Google News Initiative, Bastion Transform partner to launch newsroom experiments
The following excerpt was sent out: Google News Initiative is partnering with Bastion Transform to launch a series of newsroom experiments. Three news organizations – Nine Publishing, the National Indigenous Times and BusinessDesk New Zealand, owned by publisher New Zealand Media and Entertainment – will launch live pilots in their newsrooms, focusing on business growth and editorial […]
American Journalism Project launches local news incubator
The American Journalism Project, with support from the Google News Initiative, has launched an 18-month Local News Incubator that will aid in the development and launch of new nonprofit news startups. An excerpt from the announcement reads: Through Feb. 15, 2023, U.S.-based founders with innovative ideas to advance local news may apply for the incubator’s […]
LMA names 16 participants in first lab cohort
Local Media Association has named 16 news organizations that will participate in the first six-month lab from its Center for Journalism Funding. The participants include: Afro American Newspapers AL DÍA Anchorage Daily News The Aspen Times (Swift Communications) Atlanta Journal Constitution (Cox Enterprises) Block Club Chicago Bozeman Daily Chronicle (Adams Publishing Group) Detour Detroit Nogales […]
LION, Google News Initiative launch bootcamp on journalism entrepreneurship
Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers and the Google News Initiative are launching an eight-week virtual bootcamp on journalism entrepreneurship to help news entrepreneurs develop sustainable business models. Phillip Smith, founder of the Journalism Entrepreneurship Training Co., will be running the bootcamp that he developed and executed on his own in 2018. Smith says: “The […]
Google to invest $15m in “Support Local News” campaign
“Support Local News,” an ad campaign supported by Google News Initiative, Local Media Consortium and Local Media Association will spend $15 million in ads in local newspapers, their sites, radio, TV and online-only newsrooms, reports Poynter. The campaign will run in North America for the next six weeks. “This is a significant moment for the […]
Journalists to virtually attend Newsrewired conference as part of Google News Initiative
Journalism.co.uk and Google News Initiative have formed a partnership offering 40 local journalists the opportunity to virtually attend the Newsrewired conference, taking place on 29 June – 2 July 2020. Prior to the pandemic, 200 digital journalists, publishers and communication professionals globally would gather thrice a year to discover the latest trends in digital media […]
Google launches emergency relief fund to help small businesses battle COVID-19 effects
Due to steep declines in advertising revenues and businesses shutting down as a whole as a result of the worsening economic effects of the pandemic, Google has launched a ‘Journalism Emergency Relief Fund’ as part of its Google News Initiative. “The Fund’s aim is to support the production of original journalism for local communities in […]
Vox Media and Google partner to launch local advertising network
Vox Media, parent company to The Verge, SB Nation and more is partnering with Google to create a local advertising network called “Concert Local,” reports Axios. The Google News Initiative program will be funding the new venture and it is one of the largest single-publisher investments that Google is making of this kind. Whereas, Vox […]
Poynter and Google News Initiative to help newsrooms reach young audiences
The Poynter Institute and Google News Initiative are collaborating to help three local newsrooms reach new young audiences through engaging, shareable social video storytelling. The new program, “VidSpark,” will culminate with a playbook that local newsrooms across the country can use to engage younger people in their communities. According to the partnership, each newsroom will […]
Berkeleyside launching new journalism platform in Oakland
Independent, award-winning news organization, Berkeleyside announced Dec. 10 that it will be launching a new news platform in Oakland in the spring of 2020. The announcement comes following Berkeleyside’s conversion to nonprofit. Tasneem Raja, a trailblazer in nonprofit and community-led journalism and a former senior editor at NPR and Mother Jones, will lead the site […]
