PIJI welcomes rescue package, recommends additional policy options available to government
The Public Interest Journalism Initiative (PIJI) welcomes the media rescue package announced this morning by Minister for Communications and the Arts the Hon Paul Fletcher MP.
Mandatory code to make online platforms pay for news content is a good move
A mandatory competition code to make digital platforms such as Facebook and Google pay for the content they publish from Australian news media businesses is appropriate and timely for the future of public interest reporting.
PIJI commends Victorian government’s $4.7m plan to buy regional advertising
The Victorian government’s plan to book one page of print and digital advertising in more than 100 regional news outlets each week for six months is a commendable move that will contribute in the short-term to easing the cash crisis in public interest journalism, made acute by the COVID-19 pandemic.
PIJI welcomes funding for regional and small publishers but much more is needed to save public interest journalism
The Public Interest Journalism Initiative (PIJI) welcomes this morning’s announcement from the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, the Hon Paul Fletcher MP that the Federal Government will release $5 million from its Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund to support journalism during COVID-19.
April Newsletter
This week, PIJI launch The Australian Newsroom Mapping Project to track the now rapidly changing health of Australia’s news industry. We are now calling for public submissions of relevant data.