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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jun 26

    💻 Over the coming weeks, we'll offer a number of free week-long training series on YouTube Live to help journalists grow their digital reporting skills. 🌎 Training will be available in multiple languages & time zones. ➡️ Visit to find dates & links.

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  2. Jul 23

    Read more about the Journalism Emergency Relief Fund and view the full list of recipients here:

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  3. Jul 23

    The money is being applied in diverse and creative ways, from ensuring basic reporting needs and giving emergency stipends to allow reporters to cover the crisis, to driving audience engagement and generating subscriptions.

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  4. Jul 23

    In the last few months, we have provided $39.5 million in funding to more than 5600 publishers in 115 countries through the Journalism Emergency Relief Fund.

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  5. Jul 22

    Today, we're announcing the expansion of our GNI Subscriptions Labs program to Asia Pacific, in partnership with & . Applications are now open until August 7th, 2020. Find more about the lab and how to apply here:

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  6. Jul 21

    We teamed up with to study advertiser perception of local news & identify digital sales best practices. Interested in learning more? Sign up for our webinar:

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  7. Jul 17

    Any journalists out there? 👋 Join the for a free online training to help you tell your stories across the globe 🌎🌍🌏 To sign up, visit ➡️ For more free training, head to ➡️

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  8. Jul 16

    Any journalists out there? 👋 Join the for a free online training to help you tell data stories 📈☑️🌎 To sign up for the session, visit ➡️ For more free training, head to ➡️

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  9. Jul 15

    Any journalists out there? 👋 Join the for a free online training to help you tell you tell environmental stories 🌏👍🐼🐳 To sign up, visit ➡️ For more go to

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  10. Jul 15

    🎙 Want to better understand and grow your podcast audience? We’ve launched a new training course to help you learn how to use our new analytics tool, Google Podcasts Manager. Check it out 👉

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  11. Jul 15

    News Impact Summits will be back in October & November 🙌 Organised by the and powered by the , the three live-streamed summits will focus on Audience 👥, Audio & Voice 🎧 and Data Journalism 📊 Learn more and register for free ➡️

    For the first time in their six-year history, our News Impact Summits will be moving online, but the core stays the same: Bringing leading experts and practitioners together to discuss the future of journalism. Find out more about here! 👇
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  12. Jul 14

    Any journalists out there? 👋 Join the for a free online training to help you verify 🌁, 🎥, and 📺 To sign up, visit ➡️ For more go to

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  13. Jul 9

    We’re expanding our resources to help drive revenue growth for newsrooms, supporting journalists through fellowship programs and adapting online resources to help grow editorial and verification skills. Read on for June updates:

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  14. Jul 8

    Applications are now open for the first phase of the GNI Startups Lab, which will involve an eight-week virtual boot camp.

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  15. Jul 8

    In partnership with , the GNI Startups Lab is launching in the U.S. & Canada to help aspiring journalism entrepreneurs refine their news product ideas. Read our guest post from for more details.

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  16. Jul 6

    Local & regional publishers are essential to a diverse and vibrant news ecosystem, and they help people stay connected to their communities.   We’re launching the GNI Digital Growth Programme to help these publishers succeed online.  Read the blog:

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  17. Jul 6

    Announcing GNI Digital Growth Programme, our latest commitment to supporting small and medium sized news publishers across Europe. Workshop & lab places are limited, sign up now:

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  18. Retweeted
    Jun 30

    The team is excited to be working with / to help draw more sponsorship dollars into nonprofit news. Long-term, this will be a big opportunity for growth for these critical publishers.

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  19. Jul 1

    Applications are open beginning today, and will close on August 2. Learn more and get started on your application today. We can’t wait to hear your stories! ⇒

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  20. Jul 1

    This year, the program will serve producers with an existing show who want to take their podcast to the next level. BIPOC podcasters and creators from traditionally marginalized groups are encouraged to apply.

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  21. Jul 1

    Last year, the program welcomed early-stage producers from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Spain, and the United States. Meet the alumni here ⇒

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