Charitable Journalism Project

Developing the UK's emerging charitable journalism sector, via action-/policy-focused research & guidance for newsrooms, funders, policymakers.

[Charitable Journalism Project @CharitableJP]

📣 ICYMI, we’ve just launched the UK’s first handbook for #journalism charity registration

Our free guide, based on our successful 2024 application with @guildforddragon includes legal insights from Stone King LLP.

👉Download: https://t.co/h09XQEhxpQ
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[Charitable Journalism Project @CharitableJP]

🗞️Huge thanks to @journalismnews for covering our new handbook launch yesterday.

A nuanced and thorough look at the current playing field for newsrooms who want to register as charities, and how our new free guide can help navigate the process 👇

[JournalismUK @journalismnews]

Free guide helps local news chase charity status after pioneer's mixed results https://t.co/6B8h2Vvqup #journalismnews

[Media Reform Coalition @mediareformUK]

For many smaller, independent newsrooms, charitable status would open the door to new sources of funding for protecting and supporting public interest journalism.

Read the @CharitableJP's new 'how-to' guide on registering your newsroom as a charity: https://t.co/mizPfY4Z4f

[Eliz Mizon @ElizMizon]

💰 The never-ending question: how do I access more funding for my #LocalNews operation?

Our new, free handbook might help. You can download it from today 👇 (1/4)

[Charitable Journalism Project @CharitableJP]

📣 NEW! Today, we’re launching the UK’s first handbook for #journalism charity registration ✔️

Our free guide, based on our successful 2024 application with https://t.co/pBdllEMbSl, includes legal insights from Stone King LLP.

👉 Download: https://t.co/h09XQEhxpQ
🌐 Share!

[Charitable Journalism Project @CharitableJP]

👋 Interested in improving the prospects for public interest #journalism in the UK? We're seeking two people, with relevant expertise or connections, to join our board.

Deadline: end of June.

Find out more: https://t.co/eEmNDXVZ04

[Sameer Padania @sdp]

Delighted to see the final report of @appgleftbehind cites evidence from @mcrscp/@PINewsF & @CharitableJP on the need for support for local independent #media as part of the #LevellingUp agenda - congrats to @LocalTrust:
https://t.co/w3LQeOC5CS

[The Bristol Cable @TheBristolCable]

📢#Bristol is inches away from £10k for #BartonHouse residents!

£500 has been donated directly - we've passed it straight to vols for 1st lot of supplies, so total is page +500.

We need long-term solutions. But your generosity is providing immediate relief.

Link in thread👇

[Eliz Mizon @ElizMizon]

🤔Where did public money spent on #journalism during covid go?
🤷‍♀️How did govt make these decisions, worth up to £200m?
🔎Who benefitted—and who didn't get a fair slice?

Read @PINewsF's evidence to #CovidInquiryUK about the 'All In, All Together' scheme
https://t.co/ZJVCnphsNN

[Eliz Mizon @ElizMizon]

@allytibbitt Hoping this boosts the trajectory of the good work already underway by @CharitableJP and @PINewsF ✊

[The Bristol Cable @TheBristolCable]

New research from @PINewsF shows over 4m are now living in a UK news desert.

#Bristol is lucky to be among the 'news oases', with a high number of outlets.

The Cable supports new newsrooms with training, and is working with industry partners to help abolish news deserts.

[Charitable Journalism Project @CharitableJP]

Wondering what the CJP is all about?

Read our trustee @georgeprof's explainer in @pressgazette:

[Press Gazette @pressgazette]

Why easier pathway to charity status could help boost UK local journalism income writes @CharitableJP trustee @georgeprof
https://t.co/gYll2A8yvr

[Press Gazette @pressgazette]

Why easier pathway to charity status could help boost UK local journalism income writes @CharitableJP trustee @georgeprof
https://t.co/gYll2A8yvr

[Eliz Mizon @ElizMizon]

Looking forward to speaking at today's @UWEJournalism event on the sustainability of #LocalNews - specifically, public interest news (as opposed to commercial/tabloid).

The movement to 'save local news' has gained momentum recently - here's how 🧵👇[1/11]

[The Bristol Cable @TheBristolCable]

😱This is why we are pioneering a new, people-powered media model.

Reach:
• pays its CEO £4m a year
• just announced expansion into the US
• "can't afford" to pay its already skeleton UK staff

Corporate #LocalNews continues to shell out... 🧵👇[1/3]
https://t.co/QyXBvC3ZCD

[The Bristol Cable @TheBristolCable]

📢Here's what the @guardian has to say in its latest editorial about fighting for independent #LocalNews and why its decline is a crisis for democracy📉

Huge thanks for including @TheBristolCable as an example of success (but behind the scenes, it's complicated...🧵👇) [1/12]

[Sameer Padania @sdp]

@CharitableJP And that research is linked to by the @guardian too!

[Charitable Journalism Project @CharitableJP]

This thread shows how/why the UK has seen a decimation of #LocalNews, and how hard it is to convince the general public to pay for the quality #LocalNews that has survived.

Our Local News Deserts research (https://t.co/QJFDyiHTLW) very much backs up these findings.

[The Bristol Cable @TheBristolCable]

📢Here's what the @guardian has to say in its latest editorial about fighting for independent #LocalNews and why its decline is a crisis for democracy📉

Huge thanks for including @TheBristolCable as an example of success (but behind the scenes, it's complicated...🧵👇) [1/12]