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Journalism’s new realism: strategies for media sustainability and growth

Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), May 13 (2026)

"At the 20th edition of the International Journalism Festival (#ijf26), held in Perugia from 15–18 April 2026, sustainability and funding were at the very heart of the agenda. Across a series of panels, media practitioners and funders from around the world mapped both the damage and the way forwar ... more

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Launch of the Commbox Open Access Database: Managing Knowledge in Media Development

Michael Unland, Meli Ncube, Ivana Bjelic Vucinic, Christoph Dietz

Aachen: Catholic Media Council (CAMECO) (2026), 19 pp.

"The commbox combines technology with what I would call a human touch. The platform benefits from digital tools, but it is shaped by people who have spent decades working with media development, communication for social change, journalism support, community media, development communication, and inte ... more

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Reimagining Funding for Journalism: Key Takeaways from IJF 2025

Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), May 6 (2025)

"At the International Journalism Festival (IJF) in Perugia this year, journalism funding and sustainability took centre stage. International funders, media leaders, and innovators grappled with the urgent question of how to keep independent journalism not just alive—but thriving—in an era of shr ... more

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Harnessing the Power of AI: Safe & Ethical Integration. Report of the AI Safety Dialogue at Global Ethics Forum 2025

Geneva: Globethics (2025), 27 pp.

"AI presents both significant opportunities and serious risks. For developing countries, AI offers immense potential for advancing learning, research, and development. At the same time, it poses complex challenges that demand collective action. Diplomats and policymakers recognize that global cooper ... ation and multilateralism are essential. No single nation can manage these challenges alone. International and policy initiatives, including the Global Digital Compact and the AI Safety Summit series, have established broad frameworks for addressing these issues, providing global ideas that now require practical implementation. This report emerges from that momentum. Through Track II Diplomacy for AI Global Safety dialogue, Globethics has built a community of practice bringing together cross-disciplinary experts from across geopolitical contexts to explore AI-related risks and identify existing harms; particularly those affecting the Global Majority. Two principal categories of risks have been identified: 1. Risks triggered by advanced AI systems versus those resulting from the intended or unintended use of AI by human actors. 2. Future risks versus those already manifesting today. The words of UN Secretary-General António Guterres resonated across the sessions: “the question is not whether AI will influence international peace and security, but how we will shape that influence.” While discussions often swing between hype and horror, this report intends to shape pathways towards hope and trust. Trust, essential for AI adoption, is vital for both the private sector and civil society. Likewise, it emphasizes the importance of human rights, without which there can be no sustainable development or peace. At the core of these global AI Safety discussions was the need to advance concrete mitigation strategies, including: capacity building; addressing existing harms; developing operational frameworks; ensuring intersectional, interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral, multistakeholder participation. A coordinated approach to global safety, diplomacy, and multilateral governance is imperative. Experts agreed that tangible measures, rather than fragmented initiatives and principles, are needed. By coming together across regions, disciplines, and cultures, experts reaffirmed their commitment to stewarding technology for the common good. The dialogues converged into three critical priorities to transform today’s innovation into meaningful societal progress: Strengthening inclusive, representative participation using empowerment and literacy measures for people and communities to shape AI futures; building systems of trust, verification and ethical responsibility across the AI lifecycle marked by due diligence, effective reporting and timely safeguards by design; translating values into action, ensuring coordination and accountability from design to deployment." (Executive summary, page 3) more

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Mind the Gap! 18th fome Symposium 2024. A critical review of common practices and strategies in International Media Assistance
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Michel Leroy, Anja Wollenberg, Sofie Jannusch (eds.)

Forum Medien und Entwicklung (fome) (2025), 35 pp.

