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USAID’s Access to Information Program (A2I) in Central Asia, Implemented by Internews: Final Report, October 1, 2014 - September 30, 2019

Washington, DC: USAID; Internews (2020), 102 pp.

"The Access to Information Program (A2I) was a five-year Central Asia regional program funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Internews under Cooperative Agreement 176-14-00005 from October 1, 2014 to September 30, 2019. During the first phase of ... more

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Cultural and Creative Industries Supporting Activities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Mapping and Analysis

Pedro Affonso Ivo Franco, Kimani Njogu

Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2020), 104 pp.

"Over the last 20 years, the power of cultural and creative industries (CCIs) as enablers and drivers of sustainable development has been broadly recognised. They are viewed as critical to social cohesion, social and economic transformation, and political stability. For this reason, it is important ... more

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The Role of the Media in Peacebuilding in Yemen

Fatima Saleh, Scott Preston, Mareike Transfeld

Bonn: Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (CARPO) (2020), 15 pp.

"The increased political capture of the Yemeni media since 2014 has reinforced diverging political discourses and has contributed to polarization across society and to political fragmentation. Content of newspapers, television and online platforms has further eroded journalistic standards through th ... more

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Media Viability in the CORAPE Network

Patricio Cerón Llive, Jorge Guachamín

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie; Coordinadora de Radios Populares y Educativas del Ecuador (CORAPE) (2020), 33 pp.

"The Coordinadora de Medios Comunitarios, Populares y Educativos de Ecuador (CORAPE) is the biggest network of community media in Ecuador, and since 2016 has been the main partner of DW Akademie in that South American country. Between 2016 and 2019 the two organizations implemented a project finance ... more

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Google, the Media Patron: How the Digital Giant Ensnares Journalism

Alexander Fanta, Ingo Dachwitz

Frankfurt am Main: Otto Brenner Stiftung (2020), 124 pp.

"The study shows that the data giant’s rise to become a patron of the media began in France, where, responding to political pressure, it set up a 60-million-euro fund to support press publishers’ innovation projects in 2013. The French fund was the blueprint for the Digital News Initiative (DNI) ... more

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Syrian Independent Exile Media
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Biljana Tatomir, Enrico de Angelis, Maryia Sadouskaya-Komlach

International Media Support (IMS) (2020), 64 pp.

"The Syrian independent exile media as a sector is at the core of this study. To understand the unique nature of this sector, the study contextualises the issues pertaining to the Syrian independent exile media in the wider framework of exile media globally, and donors’ approaches to media develop ... more

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Is Media Assistance Obsolete? A Practice-Based Perspective on the Potential for Digital Technologies to Achieve Media Development Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa

Daire Higgins

Dublin: Doctoral Thesis Technological University Dublin (2020), 417 pp.

"This thesis examines the impact on the Media Assistance sector of the arrival of digital technologies into the ‘information ecosystems’ in which it operates. Whereas historically in Media Assistance, broadcast media and the press have been the preferred (or available) media for achieving develo ... more

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Philippines: Initiative for Media Freedom

Internews (2020), 2 pp.

"The Initiative for Media Freedom (IMF) is a five-year program implemented by Internews and funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) with the support of the American people. Internews and its partners work collaboratively to enhance democratic governance that provides ... more

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Evaluation of the Regional Independent Media Support Programme: Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras, 2017–2019

Marko Lehto

Helsinki: Vikes Finnish Foundation for Media and Development (2020), 59 pp.

