalist and banned children from school.  Recently diagnosed with cancer and undergoing chemotherapy.

Haitian journalist
As a result of death threats after reporting on Haitian radio on a government official, he relocated to the U.S.  Grant for family expenses during stay in Miami and toward travel to Trinidad for meeting g of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers.

2006

Somali Link Newspaper
To assist continuing efforts to educate and provide information to the growing Somali community in Ohio

Two Haitian journalist seeking asylum
A grant to the Committee to Protect Journalists on behalf of two Haitian journalist seeking asylum in the United States

Families of imprisoned Ethiopian journalists
A grant to the Committee to Protect Journalists to support the families of 17 imprisoned Ethiopian journalists and editors who fled the country to escape imprisonment.

Foreign Internship Program
A grant to the Overseas Press Club Foundation to help launch the new OPC Foundation/Associated Press internship initiative, which will impact students as they launch careers in international journalism

Media Education for Cambodian journalists
A grant to the Independent Journalism Foundation to provide funding for training and resources to Cambodian journalists reporting on the Khmer Rouge tribunals in early 2007.

Foreign News Education
A grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for its School of Journalism and Mass Communication programs to educate students in foreign news coverage.

Medical treatment of Gambian journalist
A grant to the Committee to Protect Journalists on behalf of Gambian journalist (editor of Gambia’s leading newspaper). For medical treatment for conditions related to his imprisonment and torture at the hands of Gambian authorities.

 
 
   
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