Type: Blog Post
By JJ Robinson, journalist/editor and lead author Media innovation and startups are subjects talked about all over the world but little studied outside the US and Europe. For our report ‘Publishing for Peanuts: Innovation and the Journalism Startup’, we sought out new and independent media outl...

Type: Blog Post
Thousands took to the streets of Budapest in the close of 2019, protesting Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s most recent step in his march against free expression in Hungary. But the restriction was a decade in the making. Since Orbán’s government came to power in 2010, the state of free speech in...

Type: Donor Profile
The European Union is an economic and political union of 28 European countries with an estimated population of over 510 million people. One of the EU’s main goals is to promote human rights both internally and around the world. The EU’s core values are human dignity, freedom, democracy, equa...

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The European Endowment for Democracy (EED) is an independent, grant-making organization, established in 2013 by the European Union (EU) and EU member states to foster democracy in the European Neighborhood and beyond. All EU member states are members of EED’s Board of Governors, together with memb...

Type: Blog Post
“Know your audience” is the basic tenet of any communicator—and newsrooms are no different. In fact, a failure to understand their audiences will certainly lead to a news organization’s failure; either failure to report on facts and events relevant to their communities, or failure to keep an...

Type: Donor Profile
The United States government has long been a supporter of international media development efforts. This is done with the belief that a strong and independent press is essential for democracy to flourish. US government media development efforts are primarily channeled through the United States Depart...

Type: Blog Post
In today’s digitized world, news organizations must be online to survive. And yet, online-only publications struggle to monetize their product, and sustain their content production.CIMA’s latest report, Advancing Independent Journalism While Building a Modern News Business: The Case of Malaysiak...

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By Courtney C. Radsch This year, the theme of UNESCO’s annual World Press Freedom Day was “Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of expression as a driver for all other human rights.” Yet despite the celebratory events lauding the importance of independent public interest media and the role of a...

Type: Blog Post
For years, Russia has been refining its digital authoritarian playbook, taking advantage of technological advancements to silence the regime’s opponents at home and abroad. The information war that accompanied its invasion of Ukraine has shined a stark light on the corrosive effects of these strat...

Type: Event
Tuesday, February 28 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EST (Lunch provided) National Endowment for Democracy 1025 F Street NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20004 Panelists: Tim Isgitt, Managing Director, Humanity United Tom Rosenstiel, Executive Director, American Press Institute Anya Schiffrin, Director of T...