Facebook to unveil ‘big’ journalism project this week

Facebook is set to make a “big announcement” this week aimed at supporting news and journalism, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday. Zuckerberg, appearing at a congressional hearing on its digital coin Libra, said during questioning that the leading social network is moving forward on a project “supporting high-quality journalism.” The comments appeared to refer to Facebook’s planned “News Tab” which will be a separate section that includes articles from professional news organizations. Facebook last week confirmed that it would include content from News Corp, publisher of The Wall Street Journal. Facebook is expected to pay some of the news organizations that will contribute to the News Tab but has yet to disclose full details. The company has said a human team will select relevant, reliable breaking and top news stories for the tab and the number of publishers involved will grow over time.