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The New(s) Gatekeepers: Social Media’s Impact on Journal...

This event is co-organized by Indiana University's Ethics, Values and Technology: Developing Character for a Digital World series. Tuesday, April 13 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. EDT Speakers: Aric Toler, Training Director, Bellingcat Dragana Obradović, Director, Balkan Investigative Reporting ...

Are Punchlines the New Front Lines of Media Development?

Tuesday, September 22 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EDT Speakers: Dillon Case, CEO, Pilot Media Initiatives Tanja Dramac Jiries, Program Officer, National Endowment for Democracy Viktor Markovic, Njuz.net, Serbia Nkechi Nwabudike, The Other News CTV, Nigeria Jovana Avramovska, Yesterday’s Ne...

Local News in Times of Crisis

Wednesday, June 24 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. EDT Speakers: Teresa Gorman, Senior Program Associate for Local News, Democracy Fund Laxmi Parthasarathy, Chief Operating Officer, Global Press James Smart, Journalist and Founder, K-Youth Media Moderator: Samlanchith Chanthavong, Associate Direc...

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The Untapped Potential of Regional Cooperation for Media R...

The 1991 adoption of the Windhoek Declaration in Namibia ushered in a continent-wide commitment to supporting independent media in Africa. Despite initial progress, including the establishment of the regional Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA), independent media in the region continues to su...

Youth and the News in Five Charts

In the rapidly changing news ecosystems of emerging economies, news outlets are struggling to remain relevant and build loyal relationships with youth audiences (18 to 35 years old). As youth populations continue to grow in low-and-middle income countries, it is critical for independent media organi...

The Wisdom of the Crowd: Promoting Media Development throu...

An innovative new set of citizen engagement practices—collectively known as deliberative democracy—offer important lessons that, when applied to the media development efforts, can help improve media assistance efforts and strengthen independent media environments around the world. At a time when...

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With Mainstream Media Weakened in Bolivia, Social Networks...

By  Raul Peñaranda U. In February 2016, the independent Bolivian news agency ANF, where I work as managing editor, revealed that vice president Alvaro García Linera had not graduated from Mexico’s prestigious UNAM university with a degree in mathematics, as he had been claiming for decades. A...

Media Ownership in Bangladesh: Why More Media Outlets Does...

By Ali Riaz and Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman Bangladesh's media ecosystem paints a contradictory picture. On the one hand, the country's media sector has witnessed significant growth in the past two decades. On the other hand, media freedom in the country is steadily declining. In 2020, Reporters Wi...

How Big Tech’s Content Moderation Policies Could Jeopard...

By Gideon Sarpong Social media advocates have historically lauded its ability to facilitate democratic progress by connecting people over space and time, enabling faster and wider mobilization than ever before. However, in recent years, this optimism has faded, and platforms have also become effect...