Local Journalism Initiative
Department of Canadian Heritage
The Local Journalism Initiative supports original civic journalism that covers the needs of underserved communities across Canada. Funding helps eligible Canadian media organizations hire journalists or pay freelancers. The content is shared through a Creative Commons license. A Changing Narratives Fund stream funds diverse journalists, including emerging journalists, and offers them mentoring and training.
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Who qualifies
Eligible organizations are press agencies, private news organizations and non-profit news organizations. They must operate in written press, community radio, community television or online news services. Their objective must be to increase local civic journalism in underserved communities. Private non-community broadcasters and the CBC/Radio-Canada are not eligible. Funding is delivered through not-for-profit organizations that act as initial recipients.
Good to know
- Notes: Funding is delivered by 3 not-for-profit organizations, plus one for the Changing Narratives Fund stream, rather than directly by Canadian Heritage. Found automatically by the portal's discovery job from an official page; review before relying on it.
Evidence from the official page
- eligibility“funding is available to eligible canadian media organizations to hire journalists or pay freelance journalists to produce civic journalism for underserved communities.” source ↗
Verified 2026-10-21 · Medium confidence. Always confirm on the official page before applying.