auckland.scoop.co.nz » First Funding Injection For Public Interest Journalism Boosts Reporting And Training Across The Motu
Press Release – NZ On Air Stories examining issues of importance to a wide range of communities, and programmes designed to upskill and increase the number of journalists are among projects approved in the inaugural round of the Public Interest Journalism Fund. Established in February with a $55m government allocation to NZ On Air, the fund aims to support at-risk public interest journalism, meeting local, regional and national audience needs. In the first round a wide range of journalism projects from in-depth investigations to a proposal to revisit the impactful Inside Child Poverty docu...