Covid-19 has put a huge economic burden on newsrooms. With most of them unable to sustain their field reporters, many were forced to lay off a number of journalists. As a result of the financial constraints, many are unable to invest in investigative reporting and important stories were not covered.
NUMEC bridges the gap by providing reporting grants to promising journalists to report topical issues that are relevant to the needs of society. Below are some of the grantee stories:
