Journalism Diversity Fund

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The Journalism Diversity Fund is a United Kingdom organisation set up by industry leaders in order to support the training of journalists from ethnically and socially diverse backgrounds and those without the financial means to fund NCTJ-accredited courses.

History

It is an industry fund and was set up with the help of the

The fund is managed and administered on behalf of the industry by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ). The NCTJ is recognised inside and outside the media industry as the primary body for developing qualified journalists.^{[citation needed]}

Supporters

The fund was set up with a donation of £100,000 from the Newspaper Licensing Agency and is supported by leading publishing companies.

The National Newspapers’ Diversity Forum – made up of the