Keep The Lights On And The News Flowing: An exchange of tools, tactics and financial strategies from donor funded projects to support viable media businesses
Date: 28 September, 2022
Time: 10:30 - 12:30 CEST / 9:30 - 11:30 BST / 5:30 - 7:30 ET
Format: In-person (Zaragoza, Spain)
Speakers
Jason Lambert, Senior Director of Media Business, Internews
Joan Chirwa, Founder, Free Press Initiative
Joanna Krawcyk, President of the Board
Gazeta Wyborcza, Foundation
Ruth Kronenburg, Executive Director, Free Press Unlimited
Lisa MacLeod, Principal Publishing Lead of the Sustainability Study project, Financial Times
Provisional Agenda
Consultations about media viability and the impact of the different approaches have taken place in a variety of platforms, but require greater involvement of independent media and news publishers. This gap will be addressed specifically in a knowledge exchange on Media Viability at the 2022 WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress.
Discussion (10:30 - 11:30)
Moderated discussion on the application of media development organizations’ media viability approaches and tools, incl. feedback from news industry.
Knowledge Exchange (11:30-12:30)
Knowledge Exchange on how to match knowledge needs with knowledge supply on media viability.