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FUNDS have started to flow to regional news outlets across the country as part of the Morrison Government\u2019s $50 million Public Interest News Gathering<\/a> (PING) program, providing much-needed support to regional television, newspaper and radio outlets during the coronavirus pandemic.
\nThe Times News Group – publisher of the Surf Coast Times<\/em>, Bellarine Times<\/em> and Armstrong Creek Times<\/em> – was among the 107 outlets to successfully apply.
\nMinister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts Paul Fletcher and Victorian Senator Sarah Henderson announced the funding last month, and said it would enable news outlets in regional Victoria to continue serving their community by providing reliable news and information.
\n\u201cI welcome the news that these local outlets will receive funds under this important program, which will help keep local jobs and make sure quality public interest journalism continues to be available in our region,\u201d Senator Henderson said.
\n\u201cPublic interest journalism keeps our communities informed and connected, and it is especially important for people living in regional and remote areas.\u201d
\nMr Fletcher said funding under the program would see $20 million for television, $12 million for radio and $18 million for publishing across regional Australia, with most publishers receiving grants operating as small- to medium-sized businesses.
\n\u201cThis funding will support a broad range of activities such as staff wages, training and technology upgrades to allow the successful recipients to keep delivering important news services to their communities.\u201d
\nApplications were considered through a demand-driven process, meaning that organisations who satisfied the eligibility criteria, including the production and distribution of public interest journalism in regional Australia, were eligible for funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FUNDS have started to flow to regional news outlets across the country as part of the Morrison Government\u2019s $50 million Public Interest News Gathering (PING) program, providing much-needed support to regional television, newspaper and radio outlets during the coronavirus pandemic. The Times News Group – publisher of the Surf Coast Times, Bellarine Times and Armstrong […]<\/p>\n

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