The Facebook Journalism Project will commit five million dollars to “support local journalists interested in starting or continuing their work” on a new platform for building websites and email newsletters, the company announced on Thursday.
Really excited to see how this plays out – it s already a such a great time to be a star national / international writer with your own paying audience, making it work at local scale would be awesome (and neighborhood FB groups etc have local scale!) https://t.co/4rEfqAzC54
Facebook is encouraging applicants of color to apply and is prioritizing applications that focus on covering underrepresented local communities. It’s partnered with the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and International Center for Journalists to evaluate the applications. If selected, terms of the program include the following:
Jeremy Deaton
Jeremy Deaton
is the associate editorial director of Nexus Media, where he covers climate, energy, science, and technology. His work has appeared in outlets such as HuffPost, Quartz, Fast Company, Popular Science, Discover Magazine, Scientific American, Teen Vogue, Mother Jones, Bloomberg CityLab, NBC News and The Washington Post. Jeremy belongs to the Society of Environmental Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.
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Apr 21, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The ACLU of Southern California warned Southern California police agencies today that it will closely monitor how law enforcement treats media at protests, following instances in which reporters were detained, arrested or harassed.
The warning came one day after a coalition of journalism groups sent a letter to Los Angeles law enforcement agencies and government leaders, demanding that media be given appropriate access to cover public protests and not be arrested while working in areas where dispersal orders have been issued.
“The public interest requires that law enforcement agencies allow journalists to access and cover protests to the full extent of their First Amendment rights, according to ACLU SoCal. “We strongly support the demands made by a coalition of journalist groups that routinely cover protests in Southern California.
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