Post-Soviet Media Law & Policy Newsletter

Issue 29     Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law     April 30, 1996 

MacArthur Foundation Media Grants

    The John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in the Independent States of the  Former Soviet Union makes grants in the mass media field. Here is one recent set of announced winners. Applications are due June 14, 1996. For further information send email to macarthur@glas.apc.org.

MASS MEDIA

Brandman, Evdokiia
St. Petersburg, Russia
St. Petersburg Journalist Club
Comparative Content Analysis on Russian Patriotism and Nationalism in Russian Democratic and Pro-Fascist Press.
18 months; Budget: $14,900.

Froltsova, Nina
Minsk, Belarus.
Department of Mass Media, Belarus State University.
Prospects for Development of Independent Television in Belarus.
12 month; Budget:10,200.

Ibreava, Galia
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Kazakh State University
A Socio-political Study of Independent and Government Mass Media in the Republic of Kazachstan.
14 months; Budget: $12,720.

Ibreava, Gulnara
Bishek, Kyrgyzstan
Bishhek Humanitarian Society
The Concept of Mass Media in Sovereign Democratic Kyrgyzstan (Degrees of Freedom in the “Free Press” and the Phenomenology of Professional Consciousness).
17 months; Budget: $12,720.

Kolesnik, Svetlana
Moscow, Russia
Department of Journalism, Moscow State University
American Advertising in the Russian Information and Cultural Context.
12 months; Budget: 9,950.

Oleinik, Anton
Moscow, Russia
Moscow State University
The Economic Basis for the Independence of Electronic Media.
18 months; Budget: $14,200.

Panfilov, Oleg
Moscow, Russia
The Glasnost Defense Fund
Independent Mass Media in Tajikistan (1989-1992).
12 months; Budget: $14,200.

Sagitova, Lilia
Kazan, Russia
Institute of Language, Literature and History, Tatarstan Academy of Sciences
Role of Republican Press in Forming a New System During Socio-Economic Transformation.
15 months; Budget: $7,920.

Shakleina, Tatiana
Moscow, Russia
Institute of USA and Canada, Russian Academy of Sciences
Soviet and Russian Foreign Policy Outlook in Soviet and Russian Mass Media: Comparative Analysis,  1990-1996.
18 months; Budget: $13,450.

Sokolova, Irina
Minsk, Belarus
“Femida” Political and Legal Affairs Weekly
Freedom of Speech for Belorussian Mass Media and the Defense of Journalists’ Rights.
18 months; Budget:  $13,300.

Voinov, Aleksei
Moscow, Russia
The Glasnost Defense Foundation
Preparation and Publication of an Analytical Review, “Mass Media Laws and Other Normative Acts and Their Application in Constituent Republics of the Russian Federation.”
16 months; Budget: $13,600.