Left Journalism Fund

[jondwhite]

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The 2017 General Election was a wake-up call for socialist institutions across the UK. For Red Pepper, while we have supported the Corbyn surge since its earliest days, it was a realisation that we needed to begin planning for a massive expansion in our operations to fit the needs of the rapidly growing movement in and in and around Corbyn’s Labour Party for a socialist future.

That's why we are going to be launching a brand new Left Journalism Fund early next year. 

The fund’s principal aim is to reduce the barriers to critical, socialist journalists by providing paid written work, consistent commissioning over a year, appropriate training and access to experienced editors. In particular, the fund will seek to foreground the experiences of new journalists from a wide range of backgrounds and political experience.

[ALB]

mmmmmmm… not so sure about this. Training people to express more competently a mistaken view of what "socialism is.

[J Surman]

jondwhite wrote:

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The fund’s principal aim is to reduce the barriers to critical, socialist journalists

Whilst I agree with ALB's long 'mmmmm' this phrase alone could be the opener for a challenge – just how 'open' are they prepared to be. Let's give it a go from all quarters as things develop?

[jondwhite]

Well it does say 'critical'

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