Type: Publication
This report, part of the Center for International Media Assistance’s “Media Reform amid Political Upheaval” series, reviews Sudan’s media climate and examines the role of Sudan’s government, media, foreign donors, and international media assistance actors in attempting to foster change in ...

Type: Publication
This report, part of the Center for International Media Assistance’s “Media Reform amid Political Upheaval” series, highlights the ways that media support to Ukraine has been exemplary. Donor support for a broad-based, bottom-up media sector reform effort was essential to the progress made in ...

Type: Blog Post
By Paul Rothman and Nick Benequista International assistance to media is facing an existential crisis. While there is a growing recognition of the importance of international assistance to media, the current models of support seems futile when confronted by the magnitude of the current challenges to...

Type: Blog Post
Including media in fragile states’ development Despite a snowy week in Washington, CIMA held a discussion cosponsored with BBC Media Action about challenges and opportunities that media in fragile states present to policymakers around the world.  The conversation focused on the successes in c...

Type: Blog Post
This week, CIMA hosted a panel of experts from around the media development community to engage in a debate about where the field is headed. At CIMA, we’ve organized our thinking on media development into four interconnected issue areas that reflect macro concepts in the field: effectiveness, sust...

Type: Publication
To secure the future of independent journalism, international aid is critical. And yet, the international assistance community is not meeting the needs of a sector in danger of extinction. Support for media has languished at 0.3 percent of total official  development assistance. Out of the more tha...

Type: Publication
The international community is waking up to its responsibility to protect and strengthen independent media around the world. This report puts forward recommendations for how that responsibility can be translated into action, acknowledging the complexity of the crisis facing independent media. Based ...

Type: Event
Thursday, February 18 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST (Lunch will be provided) *Live-stream coverage of this event will be available on this page The World Bank J Building 701 18th St NW, #075 Washington, DC 20006 NOTE: Registration will close at 5:00 pm EST on Tuesday, February 16th Panelists Include:...

Type: Event
View Dave Kaplan’s PowerPoint Presentation >> Featuring: Sheila Coronel @SheilaCoronel Columbia University David E. Kaplan @gijn Global Investigative Journalism Network View PowerPoint Presentation >> Drew Sullivan @DrewOCCRP Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project Wednesd...

Type: Publication
Why are independent media that contribute to democracy and economic progress failing to take root or survive in many countries?  We at the Center for International Media Assistance suggest that one piece of the answer may be found in a concept known as media capture. Media capture is a systemic gov...