A total of just over $38 million from Gates continues to support a sizable network of “investigative journalism” centres with more than half going to the International Centre for Journalists in Washington D.C. to advance and develop African media. These centres include:
In addition the Gates Foundation gives at least $12 million in financial support to press and journalism organizations. For instance $3.2 million was given to the National Newspaper Publishers Association a group that represents more than 200 outlets.
The foundation also contributes funds to provide scholarships courses and workshops that directly train journalists all over the world. With the help of a Gates Foundation grant someone can now pursue a career as a reporter and join a press association that receives funding from the foundation. This is especially true for journalists covering the areas of health education and international development which are those in which Bill Gates is most active and where it is most important to scrutinize his actions and motivations.
A variety of targeted media campaigns are also funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation worldwide. For instance it has given the Population Foundation of India $5.7 million since 2014 to produce dramas that support sexual and reproductive health in an effort to spread family planning practices throughout South Asia. A Senegalese organization was given more than $3.5 million to create radio programs and online content that would include health information. Opponents may view this as a case of a billionaire using his money to smear his ideas and opinions in the media while supporters may see it as assisting critically underfunded media.
Media projects that are supported by the Gates Foundation are:
European Journalism Centre –$20 060 048; World University Service of Canada –$12 127 622; Well Told Story Limited –$9 870 333; Solutions Journalism Inc.-$7 254 755 ; Entertainment Industry Foundation –$6 688 208 ; Population Foundation of India-$5 749 826–; Participant Media –$3 914 207; Réseau Africain de l’Education pour la santé-$3 561 683; New America –$3 405 859; AllAfrica Foundation –$2 311 529; Steps International –$2 208 265; Center for Advocacy and Research –$2 200 630; The Sesame Workshop –$2 030 307; Panos Institute West Africa –$1 809 850 ; Open Cities Lab –$1 601 452 ; Harvard university –$1 190 527; Learning Matters –$1 078 048; The Aaron Diamond Aids Research Center-$981 631; Thomson Media Foundation-$860 628; Communications Consortium Media Center –$858 000; StoryThings-$799 536; Center for Rural Strategies –$749 945; The New Venture Fund –$700 000 ; Helianthus Media –$575 064 ; University of Southern California-$550 000;
World Health Organization-
$530 095; Phi Delta Kappa International –$446 000; Ikana Media –$425 000; Seattle Foundation –$305 000; EducationNC –$300 000; Beijing Guokr Interactive –$300 000 ; Upswell-$246 918; The African Academy of Sciences –$208 708 ; Seeking Modern Applications for Real Transformation (SMART) –$201 781; Bay Area Video Coalition-$190 000; PowHERful Foundation –$185 953; PTA Florida Congress of Parents and Teachers –$150 000 ; ProSocial –$100 000 ; Boston University –$100 000; National Center for Families Learning –$100 000 ; Development Media International –$100 000; Ahmadu Bello University-$100 000; Indonesian eHealth and Telemedicine Society –$100 000; The Filmmakers Collaborative –$50 000; Foundation for Public Broadcasting in Georgia Inc. –$25 000 ; SIFF –$13 000