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- The Google News Initiative (GNI) Journalism Emergency Relief Fund (JERF) will be supporting 16 Nigerian publications in financial distress with funding
- JERF has provided US$39.5million in funding to publishers in 115 countries in the past few months, according to Ludovic Blecher, Head of Google News Initiative Innovation
- JERF was launched in April this and is aimed at helping local publishers facing financial hardship as a result of the economic and advertising downturn
The Google News Initiative (GNI) Journalism Emergency Relief Fund (JERF) will be supporting 16 Nigerian publications in financial distress with funding. JERF has provided US$39.5million in funding to publishers in 115 countries in the past few months, according to Ludovic Blecher, Head of Google News Initiative Innovation.
JERF was launched in April this and is aimed at helping local publishers facing financial hardship as a result of the economic and advertising downturn. The list of entities being helped by GNI include Aledah.com, City Mirror News, Daily Nigerian, News Wire NGR, Lagos Post Media, Newsfeed Nigeria, Premium Times. The others are Sundiata Post, Sunrise Newspaper, Tell Magazine, Daily Times, Daily Report, Eagle Online, The Median, TNG and The Punch.
JERF had received applications from 12,000 publishers across the globe, with newsroom sizes ranging from an average of 20 in Asia Pacific to 8 in North America within two months of its launch. GNI’s effort is to evolve a sustainable, innovative and diverse news ecosystem globally. A good number of recipients are planning to diversify their revenue streams through developing subscription, membership or contribution models
