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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=navy size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><SPAN
class=276113618-31082006> </SPAN>[apologies for duplicate
posts.]<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><FONT face=Verdana
color=navy size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 7.5pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Collaborative Grants in Media and
Communications:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">First Round Grants
Announced<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The <FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><A
href="http://www.ssrc.org/">Social Science Research Council</A></SPAN></FONT> is
proud to announce the first round of small grants for academic-advocacy
collaboration in the media and communications field. The first round will
provide grants of up to $7,500 for research that supports advocacy, organizing,
policy and/or campaign uses in the media and communications field in the
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">US</st1:country-region></st1:place>. The grants are intended for
short-term work, completable and usable by advocacy partners within the next
4-12 months. Six grants have been awarded in this first round.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Congratulations to Children Now, the Consumers
Federation of <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>, the
Latinos and Media Project, Media <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Alliance</st1:City></st1:place>, the Minority Media &
Telecommunications Council and Radio Bilingüe.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">We continue to welcome applications from organizations
of all sizes, concerned with the full range of issues relevant to media and
communications policy and advocacy.<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy">
Future s</SPAN></FONT>ubmissions will be considered on a rolling basis by the
Selection Committee. See the “<A
href="http://www.ssrc.org/programs/media/publications/Collab%20Grants%20CFP.pdf">Call
for Proposals</A>” for further <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">info</st1:PersonName>rmation. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Descriptions of First Round Grant
Recipients<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></B></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Project:
Updating “Big Media, Little Kids”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Organization:
<FONT
color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><A href="http://www.childrennow.org/">
Children Now</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Principal Researcher:
Katharine Heintz-Knowles, Ph.D<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Description:
<FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Children Now is very concerned
about the impact of media ownership on the nation’s children. Providing a
diverse array of quality programs for children is central to the public interest
obligations of broadcasters. In 2003, Children Now successfully advocated
for the protection of children’s programming using a two-fold strategy of
research and advocacy to achieve our goals. Now, as the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) prepares to revisit rules related to media
ownership, Children Now plans to employ this strategy again to keep the
spotlight on the impact of media consolidation on our nation’s children.
Conducted in 2003 to <st1:PersonName w:st="on">info</st1:PersonName>rm the FCC
during the last ownership proceeding, <I><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Big
Media, Little Kids </SPAN></I>examined the availability and diversity of
children’s programming in an increasingly consolidated media marketplace. In
order to build on the success of the 2003 study, we plan to conduct a broader
follow-up study that analyzes the impact of media consolidation on children’s
programs in several markets across the
country.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Project:
Local Market Structure and Local TV News
Content<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Organization:
<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><A
href="http://www.consumerfed.org/">Consumer Federation of America
</A></SPAN></FONT>and the<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><A
href="http://www.localtvnews.org/index.jsp"> Local Television News Media
Project</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Principal Researcher:
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">Mark Cooper</st1:PersonName>,
Ph.D<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Description:
<FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">This proposal seeks to mine a
unique database developed by the Local Television News Media Project (LTNMP) at
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Delaware</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> . The
database supports the LTNMP website (www.localtvnews.org) and contains over
10,600 digitized local television news stories from over 600 broadcasts in 20
television markets across the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> in 1998. The stories are
searchable along content, production and geographic dimensions and viewable in
their entirety. The Website is being expanded to include another 7,500
local television news stories from over 500 broadcasts in seventeen television
markets in 2002. In this project, we will use the database to examine
whether or not the consolidation of local television news ownership improves
market performance regarding the quality and quantity of local television news.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Project:
Assessing the Diversity of Latino-Oriented Media in Local
Settings<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Organization:
<FONT
color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><A href="http://www.latinosandmedia.org/">
The Latinos and Media Project</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Principal Researcher:
Federico
Subervi, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Description:
<FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">This project will gather baseline
data required for assessments of diversity of media and voices in local
communities. While primarily focused on Latino demographics, audiences,
and Latino-oriented media in central <st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State>
(<st1:City w:st="on">Austin</st1:City> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">San Antonio</st1:City></st1:place>), it will also gather similar data
related to other populations and media. The project will test the
feasibility of the new metrics proposed by the Diversity Metrics Working Group
to assess media diversity, in this case in significantly Latino settings.
All data and findings will be made available to the groups currently engaged in
discussion of democratization of media and communication across the
country. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Project:
What’s meant by digital inclusion? An interrogation of the digital inclusion
framework advocated by municipal government versus community-based media
activists in the city of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San
Francisco</st1:City></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Organization:
<FONT
color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><A href="http://www.media-alliance.org/">
Media Alliance</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Principal Researcher:
Seeta Peña
Gangadharan<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Description:
<FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">This study seeks to understand
contested meanings of the term “digital inclusion” during the public
process to develop a municipal wireless system in the city of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Francisco</st1:City></st1:place>. By comparing
official city discourse with that of community-based activists involved with
Media Alliance’s Internet 4 Everyone campaign, this research offers
suggestions on how to redefine “digital inclusion” for municipal wireless
broadband initiatives elsewhere in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">United
States</st1:country-region></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Project:
Survey on the Relationship between Minority and Female Ownership and Media
Consolidation<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Organization:
<FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><A
href="http://www.mmtconline.org/">Minority Media & Telecommunications
Council</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Principal Researcher (s):
Catherine Sandoval, Allen
Hammond IV<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Description:
<FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">The Minority Media &
Telecommunications Council (MMTC) seeks to develop a survey instrument that can
be used to discern the relationship between minority and female ownership and
media consolidation. We seek to survey minority and female owners who have
entered or exited the communications industry between 2001 and 2005 to determine
the extent to which various factors may have affected the rate of entry and/or
exit. MMTC’s study will allow policy makers, the FCC, and advocates for a
diverse media to better understand and address the structural and non-structural
impediments that minority and women media owners face in the current media
environment.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Project:
Radio Bilingüe’s Coverage of the May 1st Immigrant Mobilizations: A
Qualitative Study of Immigrant Latino Audiences<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Organization:
<FONT
color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><A href="http://www.radiobilingue.org/">
Radio Bilingüe</A></SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Principal Researcher:
Graciela León
Orozco, EdD<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 2in; TEXT-INDENT: -2in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Description:
<FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Very little research has been done
on Spanish-language public radio and its audiences. This study will
document the role of Radio Bilingüe, a Spanish-language public radio network, in
the recent pro-immigrant marches and shed light on immigrant radio listeners who
called in to its talk show, Línea Abierta, on May 1st. This research will
advance knowledge in terms of profiling audiences of Spanish-language public
radio, describing participants of the May 1st marches that took place across the
nation, identify key concerns of these participants, and explore more in depth
the relationship between that community and the media.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">BACKGROUND:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">The Collaborative Grants project is part
of the </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=navy><SPAN style="COLOR: navy"><A
href="http://www.ssrc.org/programs/media/">Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic
Public Sphere</A></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN style="COLOR: black">
(NKDPS) Program of the Social Science Research Council, working in partnership
with CIMA: Center for International Media Action and the <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">McGannon</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">for Communications Research at <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Fordham</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. The program is funded by the
Media, Arts and Culture program of the Ford
Foundation.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">The NKDPS program is launching a series of
funding opportunities to help increase the production, use and capacity for
research to serve public-interest advocacy and organizing around media and
communications. These mini-grants for collaborative advocacy- academic
partnerships have been initiated to meet the short-term research needs of
advocacy and policy actors.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black">Several other funding projects will be
launched in the next months, including a "Research Bounties" project that place
prizes on advocacy-defined research and a larger program to support longer-term
advocacy-academic research partnerships and
training.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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