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ICFJ/Facebook South Africa COVID-19 Local News Relief Fund 2020 for independent local publisher in South Africa ($140,000 grant)

Application Deadline: May 19th 2020 https://bit.ly/3cnjsAH

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is partnering with the Facebook Journalism Project (FJP) to administer nine grants to independent local news organizations in South Africa that are producing quality journalism amidst the COVID-19 crisis. This grant program will provide urgent financial support for independent publishers with a special focus on investigative journalism and local news organizations that are providing trustworthy information about COVID-19.

Requirements

Discriminate based on race, gender, faith, national origin, sexual orientation or disability;
Carry on propaganda or otherwise attempt to influence specific legislation;
Influence the outcome of any specific public election or to carry on, directly or indirectly, any voter registration drive;
Be on a government web-based watch list of banned entities or employ, deal with, or otherwise be associated with any individuals on such lists, or aid or support any entities or whom it knows or believes to support terrorism;
Be a state media company, or a state-supported or funded news foundation; or
Be primarily a research organization, rather than a news organization.