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Facebook Pays Out $16 Million to Local News, ‘Communities of Color’

Posted on 08 May 2020

Facebook is paying out millions to local news outlets, and it is being especially generous to ‘diverse’ communities. The company announced that “200 news organizations will receive nearly $16 million in grants through the Facebook Journalism Project’s relief fund for local news,” in a May 7 press release. “These grants stem from $25 million in local news relief funding announced in March as part of Facebook’s $100 million global investment in news.”