LINA seeks to strengthen public interest journalism in Australia and support local newsrooms to grow their capability for reporting. This includes offering grants to newsrooms to report on stories deemed important to their communities and audiences.
LINA microgrants
Up to $2,000 per story
This grant opportunity supports the production of stories that could reasonably be described as:
- Solutions journalism: investigates and explains the responses to a particular issue/s; or,
- Public interest journalism: reporting that pursues information that the public has a right to know, ie holding power to account; or,
- Justice/court reporting: journalism focused on events and actions within the justice system; or,
- Investigative journalism: deep reporting on a single topic of interest; and/or,
- A collaborative reporting project involving two or more newsroom partners.
Environmental reporting grants
$2,000 to $10,000 per project
This grant supports journalism projects that are solutions-oriented (constructive journalism) and report on environmental issues or sustainable actions and initiatives.
These may take the form of a short-series, an investigative feature, a multimedia production, and/or another reporting project that supports audience engagement on a topic of environmental mitigation actions.
The purpose of this grant is to counter misinformation and bias in some news media, educate audiences and use relatable examples of impact to inspire action in your community.
These grants are available to LINA members only.
Find out more about the hallmarks of a LINA membership and what we can offer.
Grant application support
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Other grants for Australian newsrooms
Some additional funding opportunities that may be relevant to some Australian publishers, newsrooms or journalists.