In a significant new development, the Charity Commission has today granted charitable status to the Public Interest News Foundation (PINF), an organisation developed through consultation with a group of UK independent news publishers.
“Whilst there are already a number of journalistic charities operating for educational and similar purposes, PINF is the first to be registered with a specific, ‘charitable journalism’ purpose. In legal terms, this represents a new interpretation of the law to recognise that public benefit journalism can be charitable.”
Tom Murdoch, Partner in the Charity & Social Enterprise team at Stone King, who advised on PINF’s charitable registration
The Charity Commission’s decision has been published here, and will be of note to others in the UK journalism field and in media philanthropy, as well as to peers in Canada, Australia, Germany and other countries grappling with similar questions.
Charitable Journalism Project 
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