"Taking into account the actual situation in the region, the support that VIKES provides for independent journalism is more urgent than ever. Journalists in the region are facing unprecedented challenges, from declining revenues, a broken business model and a new form of censorship, threats to journ ... alists’ safety and misinformation campaigns. In these conditions, the work that VIKES has been doing in the region has been relevant and successful. It has promoted the right of civil society to information and the right of media to freedom of expression. Activities that were planned in the programme document on the defense of fundamental rights to exercise free speech and democracy were implemented, and positive results were achieved. All the partner organizations have strengthened the exercise of democracy through digital media and investigative journalism, promoting citizen participation in public policies and improving the open-access and right to information. Networking and cooperation between independent media, journalists and CSOs are more reliable than ever in the region, and a new concept of collaborative journalism was introduced with positive results. VIKES supported media and independent journalists in producing high-quality information and investigative stories, supporting them to attract wider audiences. Training in business development, marketing and effective management was organised by the programme, and the financial sustainability of partners was improved. Even so, the independent media in the region is still dependent on external funding and will be, until the political situation in the region will improve. To be more effective and to improve the effectiveness of the Regional Independent Media Support Programme in the future, VIKES should increase the number of the partners and independent media representatives (also those currently exiled) to receive support from the programme. The main problem of independent public media remains the lack of financing and security. In a meeting with independent journalists in Nicaragua, where the government has threatened to continue to imprison journalists and publicly insults media professionals, they underlined the importance of solidarity networks among international organizations and press associations. According to them, VIKES has done bold work, and its efforts have supported the professionals who remain to practice “survival journalism” and need all the backing to continue to inform the population." (Executive summary, page 7-8) more

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Ländervergleich Onlinemedienförderung: Ergänzungsbericht. Bericht zuhanden des Bundesamts für Kommunikation

Manuel Puppis, Stefano Pedrazzi

Freiburg (CH): Departement für Kommunikationswissenschaft und Medienforschung (DCM) Schweiz Universität Freiburg (2020), 67 pp.

"Direkte Förderung: In Dänemark, Italien, Kanada, Luxemburg, Norwegen und Schweden existiert eine direkte Produktionsförderung für textbasierten Onlinejournalismus, in Finnland zumindest eine für Publikationen in Minderheitensprachen, in Frankreich für Lokalmedien. Eine wirklich konvergente di ... more

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Local Radio Stations in Africa: Sustainability or Pragmatic Viability?
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Mary Myers, Nicola Harford

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2020), 28 pp.

"Radio stations across Africa are facing unprecedented threats to their sustainability due to weak media markets, limited advertising revenue and intense competition. A more pragmatic understanding of viability and more flexible donor strategies can help these outlets stay on air and maintain their ... more

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The Role of Media in Creating Inclusive, Just and Peaceful Societies: Guidelines for SDC Media Assistance

Bern: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) (2020), 41 pp.

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Evaluating Academic and Media Nongovernmental Organization Partnerships for Participatory Data Gathering

Emma Heywood, Beatrice Ivey, Sacha Meuter

International Journal of Market Research, volume 63, issue 1 (2020), pp. 43-57

"This article discusses participatory methods for data gathering in the context of a partnership between a Swiss-based media development organization, Fondation Hirondelle, and a research team at the University of Sheffield. In 2018–2019, the partnership conducted fieldwork which focused on the im ... more

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Overall Programme Information

Rosario Soraide

Paris: UNESCO (2020), ?? pp.

"This report assesses progress towards the achievement of the above-mentioned outcomes during the period of 1 January to 31 December 2018, the de-facto year of operation of the inception phase for the MDPFoE. Initial contributions were provided by Austria, Canada, Norway and Switzerland. On the seco ... more

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Needs Assessment of Independent Media in the Neighbourhood: A Summary of the Report Produced for the European Commission’s DG NEAR

Marek Bekerman, Michael Randall, Monir Zaarour et al.

Manchester: University of Salford (2020), 19 pp.

"This summary presents the top-level findings of an eight-month research project aimed at assessing the needs of independent media in the EU Neighbourhood (East and South). The study was carried out by four international experts who visited 11 of the 16 partner countries and conducted interviews wit ... more

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Sostenibilidad de medios comunitarios en la Red CORAPE

Patricio Cerón Llive, Jorge Guachamín

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie; Coordinadora de Radios Populares y Educativas del Ecuador (CORAPE) (2020), 33 pp.

