Government reveals recipients of Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund

The Federal Government has revealed which publishers and publications will be the beneficiaries of its $5m Regional and Small Publishers Innovation Fund.

In 2020, there were more than 300 applications to access the fund, with 41 succeeding.

Of these, 16 are from New South Wales, 12 from Victoria and six from Queensland. South Australia, Tasmania and the ACT all had two successful applicants, while Western Australia had one.

One successful applicant was Solstice Media’s In Daily and In Queensland. The funding will be used to expand the production of public interest content and revenue by redeveloping its website and engaging journalists to do breaking news and investigative journalism.