Sustainability & viability

Case studies that demonstrate interesting, effective or innovative approaches to the design, measurement, evaluation, and learning, from media development and journalism support initiatives.

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Rethinking power dynamics: Non-profit news and Philanthropy

Media Impact Funders

In this session from the JFunders Conference (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.

JFunders Conference 2022: funding local news

Media Impact Funders

Some highlights from the JFunders Conference 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.

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, a program designed to help independent media organizations along the U.S.-Mexico border become more sustainable. Organized by SembraMedia, the program is run in partnership with the International Center for Journalists and the Border Center for Journalists and Bloggers."

How two Mexican media startups have survived the COVID-19 crisis | International Journalists' NetworkInternational Journalists' Network

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