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Visibility and Fundraising for IPDC

Paris: UNESCO (2019), 69 pp.

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More Than Money: Rethinking Media Viability in the Digital Age

Peter Deselaers, Kyle James, Roula Mikhael, Laura Schneider

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2019), 11 pp.

"Media viability challenges will not be solved at the individual outlet level. Rather, it is necessary to bring different stakeholders together to look at the bigger picture and assess the health of a country or a region’s media ecosystem. Then, partners can strategically plan projects that contri ... more

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Media Constrained by Context: International Assistance and the Transition to Democratic Media in the Western Balkans
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Kristina Irion, Tarik Jusic (eds.)

Budapest: Central European University Press (2018), xiii, 346 pp.

"This books draws a comparative balance of twenty years' international media assistance in the five countries of the Western Balkans. The central question was what happens to imported models when they are transposed onto the newly evolving media systems of transitional societies. Albania, Bosnia-Her ... more

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Report on the Evaluation of the Level of Knowledge and Skills Acquired Under the Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) Transparency and Accountability Project

African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) (2018), 29 pp.

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Mapping Media Development in Myanmar

Jane Madlyn McElhone et al.

Yangon: UNESCO;International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2018), viii, 49 pp.

"This mapping of the Myanmar media development sector is informed by three activities: a status update of the recommendations in the 2016 Assessment of Media Development in Myanmar report based on UNESCO’s Media Development Indicators, an online survey conducted in March and April 2018, and a seri ... more

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Un megáfono para la verdad: Programas de Cooperación y Asistencia Internacional para el desarrollo de los medios de comunicación y el periodismo en el Sur Global

Jairo Lugo-Ocando

Brazilian Journalism Research, volume 14, issue 2 (2018), pp. 428-449

"Este artículo analiza el papel que tienen los Programas de Asistencia y Cooperación Internacional en el desarrollo y formación del marco conceptual del periodismo actual y sus prácticas en el Sur Global. En particular, este analiza cómo los esfuerzos internacionales de asistencia para el desar ... more

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A Mouthpiece for Truth: Foreign Aid for Media Development and the Making of Journalism in the Global South

Jairo Lugo-Ocando

Brazilian Journalism Research, volume 14, issue 2 (2018), pp. 412-431

"This piece explores the role of Foreign Aid in developing the current framework in which journalism operates in the Global South. It looks at how international development efforts have been crucial in fostering particular models of journalism while arguing that this explains the current internation ... more

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Is it Time for a Global Fund for Free and Independent Media?

James Deane

BBC Media Action (2018)

"In recent weeks I have argued there is a need to bring fresh energy, creativity and intensity to efforts to support independent media. But these alone will not be enough. There is a fundamental problem of resources so I propose the creation of a new Global Fund for Free and Independent Media focuse ... more

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Winning the War on State-Sponsored Propaganda: Gains in the Ability to Detect Disinformation a Year and a Half After Completing a Ukrainian News Media Literacy Program

Erin Murrock, Joy Amulya, Mehri Druckman, Tetiana Liubyva

IREX (2018), 47 pp.

"While Ukrainians consume a high volume of news content, barely one in four Ukrainians trust the media and only 23% cross-check news sources—the most basic form of media literacy [...] In this context, IREX designed and implemented Learn to Discern (L2D), a “demand-side” response to the proble ... more

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Final Evaluation: Gender Sensitive Public Communication Project

Melike Karlidag, Bérangère Pineau Soukkarieh

Search for Common Ground (2018), 68 pp.

"The Gender Sensitive Public Communications Project was implemented by Search for Common Ground in Lebanon, together with its local partner Abaad, with an aim to promote women’s participation in politics through the production of gender sensitive television drama and short films. Specifically, the ... more

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Evaluation of the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)

Seán Ó Siochrú, Geoff Geurts

Paris: UNESCO (2018), 122 pp.

"The evaluation found that IPDC interventions have achieved important outcomes in several key areas. Furthermore, some of the results achieved are directly associated with features that are specific to IPDC and derive from its unique governance structures and instruments. In terms of key challenges, ... more

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'No News is Bad News' Programme: Internal Mid-Term Evaluation Democratic Republic of Congo

Free Press Unlimited (2018), 30 pp.

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Media Capacity Building in Sudan: A Measure of Success?

Nigel Baker, Helen Scott

African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 130-137

"A five-year, media capacity-building programme in Sudan gives some valuable pointers about how to keep a media-development programme alive—and the positive results that can be achieved through perseverance and a collaborative effort by stakeholders. The results included the introduction of a new ... more

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Defending Independent Media: A Comprehensive Analysis of Aid Flows
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Mary Myers, Linet Angaya Juma

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2018), 37 pp.

"When donors provide assistance to the media sector, they frequently back projects that aim to strengthen the media’s contribution to good governance in some way or another. This kind of funding is consistent with recent declarations made by the international community on the importance of protect ... more

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Questioning the Role of Foreign Aid in Media System Research

Suzanne Temwa Gondwe Harris

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Media and Communication Research in Africa

Bruce Mutsvairo (ed.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), pp. 401-412

"While the internal dynamics or the role of the state has had a significant bearing on how media systems evolve and change, both internal and external factors have contributed to the type of media that exists in Malawi today. Although Hallin and Mancini did not include at length the role of external ... more

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Quid Pro Quo: How Donor-Funded Journalism Redefines Job Descriptions

Mia Malan

African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 121-129

"Donor-funded journalism is a complex sphere, frequently characterised by balancing acts between the priorities of two vastly different environments. The health desk of one of South Africa’s legacy media outlets, the Mail & Guardian, owes its existence to philanthropy. Launched in 2013, the Bhekis ... more

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Where are all the Asian-led programs to support fellowships and grants for journalists in Asia?

Susan Tam

Niemanlab, April 30 (2018)

"Wealth from Asia isn’t being channeled into media development on anything like the scale seen in the U.S. and Europe: “It’s not just about the money. It’s about priorities.”

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"Free Internet" and the Costs to Media Pluralism: The Hazards of Zero-Rating the News

Daniel O'Maley, Amba Kak

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2018), 20 pp.

"In many countries, mobile operators have teamed up with social media platforms to offer free access to specific websites or internet services—including news websites. The most well-known of these offerings, Facebook’s Free Basics, has been explicitly pitched as a way to give citizens in develop ... more

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Investigative Journalism in Africa: An Exploratory Study of Non-Profit Investigative Journalism Organizations in Africa

Ntibinyane Ntibinyane

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2018), 99 pp.

"This exploratory study [.] argues that in a continent where traditional media organizations are increasingly failing to hold power to account, not-for-profit organizations are leading by example, setting the agenda and constantly scrutinizing those in power. This study further looks at the motivati ... more

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Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Strategy

Washington, DC et al.: Internews (2018), 24 pp.

"First, this strategy is a women’s empowerment strategy, confirming our commitment to women and girls all over the world, by identifying objectives and activities to operationalize our stated goals to: Ensure safe access to information for women, girls and marginalized groups in some of the world� ... more

Media Constrained by Context: International Assistance and the Transition to Democratic Media in the Western Balkans Top Insights

Defending Independent Media: A Comprehensive Analysis of Aid Flows Top Insights

Media Constrained by Context: International Assistance and the Transition to Democratic Media in the Western Balkans
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Defending Independent Media: A Comprehensive Analysis of Aid Flows
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