Resource centre
The help desk and GFMD IMPACT meetings are supported by our resource centre which collates literature reviews ahead of events, detailed reports from meetings, as well as research and policy papers authored or commissioned by GFMD IMPACT.
Resources are organised by type of literature featuring: guides, declarations, policy briefs, working papers and primers, academic research, research and reports, articles, podcasts, case studies and evaluation and impact reports.
Academic research on the effectiveness of media development funding and support to journalism from donors and foundations.
Case studies that demonstrate interesting, effective or innovative approaches to the design, measurement, evaluation, and learning, from media development and journalism support initiatives.
Evaluation and impact reports from a selection of media development and journalism support programmes.
Literature is further broken down by topic analysing (among other themes): disinformation, sustanability and viability, media development effectiveness, AI, regulation, legislation & design of platforms.
- Balancing Act: Countering Digital Disinformation While Respecting Freedom of Expression (Sept. 2020) Broadband Commission (see especially the section “Typology of Disinformation Responses”)
- Claire Wardle on disinformation and today’s journalistic conventions (June 2020) Berkman Klein Center - The Breakdown
- Journalism, 'Fake News' and Disinformation: A Handbook for Journalism Education and Training (2018) UNESCO - CHERILYN IRETON & JULIE POSETTI
- Information Disorder: Toward an interdisciplinary framework for research and policymaking (2017) - Council of Europe - CLAIRE WARDLE & HOSSEIN DERAKHSHAN
“To maximise impact we need evidence on what works, for whom, why, and under what circumstances.” - OECD. Better Criteria for Better Evaluation. OECD/DAC Network on Development Evaluation
“…for many, sustainability has become a “buzzword”, an injunction to assess the likelihood that the effects of an intervention will continue after it is completed..” - Michael Leroy, 2021, Sustainability: Going Beyond the Buzzword. Research Reviews for Media Development Practitioners.
There is no common understanding about the definition of “viability”, which goes under several names, including “media sustainability”, “financial/ economic sustainability”, “business viability”, or “media resilience”. - PRIMED Viability Learning Brief by MDIF
These resource pages are a work in progress.
The resources are collected and curated by GFMD IMPACT staff with sumbissions from our members and partners and GFMD IMPACT regional coordinators. By February 2022, we have collected over 200 resources.
If you want to add relevant resource, report, or example of your work or you wish to let us know what is missing, please get in touch using this form.