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Design thinking in media development

Yulia Alekseeva

Deutsche Welle DW Akademie, October 1 (2025)

"DW Akademie’s media development projects encourage participants to find fitting solutions to their problems. A design thinking process can guide them. Trainer Yulia Alekseeva explains what it takes to innovate." (Introduction)

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Manual de Buenas Prácticas de Responsabilidad Social Comunitaria

Harold Hütt Herrera

San José: Centro de Investigación en Comunicación (CICOM) Universidad de Costa Rica (2024), 87 pp.

"El presente manual representa un importante y valioso esfuerzo por poner el foco en el relacionamiento con comunidades. Surge de una investigación de campo que resume acciones de empresas interesadas en conocer a sus grupos de interés externos y, de manera específica, a las comunidades a quienes ... more

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Digital Technology in Capacity Development: Enabling Learning and Supporting Change

Joanna Wild, Femi Nzegwu (eds.)

Cape Town; Oxford: African Minds; International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) (2022), viii, 171 pp.

"This book focuses on digital approaches to capacity development, reflecting the greater interest in how digital tools and platforms can be used for capacity development in the 'Global South'. While Covid-19 demonstrated some of the benefits of online learning, the widespread, often uncritical adopt ... more

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The Critical Role Support Organizations Can Play in Maturing the Local News Field

Anika Anand, Darryl Holliday

Democracy Fund; Commoner Company (2025), 16 pp.

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Analysis of monetization tools for media, bloggers and media personalities in Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine: Overview of the financial landscape for digital content creators

Arthur Papyan, Anna Barseghyan, Oleg Khomenok

Fojo Media Institute (2025), 49 pp.

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Public Interest Communications: Strategy for Changemakers
Key Guidance

Ann Searight Christiano, Angela Bradbery

New York; London: Routledge (2025), xii, 344 pp.

"Written by two practitioners with deep professional experience, this book introduces readers to public interest communications, which takes an evidence-based approach to using strategic communications to drive positive social change. Each chapter includes accessible, applicable insights, exercises ... more

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The Media Viability Manifesto: A Common Framework for Joint Action
Key Guidance

Laura Moore, Elena Köhler, Clare Cook

Bonn et al.: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie; Media Viability Manifesto Initiative (2024), 33 pp.

"The Media Viability Manifesto (MVM) provides an urgently needed common framework for joint action from the global media development community. Its aim is three-pronged: To foster conceptual clarity, to strengthen strategic collaboration between multiple stakeholders, and to align practical implemen ... more

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Manifiesto sobre la Viabilidad de los Medios de comunicación: Un marco común para la acción conjunta
Key Guidance

Laura Moore, Elena Köhler, Clare Cook

Bonn et al.: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie; Media Viability Manifesto Initiative; UNESCO IPDC (2024), 37 pp.

"El Manifiesto sobre la Viabilidad de los Medios de comunicación (MVM, por sus siglas en inglés) proporciona un marco común, urgentemente necesario, para la acción conjunta de la comunidad mundial de desarrollo de los medios. Su objetivo es triple: fomentar la claridad conceptual, reforzar la co ... more

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Manifeste sur la viabilité des médias: Un cadre commun pour une action conjointe
Key Guidance

Laura Moore, Elena Köhler, Clare Cook

Bonn et al.: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie; Media Viability Manifesto Initiative; UNESCO IPDC (2024), 37 pp.

"Le Manifeste sur la viabilité des médias (MVM) établit un cadre commun, dont le besoin est urgent, pour une action conjointe de la part de la communauté mondiale du développement des médias. Son objectif est triple : Promouvoir une vision claire, renforcer la collaboration stratégique entre ... more

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Enabling a Sustainable News Environment: A Framework for Media Finance Legislation
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Conny Moon Sehat, Amy Mitchell, Samuel Jens

Technology & Innovation (CNTI) Center for News (2024), 46 pp.

"This study examines 23 recently enacted or proposed legislative efforts from 2018 through 2024 aimed at providing revenue streams for journalism. We hope it offers a fulsome method for analyzing possible paths forward. There are two main parts of the report: Part One groups this legislation into se ... more

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Funding Journalism: A Guide for Canadian Philanthropy

Ana Sofía Hibon, April Lindgren, Sara Krynitzki

Inspirit Foundation; Local News Research Project at Toronto Metropolitan University; Philanthropic Foundations Canada (2024), 27 pp.

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Press Forward: A Guide for Local Funders

Press Forward (2024), 23 pp.

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Amplifying voices from the margins: A handbook for building a sustainable and transformative community radio station

Kudzai Kwangwari, Ntando Dumani

Harare: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES); National Association of Community Broadcasters (NACB) (2024), 82 pp.

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Participatory Grantmaking in Practice: The Story of the Building Local Alignment Initiative (so far)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (2024), 59 pp.

