Facebook is launching its first ever program to support local journalism in the UK

Facebook has been accused time and time again for damaging journalism, both by eating away at advertising revenues and by putting news publishers at the mercy of their algorithms. And that’s not to mention the prevalence of fake news on the platform.

But now, Facebook has launched it’s first ever program to directly fund the improvement of journalism. 

As part of the Community News Project, Facebook will donate £4.5 million ($6 million) to the UK charity The National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ) to help support local journalism in the UK. The goal is to “encourage more reporting from towns which have lost their local newspaper and beat reporters,” Facebook said in a statement emailed to Mashable. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Facebook is launching its first ever program to support local journalism in the UK