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Journalism Assistance Fund

Tender ID: 599754


Tender Details

Tender #:
GO7976  
Status:
Closed
Publish Date:
8 November 2025
Closing Date:
30 April 2026
Closing Time:
05:00 PM (Australia/ACT)

Tender Description

⁠⁠⁠The Journalism Assistance Fund Program, running over 3 years from 2025-26, was announced as part of the News Media Assistance Program (News MAP). News MAP aims to support public interest journalism and media diversity in Australia - recognising these are critical to a healthy democracy, social cohesion and informed citizens.

Organisations producing core news content will be eligible for funding. The funding will provide a proportion of the wages for journalists producing core news content that is distributed digitally.

The program aims to:

  • support the sustainability of Australian news publishers in the face of significant disruption to the media sector
  • support the creation of digitally distributed news content,
  • encourage continued employment of journalists who primarily produce news that is in the Australian public interest
  • build and maintain social cohesion in Australia