Dow Jones News Fund Annual Report 2014
Another positive development last year was a study of the effectiveness of Fund’s digital
training. Financed by the Dow Jones Foundation and conducted at the journalism school at
Western Kentucky University, it found that 80% of the respondents had obtained “a job within
three months after completing their DJNF internship and most of them were working in digital
jobs at major, traditional media operations.”
Under Ms. Shockley, the Fund is expanding its capacity to meet the demands of news organizations for interns with technical as well as journalistic skills. Late in 2014 the Fund hired
Heather Taylor as manager of digital media and programs, a new position designed to increase the visibility and strengthen communications of the Fund in the digital age.
As in past years, none of this would have been possible without the support of News Corp,
Dow Jones & Company, the Dow Jones Foundation, the Fund’s board of directors, our media
partners and our small but dedicated staff of Linda, Heather and Diane Cohn, manager of
finance and administration.
To all, I offer my deepest thanks.
Richard J. Levine
President, Dow Jones News Fund
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