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The 2009 NZ Mental Health Media Grant recipients are:

  • Gareth Watkins and Yvonne O'Hara in the journalism category
  • Stephen McCurdy, Sam RB Hanna, Graham Bishop and Michelanne Forster  in the creative category.

What are the Media Grants?

The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand in association with the Ministry of Health's Like Minds, Like Mine programme, established The New Zealand Mental Health Media Grants in 2006 (following the success of The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism New Zealand from 2001 - 2005).

Each year the Media Grants offer a total grant pool of $50,000 across two categories (journalism and creative) with grants of up to $12,000 for any one project.

The aim of the Media Grants is to help reduce stigma and discrimination by informing the public about mental health issues and experiences. Inaugural applications were received in 2007 and the Media Grants have since supported two journalism projects and seven creative projects.

Read more about the history of the grants and previous recipients (2007, 2008).

Contact

For help and general enquiries about the grants, please email us at info "at" mediagrants.co.nz 

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