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Center on Media, Crime and Justice Receives $500,000 Grant From Open Society Institute |
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From Ascribe Newsfeed: The Center for Media, Crime and Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice received a $500,000 two-year grant from the Open Society Institute (OSI) Justice Initiative to enhance and augment its programs for students, budding journalists, ethnic and community media editors and reporters, and mid-career professionals. In accepting the grant, President Jeremy Travis noted, "The Center on Media, Crime and Justice is providing a much needed nexus between journalists and academics on the issues of crime and justice. According to Center Director Steve Handelman, "The media plays a key role in the public's understanding of criminal justice, and the grant will enable both the Center and John Jay College to bring journalists and editors together with the best scholars, researchers and practitioners in the criminal justice world." The Center's mission is to raise the quality of media coverage on criminal justice issues around the nation by helping journalists interpret current academic research. In addition, the Center aims to establish itself as a national resource of information from an international network of recognized scholars, practitioners and NGOs. On a local level, OSI implements a range of initiatives to support the rule of law, education, public health, and independent media. AScribe Newswire distributes news from nonprofit and public sector organizations.
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