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Inspiring Practice
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Key Guidance
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Media Landscapes, Media Systems, Media Situation in General
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Media Law & Regulation
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Media Assistance: Financial Sustainability & Management
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Media Freedom, Press Freedom
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Media Markets
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Telecommunication Infrastructure
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Access to Media & Information
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Media Use, Media Consumption
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Financing Media, Financial Media Management
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Diversity & Pluralism in Media / Communication
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Media Assistance
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Public Service Broadcasting
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Trust in the Media, Credibility of Media
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Advertising Markets & Industries
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Digital Media Landscapes
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Digital Journalism, Online Journalism
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Economics of Media
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Journalistic Quality
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Public Funding & Support Policies for Media
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Financing Digital / Online Media
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Journalism Education & Training
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Media Development Indicators
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Community Radio Sustainability & Financing
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Digital Media Startups
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Digital Media Management, Online Media Management
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Media Ownership
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Safety of Journalists, Safety Risks of Media Workers
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Local Communication & Media
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Democracy / Democratization and Media
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Financing Journalism
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Investigative Journalism
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Media & Communication Policies
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Institutional Sustainability
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Audience Research
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Media Assistance: Authoritarian Countries
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Community Media Financing & Sustainability
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Media Concentration
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Nonprofit Journalism, Nonprofit Media
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Political Economy of Media
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Communication for Sustainable Development
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Good Practice Examples
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COVID-19 Communication
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Media Capture, Vested Political & Other Interests in the Media
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Media
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Audience Feedback, Interaction & Participation
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Independent & Oppositional Media in Authoritarian Regimes
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Catholic Radios
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Radio Sutatenza (ACPO) (Colombia)
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Editorial Independence
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Exile Journalism, Exile Media
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Freedom of Expression
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State Influence on the Media
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Alternative Communication & Media
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Community Radios
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Media Assistance: Community Radios
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Media Assistance in Conflict Regions & Fragile Countries
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Radio for Development
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Rappler (Philippines)
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Digital Platform & Intermediaries Regulation
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Digitalization, Digital Transformation
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Local Media Economics & Markets, Local Media Financing
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Radio Schools
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Sustainable Development
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Bribery & Corruption in Journalism
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Health Communication
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Indigenous Media, Indigenous Language Media Productions
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Indigenous Language Press
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Associations & Networks of Journalists
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Financing Media: Philanthropic Support
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Fondation Hirondelle
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Media Assistance: Regional Approaches & Experiences
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Starting Media Outlets, Creation of Digital Businesses
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Politics and Media
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Political Transition and Media
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Sustainability
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Project Sustainability
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Public Media, State Media
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Communication & Media Indicators
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Access to Public Information, Freedom of Information, Right to Information
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Open Data
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Digital Advertising, Online Advertising
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Local Advertising & Local Advertising Markets
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Radio Advertising
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Civic Engagement, Citizen Participation, Civil Society & Digital Communication
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Agricultural Radio Programmes
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Audiences & Users
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Catholic Radio Programmes
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Rede Católica de Radio (RCR)
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UNDA (International Catholic Radio and TV Association, 1928-2001)
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Film Production Companies
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Cybersecurity, Digital Safety, Privacy, Right to Privacy
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Digital Media Censorship, Control & Filtering, Internet & Social Media Censorship
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Copyright Law
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Media / Communication Control
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Censorship
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Citizen Journalism, Community Journalism
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Community Newspapers, Community Press
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Storytelling
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War Reporting
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Financing Nonprofit Organizations
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Media Assistance Projects & Programs: Case Studies
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Rural Radio Programmes, Rural Radios, Rural Development & Radio
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Digital Communication, Digital Media
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Algorithms & Big Data
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Big Digital Platforms, Big Tech Companies
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Convergence of Media
