Urgent brief thread: Emergency relief funding for journalism worldwide (news orgs from 150+ countries eligible) from @GoogleNewsInit.
Please share, apply by 29 April:
https://newsinitiative.withgoogle.com/journalism-emergency-relief-fund
#journalism #funding #coronavirus
cc #philanthropy

Eligibility criteria for @GoogleNewsInit emergency relief fund:
- small & medium sized news orgs, running for at least 12 months, w 2-100 FTE journalists
#jerfund

Very light application info required (though more info may be requested) and “funding must be spent by the applicant organization to support original journalism for the provision of news.” #jerfund

Tip @mediagazer - Global journalism emergency relief fund launched by @GoogleNewsInit to support news orgs in 150+ countries through #coronavirus - 2-week application window: https://newsinitiative.withgoogle.com/journalism-emergency-relief-fund

This is the @GoogleNewsInit announcement:
https://twitter.com/googlenewsinit/status/1250318949423517696?s=21 https://twitter.com/googlenewsinit/status/1250318949423517696