"La Coordinadora de Medios Comunitarios, Populares y Educativos de Ecuador (CORAPE) es la red de medios comunitarios más grande de Ecuador y desde 2016 ha sido socio principal de DW Akademie en el país sudamericano. Entre 2016 y 2019 ambas organizaciones ejecutaron un proyecto financiado por el Mi ... nisterio de Cooperación Económica y Desarrollo alemán (BMZ) cuyo objetivo era el de fortalecer los medios comunitarios de Ecuador en su labor de brindar acceso a información a poblaciones vulnerables, especialmente en lenguas indígenas. Una línea central de este proyecto fue la sostenibilidad financiera de medios comunitarios, que históricamente ha sido uno de los grandes problemas que ha enfrentado este sector. La viabilidad económica de los medios comunitarios se vio agravada durante el proyecto debido a cambios económicos y políticos en el país: la caída del precio del petróleo y la reestructuración del estado por la crisis fiscal, llevaron a una drástica reducción de los ingresos por publicidad en los medios comunitarios. El proyecto se construyó de manera participativa con miembros de la red de CORAPE. Para ello se definieron cuatro enfoques de sostenibilidad financiera (publicidad; proyectos productivos y emprendimientos; alianzas y articulaciones; producción de programas) y se acordaron una serie de herramientas metodológicas. Una selección de ocho medios comunitarios, diversos en su carácter, constitución y en sus fuentes de financiamiento, participaron en un proceso de autoanálisis, asesorías externas e intercambios entre pares con el objetivo de buscar soluciones de sostenibilidad. De esta manera se lograron definir una serie de procesos y crear herramientas especializadas que pueden ser aplicadas en otros medios de la red, así como otros medios comunitarios en el mundo. Esta publicación se divide en tres capítulos. El primero de ellos presenta los antecedentes, justificación de este proyecto, y la metodología aplicada. El segundo capítulo muestra los aprendizajes y buenas prácticas de cuatro de los medios comunitarios que participaron de este proceso. Finalmente, el último de los capítulos recomienda ocho pasos y herramientas a seguir, que son el aprendizaje de este proyecto, para que los medios comunitarios puedan alcanzar la sostenibilidad." (Página 7) more

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The Wisdom of the Crowd: Promoting Media Development Through Deliberative Initiatives
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Craig Matasick

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2020), 28 pp.

"An innovative new set of citizen engagement practices—collectively known as deliberative democracy—offers important lessons that, when applied to the media development efforts, can help improve media assistance efforts and strengthen independent media environments around the world [...] Through ... more

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Are Punchlines the New Front Lines of Media Development?

Dillon Case, Kevin Bleyer

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2020)

"Satirical comedy is uniquely effective in its ability to bolster media development objectives. Through its ability to attract audiences and provide news commentary in an entertaining way, it can be used as an important tool to promote freedom of expression, foster accountability and transparency, c ... more

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Donor Aid and Private Investment: Their Interplay with Media Development

Jacob Nyarko, Eric Opoku Mensah, Basil Hamusokwe

Sage Open, volume 10, issue 2 (2020), 12 pp.

"This review has shown that media assistance from donor sources enhanced the development of the African media generally especially after the Second World War, but the inability of outlets to sustain their operations financially usher them into the “operational survival phase” where private inves ... more

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Environmental Media Grantmaking: How Funders Are Tipping the Scales Toward Change

Sarah Armour-Jones

Philadelphia: Media Impact Funders (2020), 32 pp.

"This report—which complements MIF’s in-person and online convenings throughout the year—aims to highlight trends in environmental media grantmaking, impact studies and examples of promising media projects, and insights from funders in the space. This report focuses on U.S. funders who give in ... more

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Local Radio Stations in Africa: Sustainability or Pragmatic Viability? Top Insights

The Wisdom of the Crowd: Promoting Media Development Through Deliberative Initiatives Inspiring Practice

Syrian Independent Exile Media
Top Insights

Local Radio Stations in Africa: Sustainability or Pragmatic Viability?
Top Insights

The Wisdom of the Crowd: Promoting Media Development Through Deliberative Initiatives
Inspiring Practice