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Daily Maverick (South Africa)
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The Quint (India)
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Digital Platforms & Intermediaries
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Media Assistance: Digital Journalism & Social Media
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Social Media Companies
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Social Media
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Facebook
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Disadvantaged Groups & Communication, Minorities & Media
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Ethnic Media, Minority Media
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Infectious Diseases' Outbreak Communication
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Health Disinformation & Misinformation
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Film Economics
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Media Industries
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Music Markets
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Press Markets
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Media Ownership Regulation & Transparency
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Small Enterprises, Micro Businesses, Small & Medium Enterprises (SME)
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Environmental Communication
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Climate Change Communication, Climate Journalism
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Environmental Journalism
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Journalism Ethics
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Fact-Checking & Verification of Sources
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Self-Regulation of Media
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Sensationalist Journalism, Yellow Press
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Media Assistance: Evaluation, Monitoring, Impact Assessment
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Gender and Media, Gender and Communication
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Media Assistance: Gender Focus
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Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD)
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Vaccination Campaigns & Vaccine Hesitancy
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Indigenous Radio Broadcasting
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Indigenous Television Broadcasting
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UNESCO
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Windhoek Declaration on Promoting Independent and Pluralistic Media (UNESCO, 1991)
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Journalism
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Constructive Journalism, Solution-Oriented Journalism
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Journalism Concepts & Cultures
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Journalism Education Curricula
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Safety of Journalists: Law & Public Policies
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Local Journalism
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News Agencies
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Business & Economics Journalism
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Working Conditions of Journalists & Media Personnel
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Local Radios, Local Radio Programmes
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Media Assistance: Donor Organizations
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Media Assistance Donors: Foundations & Private Donors
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Media Assistance: Funding Policies
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Media Assistance: Implementing Organizations
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Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF)
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Media Assistance: Institutional Support & Core Funding
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Media Assistance: Law & Regulation, Media Policy Consultancies
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Media Assistance: Press
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Media Assistance: Radio
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Tax Reductions for Media
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Media & Information Literacy
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Media System Analyses & Typologies
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Post-Socialist Media Systems & Landscapes
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Press Landscapes
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Small States: Media Systems & Media Landscapes
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Television Landscapes
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Licensing of Media
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Television Law & Regulation
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Media Management
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Financing Not-For-Profit & Community Media
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Financing Press & Print Media
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Financing Public Service Media
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Crowdfunding
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Newspaper Management
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Nonprofit Media Management
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Quality Management
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Radio Management
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Media Outlets, Media Associations
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Civic Engagement, Citizen & Community Participation
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Framing
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Newspapers
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Tempo Magazine (Weekly, Indonesia)
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Business & Economics Radio Programmes
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Media Sustainability Index (MSI)
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Mobile Phones, Smartphones
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Television
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Consultation on media viability in Namibia
Windhoek: Editor's Forum of Namibia; Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD); Namibia Media Trust; UNESCO (2023), 20 pp.
Consultation on media viability in Lebanon
Beirut: Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD); Maharat Foundation; Samir Kassir Foundation; UNESCO (2023), 15 pp.
Data Sharing to Foster Information as a Public Good: The Case of Media Viability and Safety of Journalists in the Digital Ecosystem
Paris: UNESCO (2023), 17 pp.
"Trends towards greater transparency of platforms, in the form of extending cooperation around data, offer benefit to the interests of all stakeholders. This policy brief considers the normative, institutional and technical mechanisms that support access to datasets that are not accessible generally
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The Social Construct of Sustainability in Media Development
In: The Mediation of Sustainability: Development Goals, Social Movements, and Public Dissent
Ben Harbisher (ed.)
Rowman & Littlefield (2023), pp. 11-30
"After having considered the mediation of sustainability (or, to sum it up, how sustainability narratives are disseminated), this chapter focuses on the sustainability of mediation and to what extent Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are supportive in the process of sustaining this public discour
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Media Viability: The Global Versus the Local
Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2023), 6 pp.
Desafíos (y propuestas) para la viabilidad de la actividad periodística en América Latina
Paris; Montevideo: UNESCO; Observacom (2023), 39 pp.
Sustaining Journalism, Sustaining Democracy: A Policy Guide on Platforms and the Press
UCLA Information Policy Lab (2023), 68 pp.
"This publication considers the range of policy changes that have been tried or recommended by global regulators, assessing their impacts on press freedom and news media sustainability, with consideration for the risk of capture, and other potential tradeoffs of these interventions. It examines four
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Media Viability Accelerator: Overview
Internews (2023), 5 pp.
The Viability of Ethiopian News Media: Applying DW Akademie's Media Viability Indicators (MVIs)
Addis Ababa: MERSA Media Institute; Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2022), 50 pp.
