Ben Dickenson describes a collaboration between the Bylines Network, Greater Community Media and the Newsmast Foundation, inviting local news publishers to shape affordable technology for independent local news by sharing their needs in a short survey and joining workshops on reaching readers, community engagement and revenue. How often have you
PINF and Changing Ideas are delighted to launch the Tenacious Journalist Awards 2027, offering £12,000 awards and dedicated support for journalism aimed at achieving social change. Applications open now! The best journalism doesn’t just investigate stories and keep people informed. Great journalism identifies an injustice and changes things.
Shirish Kulkarni draws on community research in Wales to ask what journalism should offer people already overwhelmed by information, and how public funding might support that work. Much of local journalism is still trying to solve a problem that no longer exists. We built our whole industry around the idea
PINF Programmes Officer Neha shares an overview of the fifth Local News Forum in Belfast, featuring reflections on the panel discussions, and photographs from across the weekend. Last weekend, we brought together local news publishers, journalists, researchers, civic interest groups, funders and others working across the sector for the fifth