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26 July 2021
Joe Gordon
By email
: [FYI request #16020 email]
Tēnā koe Joe
Official Information request and response
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act (“OIA”) which was transferred to us on the
14th July 2021.
You have requested:
the details of any funds from the Public Interest Journalism Fund awarded to Stuff media
www.stuff.co.nz
In the first round of the Public Interest Journalism funding stream the following projects were approved
for funding to Stuff / Fairfax Media.
1.
The Whole Truth, Stuff for Stuff.co.nz,
up to $591,465. The Whole Truth is an animated fact-
checking project designed to protect public health.
2.
Forever A Foreigner, Stuff for PlayStuff, Māori Television,
up to $214,360. A multimedia series
investigates what it was really like for NZ’s first Asian immigrants and descendants and the issues
Chinese New Zealanders face.
3.
Training: Multi-lens Journalism, Stuff,
up to $300,800. A cultural competency course for Stuff
journalists (eventual y to be shared across the industry) to fundamental y shift representation in NZ
media.
Please note that the Public Interest Journalism Fund is to be distributed over the course of three years.
This first round was a partial allocation of the total $55M allocated to the fund. There may be future
successful applications from Stuff / Fairfax Media.
For your information, funding provided by NZ On Air for all successful projects is searchable on our
website. You can also sign up to receive our bi-monthly industry newsletter via our website.
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months.
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Clare Helm
HEAD OF CORPORATE SERVICES
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