{"id":4106,"date":"2020-02-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/nma-very-disappointed-future-news-fund-bypasses-local-media-industry\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T09:46:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T08:46:40","slug":"nma-very-disappointed-future-news-fund-bypasses-local-media-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmediauk.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/20\/nma-very-disappointed-future-news-fund-bypasses-local-media-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"NMA Very Disappointed Future News Fund Bypasses Local Media Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nesta.org.uk\/feature\/future-news-pilot-fund\/\">The pilot Future News Fund<\/a>&nbsp;has failed to include established local news media publishers as grant recipients following the announcement of the 19 successful projects.<\/p>\n<p>Run by Nesta and funded by the DCMS, the fund received 178 applications from a range of organisations, from local and national newsrooms to technology start-ups, however, it neglected to reward any direct grants to local media publishers.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the&nbsp;NMA said: &ldquo;It is very disappointing that the Future News Fund, overseen by Nesta, has bypassed the local news media industry by failing to directly award it any grants.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Local newsbrands reach 40.6 million people a month and create and deliver innovative projects in newsrooms across the UK. Importantly, local news publishers employ the vast majority of local journalists in the UK and are critical to the sustainability of local public interest news. 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