Taktak Project: Promoting Flexible, Transparent Donations to Journalists

Taktak Project: Promoting Flexible, Transparent Donations to Journalists

Journalism Funders Forum
20 Nov 2024
In March 2024, a consortium of seven media organisations and a media-focused technology provider launched the Taktak project, with…
The Post-Illiberal Hangover: How to Restore Media Pluralism in Poland

The Post-Illiberal Hangover: How to Restore Media Pluralism in Poland

Journalism Funders Forum
15 Nov 2024
While the new moderate government in Poland has taken steps to restore media pluralism and increase media freedom, experts…
Funding Journalism in Authoritarian Environments: Insights Into a Four-Year Support Programme

Funding Journalism in Authoritarian Environments: Insights Into a Four-Year Support Programme

Journalism Funders Forum
20 Sep 2024
By offering financial aid, mentoring, and training, journalism-funding programmes can significantly enhance media sustainability, despite ongoing challenges such as…
How Cities Are Saving Local Journalism From Collapse

How Cities Are Saving Local Journalism From Collapse

Journalism Funders Forum
18 Sep 2024
With local journalism in crisis, more and more cities are beginning to recognise the vital role of local news…
Empowering Newsrooms: How Donors Can Support Responsible AI Use in Journalism

Empowering Newsrooms: How Donors Can Support Responsible AI Use in Journalism

Journalism Funders Forum
12 Jul 2024
The role of AI in journalism offers both benefits and risks. Whilst it enhances efficiency for tasks such as…
News Avoidance: Understanding the Trend and Crafting Responses

News Avoidance: Understanding the Trend and Crafting Responses

Journalism Funders Forum
15 May 2024
Amidst a global rise in news avoidance, an increasing number of journalists and researchers map its implications and underlying…
Measuring Journalism’s Impact: Not a Cakewalk

Measuring Journalism’s Impact: Not a Cakewalk

Journalism Funders Forum
15 May 2024
In an era where the value of journalism is increasingly scrutinised, understanding its impact presents a complex puzzle. From…
Ethical Media Alliance: How to Reshape Ad Spending to Support Public Interest Journalism

Ethical Media Alliance: How to Reshape Ad Spending to Support Public Interest Journalism

Journalism Funders Forum
13 Mar 2024
The Ethical Media Alliance (EMA) in Romania aims to tackle quantitative metrics: the main flaw of the digital advertising…
Journalift: The Enduring Legacy of A Media Development Programme

Journalift: The Enduring Legacy of A Media Development Programme

Journalism Funders Forum
12 Mar 2024
The platform Journalift, the first to offer media development support in local languages in the Western Balkans, was launched…
Unraveling Hungary’s New Sovereignty Bill: Implications for Independent Media

Unraveling Hungary’s New Sovereignty Bill: Implications for Independent Media

Journalism Funders Forum
11 Jan 2024
The vague and undefined concepts in the new Hungarian “sovereignty bill” aimed at countering “foreign interference,” and the powers…
Six Elections in 2024 That Matter the Most in Relation to Media Freedom

Six Elections in 2024 That Matter the Most in Relation to Media Freedom

Journalism Funders Forum
11 Jan 2024
As the world gears up for what has been touted by The Economist as “the biggest election year in…