For the third time this year, the Institute for Nonprofit News, with support from Google News Initiative, is providing fast-track grants to news organizations covering natural disasters. This week, news outlets based in Kerr County and the other counties declared a State of Emergency in Texas are eligible for $10,000 in unrestricted funds to support their work in providing essential information about the damage and recovery efforts from the July 4 flash floods.
“Reporters often serve as first responders, going to the scene of a disaster while it is still unfolding,” said Jonathan Kealing, chief network officer at INN. “For local news outlets especially, covering a crisis can test their limited resources, and so INN is making these grants as a way to make sure the information keeps flowing.”
