Jonathan Heawood reflects on an invigorating five days at the International Journalism Festival 2024 in Perugia, Italy. I love many things about my job. Working with creative and courageous news providers. Talking to funders and policymakers about the value of journalism. Following the latest research into the sector. The list
Last month, an indie news provider in the UK became the very first to receive charitable status because it provides 'public interest local news'. In this week's blog, the Charitable Journalism Project's George Brock discusses this development and answers some frequently asked questions about
PINF's Executive Director, Jonathan Heawood, reflects on the Journalism Funders Forum and discusses our goal of raising £50,000 for the Indie News Fund. Every year, a special group of people get together in a European city. Unlike most people with millions of Euros at their disposal, these
PINF’s deputy director, Joe Mitchell, outlines where we are with local news mapping. The story so far A quick refresher: at PINF, we believe that everyone in the UK should benefit from public interest news that speaks to them, for them and with them. It follows that we need