{"id":1354809,"date":"2022-03-02T11:58:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T16:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1354809"},"modified":"2022-03-02T12:08:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T17:08:25","slug":"state-department-spends-500k-subsidizing-bloggers-in-tajikistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-spends-500k-subsidizing-bloggers-in-tajikistan\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department Spends $500k Subsidizing Bloggers in Tajikistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-department-spends-500k-subsidizing-bloggers-in-tajikistan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1354809&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>    State Department to Spend $500K Subsidizing Bloggers in Tajikistan<br \/>\n    <meta \/><br \/>\n    <meta content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\" \/>\n    <link rel=\"pingback\" href=\"https:\/\/www.based-politics.com\/xmlrpc.php\" \/>\n    <meta content=\"index, follow, max-image-preview:large, max-snippet:-1, max-video-preview:-1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\t<meta content=\"The State Department is giving a $500,000 grant to subsidize blogging and social media influencers in Tajikistan. 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datetime=\"2022-03-02T08:00:31-05:00\">March 2, 2022<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_91 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_91\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Who\u2019s your favorite Tajikistani social media influencer? Don\u2019t have one? Well, you soon might. According to a recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grants.gov\/web\/grants\/view-opportunity.html?oppId=337239\" class=\"stylish-link\">grant notice<\/a>\u00a0from the U.S. State Department, the U.S. is sending Tajikistan $500,000 to help \u201cSupport Independent Media Development and Bloggers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The grant notice states, \u201cWe will support projects that raise the quality and quantity of visual content created by amateur journalists and bloggers in order to expand their audience with attractive content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3221\" src=\"https:\/\/www.based-politics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/waste-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.based-politics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/waste-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/waste-1024x511-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/waste-768x383-1.png 768w, https:\/\/www.based-politics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/waste-150x75.png 150w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/waste-696x348-1.png 696w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/waste-1068x533-1.png 1068w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/waste-841x420-1.png 841w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/waste.png 1392w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s right, your tax dollars are helping Tajikistani bloggers get more followers and come up with better content.<\/p>\n<p>The grant will also \u201cincrease capacity of local journalists and bloggers through training on effective use of social media and providing small grants to those who show the most potential for long-term success; and increase professionalism of social media influencers on topics of public interest and inspire them to post more on such subjects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No further details are provided on exactly what topics of public interest qualify.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to improving the social media prowess of bloggers and influencers, the grant can also go toward topics like countering violent extremism, supporting women\u2019s empowerment, and promoting environmental awareness and action.<\/p>\n<p>These all seem more important than the first topic but grant recipients can choose whichever project they like. In theory, every project could go toward supporting social media developers and bloggers instead of countering violent extremism.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to say exactly where the problem of small audiences for Tajikistani bloggers and influencers should rank on our list of national priorities, but we think it\u2019s safe to assume it should be near the bottom.<\/p>\n<p><em>The #WasteOfTheDay is presented by the forensic auditors at OpenTheBooks.com. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolicy.com\/articles\/2022\/03\/01\/state_department_gives_500000_to_social_media_bloggers_in_tajikistan_818780.html\" class=\"stylish-link\">This article originally appeared in RealClearPolicy.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Like this article? 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