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Support a scholarship in memory of Carla Hotvedt.

GA: The spendable income from the Fund shall support the Collier Prize and Symposium for Local Accountability Journalism along with a director to administer the prize and symposium. The annual Collier Symposium and Speaker Series will bring Collier Prize winners and top tier journalists to campus to interact with students and faculty. The spendable income shall be used for a prize to the winners of an annual competition focused on investigative reporting of local and state governments, and related expenses. Honorable mentions may be awarded at lesser amounts.

The Levin College of Law and the College of Journalism and Communications will appoint scholars and practicing journalists and lawyers to serve as McGurn Fellows for various lengths of time. These fellows will work with students and faculty at both Colleges and CTMT to develop ways to educate the public about disinformation and the technology that contributes to its spread; regulate disinformation within the confines of the First Amendment; and, support reporting and decision-making rooted in evidence and facts. McGurn Fellows will offer compressed courses or semester-long courses, conduct workshops, make campus-wide presentations, or develop white papers and policy proposals designed for national distribution, among other activities.