> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://impact.gfmd.info/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://impact.gfmd.info/meetings/2024/primed-feb.-mar.-2024/workshop-1/speakers.md). # Speakers *To find the meeting agenda, please visit this page:* {% content-ref url="/pages/638Wq8vYWJe4XPo8LS0s" %} [Meeting agenda](/meetings/2024/primed-feb.-mar.-2024/workshop-1/meeting-agenda.md) {% endcontent-ref %} **Moderator:** Mira Milosevic, Executive Director, [GFMD](https://gfmd.info/) ### **Session 1: Media viability in fragile contexts** * Peter Whitehead, Director of Communications, [Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF)](https://www.mdif.org/) * Fasika Tadesse, Correspondent, Bloomberg News, PRIMED implementation specialist * Daniel Belayneh, CEO of the [ARTS TV Ethiopia ](http://www.artstv.tv) * Behailu Shiferaw, PhD candidate at Northwestern University; former PRIMED Program Manager, [Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF)](https://www.mdif.org/) * Isabela Ponce, Co-founder, [GK ](https://gk.city) * Clare Cook, Head of Journalism and Media Viability, [International Media Support (IMS)](https://www.mediasupport.org/) ### Session 2: Exploring the approaches to public subsidies * James Deane, former Director of Policy & Research, [BBC Media Action](https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction) * Dr. Francis Sowa, National Coordinator, [Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG)](https://mrcgonline.org/) * Lela Vujanic, Regional Research Manager for Central and Eastern Europe, [SembraMedia](https://sembramedia.org/) * Keiichi HASHIMOTO, Ph.D. Senior Advisor, [Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)](https://www.jica.go.jp/english/) * Marius Dragomir, Director of [the Center for Media, Data and Society ](https://cmds.ceu.edu) * María Soledad Segura, Social Communication Faculty & Social Science Faculty, [Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina](https://www.unc.edu.ar)