News article
Final Bids Invited for Nesta’s £2m Future News Pilot Fund
27/11/2019
Grants are available to support news organisations with bold new approaches to public interest news, so communities in England have access to reliable news about the issues that matter most to them.
With the digital revolution pushing news publishers to develop new approaches and tools, Dame Frances Cairncross has recommended government funding for innovative approaches to improve the supply of public interest news. She describes 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.