We are delighted to support the work of the Public Interest News Foundation
and the Media Reform Coalition in creating this guide to applying the principles of participatory grantmaking to journalism funding, written by Dr Debs Grayson & funded by Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.

Read it on our website👇

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🚀 The Bristol Cable's new membership campaign is live!

We're aiming to raise our membership income 25% before 2024, and by 50% in total within a year.

Here’s the plan:

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PS: Have you seen our #BackTheCable billboards around #Bristol yet?

We’re delighted to be working on this project with our friends at Demos!

'At the Public Interest News Foundation, we believe everyone in the UK deserves to have access to public interest news that speaks to them, for them and with them.'

Read Hani Barghouthi Campaigns Manager of Public Interest News Foundation about News for All Campaign:

scottishbeacon.com/news/local-dem…

The unbalanced relationship between Big Tech and providers and consumers of information damages understanding, engagement, community, and democracy itself. Time to stand to up them, together.

Hani Barghouthi Silvia Rose Public Interest News Foundation

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UK tech legislation must protect British communities, not corporate bottom lines.

You can read our full submission to the Covid-19 Inquiry here: publicinterestnews.org.uk/_files/ugd/cde…

NEW: Coronavirus ‘bungs’ - worth tens of millions of pounds - which Boris Johnson gave to newspapers during the pandemic are facing fresh scrutiny.

Independent media organisations and campaigners are urging the CovidInquiry to examine the payments
bylinetimes.com/2023/08/01/the…

𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡 & 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦: 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (in 5 langs) now has 78 endorsements from 25 countries incl journalists, editors, scholars, publishers & activists from Africa, LatAm, Asia, Europe, NAM. gibs.co.za/news-events/ne…

Very excited to share that we are launching the Scottish Beacon website THIS THURSDAY!

Sign up here to find out more:
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Our commitment to supporting independent public interest journalism continues with the Welsh Public Interest Journalism Accelerator.
Applications are now open.
Visit pingnews.uk for details on how to apply.

Over in the UK, the Public Interest News Foundation has just released the beta version of its new Local News Map to track local news outlets and their ownership.

We welcome them to the global news mapping family.

piji.com.au/blog/pinf-join…