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Facebook Community Reporter Project to fund news jobs for two more years

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A project that brings new journalists into newsrooms to cover underrepresented communities is to expand to 100 reporters. The Community Reporter Project (CNP) funded by Facebook and run by the NCTJ has been given another £5.9m and has been extended for another two years from 2022.

The project which began in 2018 has seen 139 reporters recruited so far, creating a pipeline of talent across the country and developing the skills and knowledge needed by the journalists of the future, with many CNP graduates stepping into permanent roles. READ MORE: The primary school desperate for zebra crossing on 'chaotic' road Reporters Adam Maidment and Ramazani Mwamba were the first community reporters for the Manchester Evening News duringthe scheme’s

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