# Sustainability & viability

{% hint style="warning" %}
This resource page is a work in progress. Please get in touch to let us know what is missing [using this form](https://forms.gle/ZAjDBxAk2D3V5Bes8). 
{% endhint %}

## [Rethinking power dynamics: Non-profit news and Philanthropy](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/articles/mediadev-effectiveness#b606)

#### Media Impact Funders

In this session from the [JFunders Conference](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/articles/mediadev-effectiveness#b606) (Oct. 2022), independent publishers and impact investors discuss ways of reframing relations between funders and non-profit media organisations. 

> This session—moderated by The 19th’s Editor-at-Large Errin Haines—explores how funders can approach their relationships with nonprofit news organizations to achieve **long-term sustainability.** We’ll hear a few compelling approaches from media organizations whose trust-based relationships with funders have produced successful outcomes.

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps68WbRwPYY>" %}

## [JFunders Conference 2022: funding local news](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/articles/mediadev-effectiveness#b606)&#x20;

#### Media Impact Funders

Some highlights from the [JFunders Conference](https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/articles/mediadev-effectiveness#b606) on innovative ways to support local media in the United States.

> America’s **local news landscape** has been shaped by massive technological and economic shifts over the last two decades, and understanding what’s working and where the gaps and opportunities exist will help us support more impactful solutions.&#x20;

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdvYp5EnhS4>" %}

{% embed url="<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIk2UGHT_yg>" %}

## SEMBRA MEDIA *with* ICFJ & *BORDER CENTRE FOR JOURNALISTS AND BLOGGERS*

Both news organizations featured in this IJNET article *"were members of the first cohort of* [*SembraMex*](https://www.sembramedia.org/sembramex-medios-en-la-frontera-de-mexico/)*, a program designed to help independent media organizations along the U.S.-Mexico border become more sustainable. Organized by* [*SembraMedia*](https://www.sembramedia.org/)*, the program is run in partnership with the* [*International Center for Journalists*](https://www.icfj.org/) *and the* [*Border Center for Journalists and Bloggers*](https://www.borderhub.org/)*."*

{% embed url="<https://ijnet.org/en/story/how-two-mexican-media-startups-have-survived-covid-19-crisis>" %}

## WHAT IS MISSING?

{% hint style="warning" %}
This resource page is a work in progress. Please get in touch to let us know what is missing [using this form](https://forms.gle/ZAjDBxAk2D3V5Bes8).&#x20;
{% endhint %}


---

# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://impact.gfmd.info/resources/case-studies/sustainability.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.