Becoming a Responsible Consumer of Media

The summary for the Becoming a Responsible Consumer of Media grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the US Mission to South Africa, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Becoming a Responsible Consumer of Media: The U.S. Embassy in South Africa announces an open competition for organizations interested in implementing a series of workshops, lectures, media campaigns on Becoming A Responsible Consumer of Media over a one-year period to train trainers and educators to educate South Africans to be responsible consumers of news. Specifically: • Help frame the teaching of responsible media consumption to adults and young adults in school settings, libraries, through social media platforms, via broadcast news, and in classrooms at the high school and university level. • Focus on methods of identifying misinformation and disinformation and creative ways to educate people to take responsibility for their own media consumption habits . • Create a responsible media consumption campaign tailored for South Africans to be rolled out following the workshops, with participants on board to amplify. Activities should have an American component, demonstrating the shared values around freedom of information and responsible journalism in a democracy. This could include, but is not limited to, engaging American experts on the topic, partnering with an American organization with similar aims, or using curriculum developed by an American expert or institution. Please follow the instructions in the full notice.