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YouTube Spending $7 Million To Help Independent Journalists, Newsrooms Start Their Own Channels YouTube is spending $7 million on two new initiatives aimed at helping independent journalists and digital-first newsrooms launch their own channels. Tim Katz, the platform’s head of news partnerships, told Axios YouTube is investing in the pair of programs because its user base wants more trustworthy video news content. “We see our users coming to the platform and looking for news,” he said. “We believe it’s our responsibility to those users to give them access to authoritative news and information.” Both new initiatives–the Creator Program for Independent Journalists and the ....