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Media Loves Tech: Impact Stories
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2023), 24 pp.
"MEDIA LOVES TECH is the name and the idea behind this project that got underway in 2018. The goal is to bring together two worlds that are often too far apart: journalism and the startup community. Together with Al Khatt, a local project partner and non-governmental media organization, we wanted to
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Project OASIS: A Research Project on the Trends, Impact and Sustainability of Independent Digital Native Media in More Than 40 Countries in Europe
SembraMedia; European Journalism Centre; International Media Support (IMS); Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD); Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC); Google News Initiative (GNI) (2023), 56 pp.
"Despite the political, economic and linguistic differences that characterise the 40+ countries where we conducted this research, the 540 digital native media organisations featured in our Project Oasis directory face many common challenges and opportunities. Among our key findings:
They use social
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Recruitment and Retention Practices in a Changing African News Media Ecosystem
In: Happiness in Journalism
Valérie Bélair-Gagnon, Avery E. Holton, Mark Deuze, Claudia Mellado (eds.)
London; New York: Routledge (2023), pp. 59-68
"This chapter maps out the contours of recruitment and retention practices in an increasingly complex African news media ecosystem in which traditional news media operate alongside a new crop of small but very vibrant media start-ups that are intentionally unencumbered by traditional journalistic an
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El hormiguero: Informe sobre el estudio de medios nativos digitales latinoamericanos 2022
Top Insights
Fundación Gabo (2022), 247 pp.
"Presentamos este estudio como una contribución relevante para entender los profundos cambios y las tendencias del periodismo en América Latina, a partir de un análisis riguroso del paisaje mediático, así como del mapeo y caracterización de 1.521 medios nativos digitales verificados en 12 paí
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Perder el miedo a los números: Guía de finanzas para medios. Ideas, instrucciones y buenas prácticas para líderes de medios desafiados por la contabilidad
Velocidad; SembraMedia; Centro Internacional para Periodistas (ICFJ); Luminate (2022), 52 pp.
"Esta guía está dirigida a todas aquellas personas que trabajan en un medio independiente, que estén interesadas en organizar las finanzas de su organización, mantenerlas en orden y producir informes que aporten información valiosa. Los fundadores, directores y gerentes de proyectos de medios p
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Entrepreneurial Journalism in Greater China and Southeast Asia: Case Studies and Tools for Media Professionals
London; New York: Routledge (2022), 219 pp.
"Drawing from a range of case studies of news and journalism startups, including Malaysiakini, Hong Kong Free Press, The News Lens of Taiwan, Thailand’s The Standard, Ciwei Gongshe of China, Indonesia’s IDN Media, Sabay of Cambodia and Frontier Myanmar, this book provides tips on how to launch a
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What I Learned from the Nonprofit News Revolution
Columbia Journalism Review, June 25 (2021)
"How much money do you need to start? Other than identifying a mission and an editorial vision, this is probably the most important question a would-be nonprofit news entrepreneur should ask at the outset. If you don’t ask it, you’re making the most basic error in starting a business. Moreover,
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Inflection Point International: A Study of the Impact, Innovation, Threats, and Sustainability of Digital Media Entrepreneurs in Latin America, Southeast Asia, and Africa
Top Insights
SembraMedia (2021), 159 pp.
"As you might expect, there were regional differences among the digital news media in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, which we include in this report. But what struck us most as we reviewed the data were the similarities that emerged among these news organizations as they strive to cover
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Punto de inflexión internacional: Un estudio de los impactos, innovaciones, amenazas y sustentabilidad de emprendedores de medios digitales en América Latina, el Sudeste Asiático y África
Top Insights
SembraMedia (2021), 169 pp.
"Como esperábamos, había diferencias regionales entre los medios digitales en África, el Sudeste Asiático y América Latina que incluimos en este informe. Pero lo que más nos llamó la atención cuando revisábamos los datos eran las similitudes que emergían entre estas organizaciones de notic
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Ponto de Inflexão Internacional: Um estudo sobre impacto, inovação, ameaças e sustentabilidade dos empreendedores de mídia digital na América Latina, Sudeste Asiático e África
Top Insights
SembraMedia (2021), 170 pp.
