The U.K. Government will pay up to £12m to local media outlets over the next two years to support innovation and help fill “news deserts.”
The Local News Fund is part of the Local Media Strategy, aiming to “guarantee the long-term sustainability of local journalism” as part of wider plans to boost social cohesion in the U.K.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) described the Local Media Strategy as the “first action plan to back local news in a generation.”
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