According to a release from the US-based Knight Foundation, the grant will also be used by the Reporters Committee, a non profit organisation which works to provide free legal assistance to journalists, to help fund changes to its website to make its resources easier to access and the appointment its first communications director.
In an attempt to increase awareness of the support offered by the committee within the online journalism community, the funds will be used to develop marketing materials and ultimately increase knowledge of the organisation's work.
"Over the past two years, many newsrooms have reduced their litigation budgets as well as the size of their staffs," executive director of the Reporters Committee Lucy Dalglish is quoted in the release.
"Laid-off journalists and newcomers to the field who work mostly online need high-quality legal and freedom of information services that only the Reporters Committee can provide. The Knight Foundation grant will allow us to help those reporters."
The committee’s website offers journalists a range of resources from articles about media legal issues and legal briefs, to Freedom of Information resources and topic sections on privacy and court access.
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