Amid disinformation, economic turmoil and state control of the free press, how do we shift power to independent newsrooms? How can the journalism community tear down structural barriers and support vi...

Journalism's economic crisis grows ever deeper for thousands of media globally, and worse hit are those in the majority world. Following a two-year deep dive into regional perspectives in Latin Americ...

The financial challenges facing the news industry have not stopped a takeover frenzy in the last couple of years, from the Observer in London to the LA Times as well as the almost never-ending saga of...

Media funders have long sought to strengthen democracy through support of journalism. But now, with authoritarian attempts to undermine press freedom on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, journalism fu...

Join us for a dynamic session on the challenges and opportunities emerging as USAID funding for journalism ends. Led by Lars Boering, Director of the European Journalism Centre (EJC), which has exten...

The existential crisis confronting independent media globally continues to worsen. Traditional business models continue to unravel and new ones can’t fill the gap. International aid and philanthropi...

In this session, foundations from various philanthropic sectors—including media, banks, financial institutions and — explore the evolving role of their funding strategies, debating whether the nex...

The media funding space is still fairly new terrain for many foundations; only a few foundations are explicitly organized to support journalism. In reality, the majority of funders supporting media an...

In 2024, experts finally acknowledged that there are no magic solutions to rescue the journalism industry. Traditional advertising is insufficient, and membership models require significant scaling an...

Who is responsible for the survival of independent media? At a time of acute crisis, this panel looks at the support journalism need to keep operating worldwide and who, if anyone, should provide it a...