Meta announced a new initiative dubbed the 'Meta Journalism Project.' With this project, Meta aims to uplift new media and journalism startups by providing resources and offering detailed training courses. Meta has since partnered with numerous journalistic organizations, including 27 Canadian media outlets, to participate in the 'News Innovation Test.'
The News Innovation Test is a Facebook and Meta project that will contribute to the health of positive journalism as a whole. While this seems like an ambitious task, Meta believes that the knowledge it has gained from Facebook, Instagram, and more, allows it to be a premier educator in how to run a media outlet in the information age.
Meta will bring partnerships with publishers, newsroom advice, news literacy, structure advising, and more to its list of journalism partners. One additional goal of this initiative is that these new, unbiased, reformed media outlets will launch with a large initial presence on Facebook and Instagram, leading to an increase in media trust in these platforms.
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Meta Annouced the 'Meta Journalism Project' for Media Startups
Trend Themes
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2. News Innovation Test - The News Innovation Test initiative aims to contribute to the health of positive journalism as a whole by bringing partnerships with publishers, newsroom advice, news literacy, structure advising, and more to its list of journalism partners.
3. Unbiased, Reformed Media Outlets - The initiative aims to encourage the rise of unbiased, reformed media outlets that will launch with a large initial presence on Facebook and Instagram, leading to an increase in media trust in these platforms.
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