"Critically examining the sectorʼs performance is a routine practice of the Forum Media and Development (fome), a network of 32 German and Swiss organisations, all active in the field of International Media Assistance (IMA). A fome working group identified four areas in which the gap between aspira ... tion and reality of media development co-operation appeared to be greatest: • Dominance of Western values: IMA has been criticised for lacking awareness of its Western bias. The criticism is that Western concepts, while applied in the Global South, are unsuccessful in non-Western contexts. • Local Ownership: Local ownership and participation are guiding principles in IMA; however, funders often dictate topics and objectives. This paternalistic approach has caused local partners to adopt a more constrained and less autonomous stance. • International Coordination: Poor coordination of activities and strategies between IMA organisations active in the same country or context is a notorious source of inefficiency and subsequent problems in IMA. • Measuring Impact: Due to a lack of resources or methodological challenges, the effects and longterm impact of projects often remain unknown; effects are claimed, but claims are not supported by evidence. To broaden our understanding of these issues and find ways to improve practices and strategies within the IMA community, these topics were the subject of discussion at the 18th fome Symposium in Dortmund from Sep 30 – Oct 1, 2024. In advance, a survey was developed and shared across the network to test some common assumptions. The fome Symposium was hosted by the Erich-Brost Institute (EBI) at the University of Dortmund, with nine other fome members responsible for organising various sessions. To kickstart the event, Dani Madrid-Morales from the University of Sheffield presented a broad perspective, comparing the principles, beneficiaries, and approaches of China and Development Assistance Committee (DAC) countries in a keynote speech. Morales put forward several recommendations for reforming media assistance by DAC countries to contribute to the information sovereignty of the partners. The four articles in this publication introduce the abovementioned subjects and summarise the speakersʼ contributions at the Symposium. The survey results for each topic are tabulated, and the recommendations of all symposium participants on how the weaknesses discussed could be improved in the future are also listed. These are some key take aways from the summary: Participation and locally driven development, as stipulated in the OECD Principles for Relevant and Effective Support to Media and the Information Environment adopted in 2024, appeared to be an overarching requirement for successful media development. Participation is one of the prerequisites for developing ownership and setting priorities that meet the local needs and interests of both the media and the public. This is key to successful communication, as it avoids imposing values and priorities on partners and compromising their independence. International coordination has also proven particularly effective when local partners take the lead from the very beginning of activities, including conceptualisation. Repeated requests were made for more research. Before setting intervention targets, greater investment in media and audience research and impact studies is needed to determine the effects of media-supported involvement. Some of the analyses and recommendations may resemble a déjà-vu of previous events. Whether the sector has sufficient evidence of its impact, for example, has already been questioned at the fome symposia Measuring Change I and II in 2007 and 2009. Seventeen years later, some of the recommendations sound familiar. However, it must be acknowledged that in recent years there has at least been an increased awareness of the sectorʼs weaknesses, both in practice and in terms of academic knowledge. This is reflected, for example, in a greater recognition of the local partnersʼ funding priorities or improved international coordination in crisis situations where a rapid response is required. Under real-world conditions, it will probably be impossible to achieve any desired ideal. This does not mean, however, that ideals should not be pursued and that a critical review of practices is pointless; on the contrary, given an increasingly uncertain funding environment, we should uphold ideals even more resolutely, including the ideal of a controversial, critical and open debate." (Editorial, page 3) more

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Kirchengeschichte und Digitale Spiele

Benedict Totsche, Katharina Pultar, Stefan Michels, Lukas Boch (eds.)

Stuttgart: Kohlhammer (2025), 263 pp.

"Analog zu Film- und Theaterwissenschaften setzen sich die "Game Studies" mit dem Medium und seinem Einfluss auf die Gesellschaft auseinander. Anders als in der Geschichtswissenschaft gibt es im Bereich der Kirchengeschichte erst seit Kurzem Bestrebungen, sich dem Phänomen der Darstellung von Verga ... more

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Disarming disinformation in the media: What works, what doesn't and why

Cambridge: Thomson Foundation (2025), 4 pp.

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Follow up to the UNPFII recommendations: Indigenous Peoples and the Media. Multistakeholder event, 23 April 2024, UN Headquarters in New York, USA

Paris: UNESCO (2024), 10 pp.

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Memoria como recurso en la transformación de conflictos: El papel de medios y periodistas en la construcción de paz. Congreso Internacional, Septiembre 19 al 21 de 2023, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá - Colombia

Rousbeh Legatis, Claudia Maya

Bogotá: Instituto Colombo-Alemán para la Paz (CAPAZ) (2024), 69 pp.

