[cma-l] BIG grant opens up community news journalism networks

[Cathy Aitchison]

BIG grant opens up community news journalism networks
26 May 2011
by Big \lottery Fund

The Big Lottery Fund <http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/> is 
enabling Media Trust <http://www.mediatrust.org/> to create an 
innovative UK network of local community news hubs that will support and 
empower local groups to tell their stories for online, broadcast and 
print media.

The Media Trust today receives *£1.89 million* to support citizen 
journalism and aggregate, package and distribute community news stories 
across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

A TV and online platform will be supported by professional journalism, 
UK-wide news distribution and a new online Academy of Citizen 
Journalism. The new Academy will provide community news hubs with the 
tools, online training and resources to support and develop the skills 
of the Active Citizen Journalists who will be at the heart of the hubs.

[read the full article here:
http://bigblog.org.uk/2011/05/26/big-grant-opens-up-community-news-journalism-networks/?fromsearch=-uk



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