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Today, Guardian Australia announces a philanthropic grant from the Judith Neilson Institute for journalism and ideas to support foreign affairs reporting in the immediate vicinity of the Pacific and Australia.
The grant from the Judith Neilson Institute will support a journalism project in the Pacific, allowing Guardian Australia to employ a Pacific-based publisher, establish a network of independent journalists and commission large surveys to strengthen reports on regional issues.
Guardian Australia hopes to collaborate with numerous publications in the country and throughout the Pacific, including Vanuatu, Tonga, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Solomon Islands, Samoa, French Polynesia and New Caledonia, among others, in order to To intensify the public discourse on social, environmental, criminal and commercial stories in the Pacific region.
Lenore Taylor, editor-in-chief of Guardian Australia, said:
"We have long wanted to do more reporting in the Pacific and this grant will make it possible. The region receives relatively little news coverage, although there are significant stories about safety, the environment and society on a global scale. We know these topics are of great interest to our readers in Australia and around the world.
"We are excited to work with local journalists and plan to work with SBS on larger surveys."
The new Pacific publisher role will be announced on the Guardian News & Media website in the coming weeks.
Articles about the project will be published by The Guardian on our Australian, British, American and international websites.
This grant comes as the future of public interest journalism is threatened and reports on the Pacific are under-represented in the media landscape.
Mark Ryan, director of the Judith Neilson Institute for Journalism and Ideas, said:
"The Pacific region has long been waiting for deeper and more sustained coverage by Australian reporters.
"More and more global attention is being focused on the Pacific, as more geopolitical forces emerge and are at the forefront of climate change and its other major environmental impacts. .
"This is an obvious need and NYI wants to support efforts to raise awareness of these issues and bring them to the attention of Australian readers and policymakers."
Guardian Australia recently announced a substantial expansion of its newsroom and appointed eight new journalists, including Marni Cordell as chief editor for major projects, Ben Butler as senior business reporter, Adam Morton as Environmental Editor, Alyx Gorman as Lifestyle Editor, Josh Taylor and a dedicated audio unit comprised of the 2018 Australian Walkley Young Journalist, Laura Murphy-Oates, and two new audio producers, Ellen Leabeater and Joe Koning.
In November, the Guardian Australia's Deaths Inside project, which tracks deaths of indigenous people in detention since 2008 and is supported by the Balnaves Foundation, won the 63rd Walkley Award for Innovation in the United States. excellence in journalism.
Guardian Australia created the Guardian Civic Journalism Trust in 2018 through a partnership with the Center for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. To date, trust has leveraged more than $ 700,000 in philanthropic foundation funds and is helping to promote a new generation of civilian journalists.
In 2017, the Guardian's Global Chief Editor, Katharine Viner, announced increased cooperation with other public interest media outlets in her essay, A Mission for Journalism in Times of Crisis. Since then, the Guardian has undertaken global collaborative projects, including the Cambridge Analytica files, as well as the Panama and Paradise newspapers.
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For media inquiries, please contact:
Guardian Australia Press Office: [email protected] or +61 403 357 831.
For any questions regarding philanthropy, please contact:
Susie Bayes, Manager of Partnerships and Philanthropy: [email protected] or +61 437 954 988.
Notes to the Editor
About Guardian Australia
Launched in May 2013, Guardian Australia is a free premium digital news site in Australia, with a total reach of 5.3 million people (Nielsen DCR, May 2019). Guardian Australia is a reliable source of Australian quality information, with a particular focus on politics, the environment and social inequalities. Guardian Australia offers coverage of national news and has four offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra. Guardian Australia is also part of the Guardian's 24-hour global press operation, covering the latest international news around the world.
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