"Como era de se esperar, houve diferenças regionais entre os veículos jornalísticos digitais na África, Sudeste Asiático e América Latina que incluímos neste relatório. Mas o que mais nos impressionou ao analisarmos os dados foram as semelhanças que surgiram entre essas organizações jorna
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Entrepreneurial News Sites as Worthy Causes? Exploring Readers’ Motivations Behind Donating to Latin American Journalism
Digital Journalism, volume 9, issue 3 (2021), pp. 364-383
"This study uses surveys with readers of entrepreneurial news startups in seven Latin American countries to examine their motivations for donating to journalism. Using the donor–organization relationship from public relations scholarship as a framework, this study showed content, independent/objec
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Beyond Journalism
Cambridge; Medford, MA: Polity Press (2020), xii, 148 pp.
"Among the most significant changes affecting journalism worldwide is the emergence of startup culture, as more and more journalists strike out on their own. In Beyond Journalism, Deuze and Witschge combine extensive global and comparative fieldwork. Through rich case studies of journalism startups
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From Start to Success: A Handbook for Digital Media Entrepreneurs
Key Guidance
Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2020), 83 pp.
"This media viability handbook is unique in that it has been written by media startups themselves and presents the learnings of 21 digital pioneers including the Philippines' Rappler, Egypt's Mada Masr and Animal Politico in Mexico. The pages are filled with tips and information these media startups
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Startup Guide
Beverly Hills, CA: Institute for Nonprofit News (2020)
"The Startup Guide is our attempt to curate the information and tools we think are essential to launch an independent newsroom and leading a successful enterprise well beyond startup. The areas of focus include business planning, audience development, revenue generation and nonprofit management. All
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Indian Journalism in a New Era: Changes, Challenges, and Perspectives
New Delhi: Oxford University Press (2019), xii, 384 pp.
" Given the breadth and scope of India's media, there is little meaningful literature available about journalism practices. This book brings together contribution from 21 Indian and global scholars and journalists to write informatively and critically about Indian journalism today. The contributors
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Fighting for Survival: Media Startups in the Global South
Inspiring Practice
New York: School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) Columbia University (2019), 180 pp.
"Three years after writing the report Publishing for Peanuts, in which we surveyed 35 media startups mostly from the Global South, we decided to go back and see how the outlets had fared. Our area of interest in 2015 was small-to-medium size independent media outlets with a track record of consisten
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Impact as Driving Force of Journalistic and Social Change
Journalism, volume 20, issue 4 (2019), pp. 552-567
"In this article, we explore how entrepreneurial journalists from a wide variety of national contexts present ‘impact’ as one of the aims in their work. By exploring the variety, incongruences, and strategic considerations in the discourse on impact of those at the forefront of journalistic inno
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Rebooting Journalism: How Media Startups Overcame the Business Model Crisis. What Can We Learn from Eldiario.es and Mediapart?
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2019), 78 pp.
"This research is based on the belief that there is no journalism crisis, but a business model one. So, learning from successful experiences that innovate in the business is the first step towards building a healthier media landscape in other countries. During this paper I will focus specially in tw
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Digital Media Startup Companies in the Arab World: The Examples of Lebanon, Morocco and Jordan
Deutsche Welle DW Akademie; Maharat Foundation (2019), 156 pp.
Mapping the World's Digital Media Ecosystem: The Quest for Sustainability
In: What is Sustainable Journalism? Integrating the Environmental, Social, and Economic Challenges of Journalism
Peter Berglez, Ulrika Olausson, Mart Ots (eds.)
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2018), pp. 257-276
"Over the past years, a range of different databases have been constructed, and research efforts have been made to find the key to making digital news ventures successful. Many of them have searched for best practices, or a secret recipe for a business model that would make the news business economi
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