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Saving Journalism: New Report Examines Global In...
By Anya Schiffrin Dozens of plans to help save journalism have emerged since the COVID-19 pandemic decimated media outlets around the world, the arrival of the pandemic adding urgency to an already perilous situation. The economic effects have helped to create what some are calling a “media extinc... |
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Tracking Media Development Donor Support: An Upd...
Tracking donor efforts to support media development is fundamental to assessing whether enough resources are being directed at these efforts, and whether those resources are being channeled to the areas of most pressing need. From 2015 to 2016, overall levels of donor support for global media develo... |
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Shifting Trends in Media Development Support: A ...
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The Path to Transparency: International Initiati...
By Beth Kwon At a time when media outlets face intense financial pressures, international donors are stepping in to support media outlets. However, reliance on donor support can create new issues in terms of newsroom independence. This is particularly true when donor organizations are funding specif... |
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Five reasons why direct assistance is more vital...
By Chiranuch Premchaiporn In July 2008, I was forced to post an urgent call on our website – one that all independent media outlets dread: “We’re running out of money, we need your support to save Prachatai.” As the director of Prachatai, an independent media outlet in Thailand that I ha... |
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A Lesson from Latin America: Media Reform Needs ...
Editor’s Note: On Tuesday November 15, Professor Waisbord will be discussing the insights from his book on Latin America at the National Endowment for Democracy with anyone interested in pushing through media reforms in other parts of the world. If you will be in Washington, DC, and would like to ... |
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A Marriage of Convenience – Looking at the...
By Anya Schiffrin The influence that advertisers and owners have on the editorial line has been well documented, but what happens when the funder is a well-meaning foundation that is on a mission to change the world? Indeed, in recent years we’ve seen an uptick in alternative funding scenarios for... |
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What’s the added value of international coordi...
International development organizations tend to agree that more coordination is better in order to reduce activity duplication and scale successful projects. Indeed, it’s vital to be strategic about funding and approaches to common causes, particularly when it comes to media development for which ... |
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What are media development donors funding?
Never has the question of media development funding seemed more urgent. Not only is the media going through baffling changes in business models and technologies, but authoritarian governments around the world are cracking down on media freedoms, imprisoning journalists and trying to control the Inte... |
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A Bold Investment Fund to Create Independent Med...
By Aleksander Dardeli Governments have directly and indirectly resumed predominance of the media markets in many former communist-bloc nations in Central and Eastern Europe. Responsible editorial standards that were introduced after the fall of communism have eroded or are altogether out of fashion.... |