Media plurality gives a voice to minorities, free-thinkers, and marginalised groups. It expresses their concerns and defends their rights. The time has come to explore the need for a plurality of capi...
Events - business models & funding
There is a rising sector of public-interest media in Europe: pioneers in the (ever-) emerging journalistic landscape. They fill a gap left by public service media and commercial news organisations by ...
Membership models: all you need to know about running a member-centric newsroom
Membership models are on the rise. They are more than just a way to diversify revenue streams. They aim to build a new and solid foundation for journalism. Building a successful membership program req...
Funding with purpose: a dialogue with funders on how to provide meaningful support
The Journalism Funders Forum (JFF) is an open community of funders working together to ensure more and more impactful funding of journalism in Europe. We, as funders ourselves, realise funders can hav...
Australia’s path-breaking 2021 legislation, which got Google and Meta to pay more than 300 million dollars to media outlets, is being watched by countries around the world that want to emulate it. H...
With high inflation and a looming recession, legacy revenues in accelerated decline, online advertising primarily going to platforms, and digital reader revenues growing only at some titles in a winne...
To address the ongoing challenges facing independent journalism, this session will explore how philanthropic funders have expanded the spectrum of capital available to support high-quality media as a ...
Governments can play an important role in enabling independent professional journalism -- by protecting journalists’ rights and freedom to do their job safely, by directly or indirectly supporting i...
In many emerging economies, democracy often depends on independent, public-interest journalism to hold the government accountable. This type of journalism – mired in impenetrable policy and deep-div...
While traditional publishers are shrinking, nonprofit newsrooms are on the rise. For a while now, especially investigative reporting is successfully nourished with charity due to its crucial role to a...