"[...] almost all the media experts interviewed in the study identified “political and legal system,” “public attitude and relationship to media,” and “economic and ownership situation” to be the top three biggest obstacles to news media viability in Ethiopia. In fact, almost four-fifth
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Sustainable Journalism: Vision 2030 and Strategy 2022-2025
Fojo Media Institute (2022), 16 pp.
"Fojo’s objective for the strategy period is: Working with partners, we strengthen journalism that contributes to the sustainability of the media and society; safeguards its independence; holds power to account. Based on this objective and our Theory of Change, we have defined four strategic resul
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Private Sector Investment and Public Sector Support for the Media in Sierra Leone: A Binding Constraints Analysis
BBC Media Action; PRIMED (2022), 7 pp.
"This Binding Constraints Analysis is part of the process of building a business case for private sector investment and public sector support for the media in Sierra Leone. Informed by the findings of the State of the Media report, this analysis is aimed at presenting an overview of the risks, chall
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COVID-19 and the Media in Sub-Saharan Africa: Media Viability, Framing and Health Communication
Bingley: Emerald Publishing (2022), xix, 257 pp.
"The volume helps us deconstruct COVID-19 discourses on crisis communication and media developments focusing on three areas: Media viability, Framing and Health crisis communication. The chapters unpack issues on marginalisation, gender, media sustainability, credibility, priming, trust, sources, be
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Saving Journalism 2: Global Strategies and a Look at Investigative Journalism
Top Insights
Washington, DC: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2022), 56 pp.
"It’s clear that there are plenty of good ideas about how to save journalism as well as practical proposals for how to support quality information. The journalism community in much of the world is galvanized to make change happen and they’re ready to persuade the public and policy makers both th
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Media Viability: Learning Brief
Protecting Independent Media for Effective Development (PRIMED) (2022), 8 pp.
"[...] there was no single approach to measuring media viability. Deutsche Welle Akademie's (DWA) Media Viability Indicators are designed to assess viability on three levels, considering the overall economic environment (macro); the structure of the media market and potential sources of revenue (mes
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After the Pandemic, Building Back a Stronger Media: Inspiring Initiatives in Ensuring Media Viability
Inspiring Practice
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 81 pp.
"The pandemic brought to crisis point prior trends facing independent news media, whether online or offline or hybrid. While media became more important than ever for citizens as a source of reliable information in an insecure and continuously changing world, newsrooms struggled to pay their bills.
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Finding the Funds for Journalism to Thrive: Policy Options to Support Media Viability
Top Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 16 pp.
"The traditional business model of the news media has been deeply eroded by a shift in advertising revenues to online platforms. Media outlets must intensify efforts towards more inclusive journalism, alternative business models and diversified revenue streams. Urgent action from other actors is als
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Solidarity and Survival: The Story of South Asia. 20th Annual South Asia Press Freedom Report 2021-2022
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ); South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) (2022), 27 pp.
"South Asia witnessed major political and economic upheaval this past year, even as the region was slowly emerging from the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic. While 23 journalists lost their lives and others were subjected to more than 60 attacks by the police, armed militia, vigilante mobs, politicians
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Greening Africa’s News Deserts: The Search for Sustainable Local Media in Sub-Saharan Africa
Top Insights
Johannesburg: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2022), 38 pp.
"Among principles that should underpin policy choices are: a focus on systemic impact; particular attention on the areas where information poverty is greatest; platform-neutrality, while preferring platforms used most commonly; ongoing monitoring of developments in and around media at local levels t
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Financing Independent Media: A Global Challenge
Mediation: Biannual Publication of Fondation Hirondelle, issue 9 (2022), 6 pp.
"The evolution of media towards mainly digital platforms has provoked a long crisis in their financing, often resulting in them being absorbed into large industrial groups seeking political influence. In the North as in the South, economic models for independent news and information need to be reinv
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Supporting Media Viability in the Americas: Towards Sustainable Journalism
Buenos Aires: Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión y Acceso a la Información (CELE) Universidad de Palermo (2022), 25 pp.
"While the Internet has offered the world unparalleled access to information, journalism as an industry is in crisis […] especially in Latin America, the possibility of making a living out of the desire to tell stories is increasingly shrinking. Media outlets suffer from the migration of private a
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