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Nesta Announces £2m Future News Fund to Boost Local Journalism
23/07/2019
The Culture Secretary, Jeremy Wright, has announced a £2 million pilot innovation fund to support public interest journalism in the UK, following recommendations in the Cairncross Review.
With the digital revolution pushing news publishers to develop new approaches and tools, Dame Frances Cairncross recommended government funding for innovative approaches to improve the supply of public interest news. She described the different types of news which could be categorised as ‘public interest’ in her review - including investigative journalism and reporting on the activities of public institutions.