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Continually under fire for contributing to the spread of fake news during the 2016 election, Facebook has committed $1 million in scholarships to help young journalists get a solid footing in real journalism.

The money will be distributed in $10,000 awards over the next five years by four organizations that are 鈥渟trengthening the pipeline of diversity in journalism,鈥� according to a published last Friday: the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, the Asian American Journalists Association, the Native American Journalists Association, and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. The scholarships will be distributed to 100 junior and senior undergraduate students and graduate students pursuing degrees and careers in journalism, digital media, or communications in the United States.

The scholarships are part of the Facebook Journalism Project, which aims to 鈥渃reate stronger ties鈥� between the company and the news industry. Since the project in 2017, the site has made efforts to promote news literacy and prevent the spread of fake news.

The company has come under continued criticism for being slow and clumsy in spread through the site during the election.

The scholarship announcement follows recent changes related to how people interact with news on its site, such as the addition of for users to evaluate the trustworthiness of news sources and a shift to rather than news sources and other companies.

Disclosure: Campbell Brown, head of news partnerships at Facebook, is a co-founder and member of the board of directors of 蜜桃影视.

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