{"id":2466,"date":"2020-04-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/funds-launched-to-support-journalism\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T09:46:37","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T08:46:37","slug":"funds-launched-to-support-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/04\/16\/funds-launched-to-support-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"Funds Launched To Support Journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Funds have been launched across the globe to support journalism as the news media industry faces the challenge of steep declines in advertising revenue caused by the coronavirus outbreak.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Google has launched a global fund to support &ldquo;small and medium-sized&rdquo; local news organisations which are facing the challenge of steep declines i<\/p>\n<p>Applications for the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsinitiative.withgoogle.com\/journalism-emergency-relief-fund\/\">Journalism Emergency Relief Fund<\/a> are now open and will close at 11:59pm Pacific Time on 29 April. The fund is targeted at newsrooms employing between two and 100 full-time employee journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook has also launched a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/journalismproject\/programs\/grants\/coronavirus-european-news-support-fund\">US$3 million fund with the European Journalism Centre<\/a> for small and medium sized news organisations who have been affected by the outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Other global funds, in a list compiled by WAN-IFRA, include:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/internews.org\/information-saves-lives-rapid-response-fund-application-guidelines-and-form\">Internews <\/a>grants of between $500 to $5,000 USD for media outlets, organizations and individuals who are working to provide journalism and other forms of public information related to the coronavirus pandemic and its impacts;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/iwmf.submittable.com\/submit\/41e7f7ce-db40-4ff6-873f-e24450e27497\/journalism-relief-fund-english\">International Women Media Foundation<\/a>&nbsp;grants of up to $2,000 USD for staff or freelance woman-identifying reporter applying for assistance related to the health crisis;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.org\/funding-opportunities\/grants\/what-we-fund\/covid-19-emergency-fund\/\">National Geographic<\/a>&nbsp;grants for reporting that covers &ldquo;social, emotional, economic and equity issues&rdquo; related to the coronavirus pandemic .<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poynter.org\/fact-checking\/2020\/flash-grants-of-up-to-50k-are-now-available-for-fact-checkers-fighting-coronavirus-misinformation\/?fbclid=IwAR10pvopJL1ay0lQ3_StIukHiXQLjiT-ogL70uGyN0-CkphF6zq39M0CG9g\">Poynter Institute (International Fact-Checking Network)<\/a>&nbsp;grants of up to $50,000 for members of the #CoronaVirusFacts alliance and to IFCN&rsquo;s verified signatories working with health experts for evidence-based and scientific coverage;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pulitzercenter.org\/coronavirus-news-collaboration-challenge?utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_source=Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=CoronavirusNewsCollaborationChallenge20200318\">Pulitzer Center<\/a>&nbsp;grants of between $5,000 and $10,000 for freelance journalists working together and groups of newsrooms collaborating on a project related to the pandemic;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/rorypecktrust.org\/freelance-assistance\/covid-fund\/\">The Rory Peck Trust<\/a>&nbsp;grants for freelance journalists whose work and livelihoods have been affected by COVID-19;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.fundsforngos.org\/latest-funds-for-ngos\/civitates-seeking-proposals-for-strengthening-public-interest-journalism-organizations-across-europecivitates-seeking-proposals-for-strengthening-public-interest-journalism-organizations-across-europe\/\">Civitates<\/a>&nbsp;grants to &ldquo;strengthen public interest journalism organizations&rdquo; across Europe;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanjournalism.fund\">European Journalism Center<\/a>&nbsp;grants of between &euro;5,000 and &euro;50,000 for news organizations and journalists to support community engagement, address critical business needs and facilitate coverage of the pandemic.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has launched a global fund to support &ldquo;small and medium-sized&rdquo; local news organisations which are facing the challenge of steep declines in advertising revenue caused by the coronavirus outbreak.&nbsp;<br \/>\nApplications for the&nbsp;Journalism Emergency Relief Fund are now open and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2467,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - 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