Google News Initiative Establishes Journalism Emergency Relief Fund

Publishers have until April 29 to apply

The Google News Initiative created a Journalism Emergency Relief Fund to provide aid to small, midsized and local news publishers globally during the coronavirus pandemic.

Publishers producing original news for local communities have until Wednesday, April 29, at 11:59 p.m. PT to fill out this form and apply for funding.

The Google News Initiative said on the page for the fund that money will be disbursed to publishers who are selected in single installments, in either U.S. dollars or euros, depending on their locations, and amounts will range from the low thousands for small, hyperlocal newsrooms to low tens of thousands for larger organizations.

In a separate initiative, charitable arm Google.org

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