The Impact of the Public Interest Journalism Fund on Media Industry Perceptions

The PIG fund is now finished. I look back on it now and just think why was it ever badged as public interest journalism? In ZN Air, of course, as we all know, it's been funding, not just RNZ, but a lot of media companies, including our own,. And so suddenly as a result of COVID, the specialized fund was kind of badged. It just was not helpful for the industry. If any of our journalists' editors felt that they were being influenced by the government, there'd be a walkout. You know, we wouldn't, our newsroom wouldn't be staffed. This also just shows off your content book and all