What are the major challenges in running an independent newsroom and how to get it financially working? What can be learned from the traditional models and where are the limits? What are possible sour...
Events - business models, funding & start-ups
New models, new journalism: does the funding revolution mean different content?
The collapse in the advertising model that powered news output for generations has been well documented. Answers to the question of how quality journalism is paid for are few and far between. But new ...
Around the world, journalists and their communities are rethinking what public support for journalism means. In the US, the state of New Jersey launched a publicly managed fund for local news and info...
Significant attention and airtime is given to troubles facing traditional news organizations -- the almost daily layoffs, downsizing, and course corrections. Conversely, relatively little attention is...
While the news industry struggles to find a sustainable revenue model, newsrooms including Reuters and some promising digital startups have announced mass layoffs in recent months. Meanwhile, nonprofi...
This panel will examine the membership models of several news outlets in Europe. Membership models are increasingly popular. They’ve been embraced by small publications but also by big news organiza...
What does it take to launch a media startup in the Global South that does serious reporting on the subjects that matter? How do these outlets survive in climates that are cracking down on journalism? ...
How the bubble consumed the internet, a timeline of the collapse, key lessons, and the promising road ahead for great journalism. In this session Mario Vasilescu will: > Explain how the modern in...
Journalism today is in many ways better than it ever was, but the funding models that support it are existentially threatened. With traditional sources of revenue from print and broadcast in inevitabl...
Editorial and commercial: exploring the interplay between business models and the quality journalism they support
The opportunities for journalism in the digital age are greater than ever, but the commercial conditions in which it operates look increasingly hostile. For quality journalism outlets, ensuring that e...