New Zealand on Air’s Rasch 'disappointed' at PIJF criticism

New Zealand on Air’s Rasch 'disappointed' at PIJF criticism
New Zealand on Air's head of journalism, Raewyn Rasch. (Image: Supplied)
Daniel Dunkley
New Zealand on Air's head of journalism, Raewyn Rasch, is “disappointed” at the backlash against the government’s Public Interest Journalism Fund but proud of its achievements after wrapping up its final round of funding.Rasch, the former TVNZ journalist and producer appointed to lead the $55 million Public Interest Journalism Fund (PIJF) project, administered by NZ on Air, believes critics of the media fund have “taken things out of context and not dealt with the facts”.The PIJF was created in February 2021 to...

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