News MAP launch welcomed, but room for improvement remains
The News Media Assistance Program (News MAP) has finally arrived, with applications for the Journalism Assistance Fund opening last month. But the launch of the first of two rounds of grants comes too late for the news publishers which folded and journalists who lost their jobs since the development of the program was announced in […]
LINA back from the brink after News MAP delays
A last-minute lifeline thrown by the federal government to the Local & Independent News Association (LINA) has kept the doors from shutting on one of Australia’s most active supporters of small news publishers. In July, LINA, a not-for-profit charity dedicated to supporting local and independent digital news organisations, extended its grant contract with the government […]