Google brings accelerator programme for digital news startups in India

Google on Thursday announced an accelerator programme ‘GNI Startups Lab India’ for independent local or single-subject journalism organisations in the country.

Under its Google News Initiative (GNI), the tech giant will offer a four-month programme that “seeks to help independent local or single-subject journalism organisations find a pathway to financial and operational sustainability through intensive coaching, skills training and other support”.

Created in partnership with Echos (a global innovation lab) and DIGIPUB News India Foundation, the GNI Startups Lab India programme will support high-quality reporting for local and underserved communities, Google said in a blog post.