FairWarning Awarded $100,000 by Charles Evans Foundation
FairWarning (www.fairwarning.org),
the nonprofit, online news organization, has been awarded a $100,000 grant by the
Charles Evans Foundation.
The
award continues the Evans
Foundation’s generous support of FairWarning, the Los Angeles-based
investigative news operation that focuses on issues of public safety
and health, and government
and business accountability. Since FairWarning’s launch in March, 2010,
its reports and commentaries have appeared in more than 35 news outlets
across the U.S., including the San Francisco Chronicle, The Oregonian,
The Kansas City Star, Mother Jones, the Orange County Register, the
Houston Chronicle and The Dallas Morning News.
“The Evans Foundation has been
a fantastic supporter of our efforts to produce strong, public interest
journalism,” said Myron Levin, executive director of FairWarning. “They have
come through for us once again, for which we are deeply grateful.”
Established in 1988 by the late
Charles Evans, founder of the Evan-Piccone fashion label and producer of the
movie “Tootsie.” the Evans Foundation has supported a wide range of causes,
ranging from fire safety and public health to projects to assist the
disadvantaged. It is headed by Charles Evans Jr., a filmmaker whose
forthcoming documentary “Addiction Incorporated,” tells the story of Philip
Morris researcher and whistleblower Victor DeNoble, and his battles with the tobacco
industry.
FairWarning has also received generous
support from the Ethics & Excellence in Journalism Foundation, the Wyncote
Foundation, the Public Welfare Foundation, The Renaissance Foundation and the
Investigative Reporting Workshop at the American University School of
Communication.
You can support FairWarning by
donating online, or by contacting Myron Levin at myron.levin@fairwarning.org.
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