"Más allá de ser meramente intermediarios, medios de comunicación, periodistas, comunicadoras y comunicadores sociales construyen narrativas de la memoria y del pasado a través de su labor y prác ticas cotidianas. A través de su trabajo dan contexto a los acontecimientos en perspectiva histór ... more

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15 anos: Geografias da comunicação. Orientações teóricas e metodológicas do percurso

Sonia Virgínia Moreira, Maria José Baldessar, Daniela Cristiane Ota, Roberta Brandalise, Jacqueline da Silva Deolindo, Paulo Celso da Silva

São Paulo: Intercom – Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação (2024), 419 pp.

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AI Ethics from the Majority World: Reconstructing the Global Debate through Decolonial Lenses, 23. - 24. May 2024

Bonn: Bonn University, Institute for Science and Ethics (IWE) (2024)

"To foster a multifaceted perspective on AI ethics, a pluriversal approach needs to be employed. This two-day workshop “AI Ethics from the Majority World: Reconstructing the Global Debate Through Decolonial Lenses” offers a forum to discuss alternatives to the status quo of AI ethics. Hosted by ... more

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The Launch of a Thematic Study on Indigenous Peoples and the Media: Meeting Report

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 11 pp.

"Several suggestions emerged from the discussion which will help to shape the Study: 1. Capacity building – training of Indigenous media and mainstream media [...] 2. Legal recognition of Indigenous media and development of inclusive media policies [...] 3. Financial viability and access to resour ... more

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Creating an Enabling Environment for Free and Independent Indigenous Community Media: Meeting Report

Paris: UNESCO (2023), 8 pp.

"Several themes and actions that emerged from the multistakeholder discussion are summarized below: 1. Promotion of human rights through the effective functioning of Indigenous media [...] 2. Legal recognition and supportive media policies [...] 3. Financial viability and access to resources for Ind ... more

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Segundo Foro Latinoamericano de Cine e Impacto Social: Memoria Gráfica

Acción Impacta Cine; Taturana; Ambulante (2023), 60 pp.

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Study Days Program Book

Signis World Congress 2022

Seoul: Signis Korea (2022), 108 pp.

"Study days is one of the most important programs to communicate the meaning of SIGNIS World Congress. In Seoul, we have keynote speakers, panel speakers and discussants participating from fifteen countries to discuss 'Peace in the Digital World', the theme of the World Congress, composed of three s ... more

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Primer Foro Latinoamericano de Cine e Impacto Social: Memorias del Evento

Acción Impacta Cine; Taturana; Ambulante (2022), 17 pp.

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A Dark Place for Women Journalists & Women Human Rights Defenders: Documenting the Experiences of Online Violence in Anglo & Francophone Countries

Nyamwire Bonnita, Metial Kupfer, Siba Yahaya Mardiya

Internews; Pollicy (2022), 46 pp.

"All respondents had experienced online violence. Misogynistic hate speech, sexists’ comments, body shaming as well as slut shaming was common among the women journalists and WHRDs interviewed. These threats were also extended to their families, friends, relatives and networks. Another frequently ... more

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Mapping the Public Voice for Development: Natural Language Processing of Social Media Text Data

Manila: Asian Development Bank (ADB) (2022), xi, 114 pp.

"This report aims to introduce techniques and procedures of NLP (Natural Language Processing), the computational preparation and analysis of text data, to map the public voice and aid development. First, the report introduces essential concepts of communication and elaborates on the theoretical foun ... more

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Jornalismo, Cidadania e Democracias Sustentáveis nos Países de Língua Portuguesa. Congresso, 2 a 4 de Março de 2022, Sessões Paralelas

Lisboa: ACEP Associação para a Cooperação Entre os Povos (2022), 137 pp.

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Strengthening Communication, Community Engagement and Accountability Capacity in Papua New Guinea. Training for Managers and Programme Leads, October 2022: Learning Outcomes

London: CDAC Network (2022), 16 pp.

"This report provides a summary overview of the key learning outcomes from a training workshop on communication, community engagement and accountability (CCEA) held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on 10-13 October 2022. The training was a means to bring together various stakeholders with an intere ... more

Mind the Gap! 18th fome Symposium 2024. A critical review of common practices and strategies in International Media Assistance Deep Insights

Mind the Gap! 18th fome Symposium 2024. A critical review of common practices and strategies in International Media Assistance
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