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Media Viability: The Global Versus the Local

Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2023), 6 pp.

Consultation on media viability in Lebanon

Beirut: Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD);Maharat Foundation;Samir Kassir Foundation;UNESCO (2023), 15 pp.
"The volume helps us deconstruct COVID-19 discourses on crisis communication and media developments focusing on three areas: Media viability, Framing and Health crisis communication. The chapters unpack issues on marginalisation, gender, media sustainability, credibility, priming, trust, sources, be ... more
"Este relatório fornece transcrições resumidas de consultas nacionais sobre a viabilidade da mídia com as partes interessadas no setor dos meios de comunicação. As consultas nacionais são baseadas nas trocas de conhecimento e pesquisas proporcionadas pela UNESCO e pela The Economist Intellige ... more

The Viability of Ethiopian News Media: Applying DW Akademie's Media Viability Indicators (MVIs)

Addis Ababa: MERSA Media Institute;Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2022), 50 pp.
"[...] almost all the media experts interviewed in the study identified “political and legal system,” “public attitude and relationship to media,” and “economic and ownership situation” to be the top three biggest obstacles to news media viability in Ethiopia. In fact, almost four-fifth ... more
"Fojo’s objective for the strategy period is: Working with partners, we strengthen journalism that contributes to the sustainability of the media and society; safeguards its independence; holds power to account. Based on this objective and our Theory of Change, we have defined four strategic resul ... more
"This Binding Constraints Analysis is part of the process of building a business case for private sector investment and public sector support for the media in Sierra Leone. Informed by the findings of the State of the Media report, this analysis is aimed at presenting an overview of the risks, chall ... more

Saving Journalism 2: Global Strategies and a Look at Investigative Journalism

Washington, DC: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2022), 56 pp.
"It’s clear that there are plenty of good ideas about how to save journalism as well as practical proposals for how to support quality information. The journalism community in much of the world is galvanized to make change happen and they’re ready to persuade the public and policy makers both th ... more

Media Viability: Learning Brief

Protecting Independent Media for Effective Development (PRIMED) (2022), 8 pp.
"[...] there was no single approach to measuring media viability. Deutsche Welle Akademie's (DWA) Media Viability Indicators are designed to assess viability on three levels, considering the overall economic environment (macro); the structure of the media market and potential sources of revenue (mes ... more
"The pandemic brought to crisis point prior trends facing independent news media, whether online or offline or hybrid. While media became more important than ever for citizens as a source of reliable information in an insecure and continuously changing world, newsrooms struggled to pay their bills. ... more
"DW Akademie’s holistic approach to Media Viability identifies common internal practices in news organizations that decrease their financial vulnerability to crises and disasters and outlines a framework for increasing organizational resilience." (Page 1)
"This paper explores the instances and circumstances under which the media community in Kenya has closely worked with the government to introduce media reforms though new legislation and related policies. It focuses on changes that have been enacted over the last decade and, in particular, those aim ... more
"The traditional business model of the news media has been deeply eroded by a shift in advertising revenues to online platforms. Media outlets must intensify efforts towards more inclusive journalism, alternative business models and diversified revenue streams. Urgent action from other actors is als ... more

Solidarity and Survival: The Story of South Asia. 20th Annual South Asia Press Freedom Report 2021-2022

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ);South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) (2022), 27 pp.
"South Asia witnessed major political and economic upheaval this past year, even as the region was slowly emerging from the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic. While 23 journalists lost their lives and others were subjected to more than 60 attacks by the police, armed militia, vigilante mobs, politicians ... more

Greening Africa’s News Deserts: The Search for Sustainable Local Media in Sub-Saharan Africa

Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2022), 38 pp.
"Among principles that should underpin policy choices are: a focus on systemic impact; particular attention on the areas where information poverty is greatest; platform-neutrality, while preferring platforms used most commonly; ongoing monitoring of developments in and around media at local levels t ... more
"The evolution of media towards mainly digital platforms has provoked a long crisis in their financing, often resulting in them being absorbed into large industrial groups seeking political influence. In the North as in the South, economic models for independent news and information need to be reinv ... more

Supporting Media Viability in the Americas: Towards Sustainable Journalism

Buenos Aires: Universidad de Palermo, Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión y Acceso a la Información (CELE) (2022), 25 pp.
"While the Internet has offered the world unparalleled access to information, journalism as an industry is in crisis […] especially in Latin America, the possibility of making a living out of the desire to tell stories is increasingly shrinking. Media outlets suffer from the migration of private a ... more
"We found that Covid-19 intensified economic pressures facing the global news media industry. It accelerated the decline of many news publishers’ most profitable revenue stream—printed newspaper advertising and circulation. Outlets in low- and middle-income countries have been the most severely ... more
"The chapters here explore the impact, especially of Covid-19, on the media while unpacking the complexities, intersections and dynamics surrounding technological, political and economic developments and trends. Similarly, media discourses on journalism practice, audience narratives and news discour ... more