News MAP launch welcomed, but room for improvement remains The launch of News MAP is a welcome sign of relief to come – but industry players say it falls short of the support the industry needs.

The launch of the first of two rounds of News MAP grants is a welcome sign of relief to come – but some industry players say it still falls short of the support needed for the pursuit of sustainability and media diversity.

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Forecast Opportunity View - FO112025-JAF: GrantConnect

News MAP money is coming!

Actual grant funding by the federal government, 3.5 years after it was first promised by a Labor opposition two elections ago.

Applications to the $67.6 million Journalism Assistance Fund will open in mid-November.

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Progress urged for News MAP and News Bargaining Incentive As the year nears its end, Australia still awaits movement on promised government measures to support a sustainable public interest journalism sector.

As the year nears its end, Australia still awaits movement on promised government measures intended to support a sustainable public interest journalism sector.

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Progress urged for News MAP and News Bargaining Incentive As the year nears its end, Australia still awaits movement on promised government measures to support a sustainable public interest journalism sector.

As the year nears its end, Australia still awaits movement on promised government measures intended to support a sustainable public interest journalism sector.

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#NewsMAP #NewsBargainingIncentive #PublicInterest #Journalism #PIJI #auspol

LINA back from the brink after News MAP delays A last-minute lifeline thrown by the government kept the doors from shutting on one of Australia’s most active supporters of small news publishers.

A last-minute lifeline thrown by the federal government to
@lina.org.au kept the doors from shutting on one of Australia’s most active supporters of small news publishers.

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A Syrian rebel surprise offensive in #Aleppo province pierced six kilometers into regime/Iran/Russia-held territory and captured six villages within 12 hours.

❤️ the #newsmap package for #rstats, which allows the Radical Right Research Robot to recognise countries, and even (some) topics, in research paper abstracts.