"In 2021, RWJF decided to make participatory grantmaking a hallmark strategy of a multiyear initiative focused on building the power and voice of communities affected by racial injustice in local public health and healthcare systems. The Foundation’s embrace of participatory grantmaking for this p ... more

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Hybrid events guide 101

Association for Progressive Communications (APC), February 19 (2024)

"This guide is aimed at hosts who want to hold and facilitate hybrid convenings/events, and is based on APC’s experience and learning from the last two years. After the pandemic, new ways to allow people to participate in convenings have arisen, as a means of reducing travel and minimising contact ... more

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Crowdfunding Investigations: Lessons Learned About Harnessing Audience Buy-In from Ireland, Brazil, and Portugal

Laura Oliver

Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN), February 14 (2024)

"Investigative journalism is expensive. Partnerships and grants can help but can also introduce conditions or stall proceedings. Could crowdfunding, where audience members donate to support an investigation, offer an alternative? “Crowdfunding serves as a crucial revenue source in investigative jo ... more

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Safeguarding independent journalism in Latin America

Francisca Skoknic

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2024), 37 pp.

"In a region plagued by poverty, inequality, and attacks on press freedom, Latin American journalists have ventured into non-profit journalism to uphold democracy. Outlets producing award-winning and highly impactful journalism in the region include El Salvador’s El Faro, founded in 1998, Chile’ ... s Ciper (2007), IDL-Reporteros in Peru and La Silla Vacía in Colombia (2009), Animal Político in Mexico (2010), Agência Pública in Brazil and Plaza Pública in Guatemala (2011) – to name a few. But finding a sustainable financing model has eluded most outlets. There is limited advertising revenue for such controversial topics, and lower income audiences are hard-pressed to pay for news. This has led to an over-reliance on foreign funding to finance their work. Research by SembraMedia found that grants are the primary source of non-profit income, accounting for 63% of their revenue on average. To assess for myself how acutely reliant independent media in Latin America are on foreign donors, I set about analysing 40 independent outlets based in 16 countries. I focused on outlets that produce public interest journalism, play a significant role in their countries, and receive institutional foreign funding. [...] Between 2016 and 2022 those 40 outlets received more than $27 million from OSF and Ford Foundation. While Ford Foundation granted roughly half the number of grants as the Soros organisation, their grants were significantly larger, meaning the total amount donated was almost on par. OSF has been key in giving establishing grants to new outlets and then fostering their growth, while Ford tends to back outlets with a track record. Ana Joaquina Ruiz, Program Associate for Mexico, and Central America at Ford Foundation, told me: “OSF has the capacity to fund more innovative projects. Ford is a bit more conservative and works with projects that can be a contribution in the long term.” A third important player to consider in this ecosystem is Luminate, created by the founder of eBay, Pierre Omidyar. Publicly available data shows it has only distributed 11 grants between 2016 and 2022 among the 40 outlets I analysed. The average size of each grant was $360,000 – far more than the average Ford Foundation grants ($240,000) or OSF grants ($135,000). It is worth noting, however, that no consistent data could be found about the length of time each grant was intended to cover. An analysis of average amount granted per year might paint a different picture." (https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk) more

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Transforming Crises Into Opportunities: Self-Managed Media in Argentina

Carolina Escudero

Media and Communication, volume 12, issue 7455 (2024), 17 pp.

"The current situation for journalism in Argentina represents a great challenge due to the continuous economic changes linked to inflation and labour precariousness. Faced with this, a phenomenon known as self-managed media has grown over the recent years, also connected to recovered media that prom ... more

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Inclusive Digital Design Toolkit: Practical guidance for Feed the Future activities

Athena Infonomics

USAID (2024), 107 pp.

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Peer-based research funding as a model for journalism funding

Maria Latos, Frank Lobigs, Holger Wormer

Journalism, volume 25, issue 11 (2024), pp. 2440-2459

"Financing high-quality journalistic reporting is becoming increasingly difficult worldwide and economic pressure has intensified in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. While numerous alternative funding possibilities are discussed, ranging from membership models to government funding, they should no ... more

Public Interest Communications: Strategy for Changemakers Key Guidance

The Media Viability Manifesto: A Common Framework for Joint Action Key Guidance

Manifiesto sobre la Viabilidad de los Medios de comunicación: Un marco común para la acción conjunta Key Guidance

Manifeste sur la viabilité des médias: Un cadre commun pour une action conjointe Key Guidance

Enabling a Sustainable News Environment: A Framework for Media Finance Legislation Inspiring Practice

Public Interest Communications: Strategy for Changemakers
Key Guidance

The Media Viability Manifesto: A Common Framework for Joint Action
Key Guidance

Manifiesto sobre la Viabilidad de los Medios de comunicación: Un marco común para la acción conjunta
Key Guidance

Manifeste sur la viabilité des médias: Un cadre commun pour une action conjointe
Key Guidance

Enabling a Sustainable News Environment: A Framework for Media Finance Legislation
Inspiring Practice