Novaya.Europe, TV Rain successful at Google News Initiative

Novaya Gazeta. Europe, TV Rain, and SIA Red Dot Media are among the 47 recipients of the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge for Europe.

This Innovation Challenge was open to publishers with smaller newsrooms that “produce original journalism, and whose projects focus on creating a more sustainable and diverse news ecosystem”; a total of 47 projects from 21 countries made the list.

Novaya Gazeta. Europe will research a better understanding of the Russian-speaking diaspora in Europe and share this knowledge with other media-in-exile by creating special tools and developing new forms of content.

There were 605 applicants from 38 countries total. 34% of the applications came from regional and local publishers, with 25% from online-only publishers.