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2018-09-01
ARIADNE;
Donors working around the world are concerned about the threat posed by closing space, including intensified threats against freedom of expression and information, and media freedom. This compounds the crisis that the field of journalism – a critical pillar of open, democratic societies – is already facing worldwide. At the same time, the technical and financial barriers to entry into the journalism field have never been lower, and the opportunities to innovate and have impact with journalism have in many ways never been greater. Against this backdrop, the journalism field is increasingly turning to philanthropy for support, including to human rights, social change and transparency donors. This book aims to help funders boost their understanding of the key issues, debates and approaches in funding journalism and media.
2015-05-01
Open Society Foundations;
Today, Greece is the European Union member state where journalism and the media face their most acute crisis. This study identifies the urgent problems facing media policy in Greece and how they affect independent journalism.Since the 1980s and '90s, deregulation has increased the viewing choices for audiences in Greece. At the same time, the legal and regulatory framework has helped concentrate ownership of press, television, and radio outlets. Private channels operate with temporary licenses and independent regulatory authorities function superficially and ambivalently. As a result, the market has been dominated by a handful of powerful newspaper interests, which have expanded into audiovisual and online media. Recent laws have further liberalized media ownership and cross-ownership.Media Policy and Independent Journalism in Greece, based partly on in-depth interviews with key actors, explores these issues and more in this six-chapter report.
2021-04-28
FSG;
The Journalism and Media (JAM) strategy is an Enduring Commitment of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (the Foundation). Since revising their strategy in 2015, the JAM program has sought to strengthen U.S. democracy by supporting accurate, just, and inclusive news and narratives that inform, engage, and activate people within the United States to build a more equitable future. Implemented through three unique yet complementary modules – Professional Nonprofit Reporting (PNR), Nonfiction Multimedia Storytelling (NFM), and Participatory Civic Media (PCM) – the program's theory of change posits that by fostering strong organizations; addressing barriers to media creation and consumption; and promoting learning, leadership, innovation, and field-building opportunities, the JAM strategy will contribute to intended positive changes for grantee organizations and the field that will enable them to contribute to long-term changes in multiple aspects of U.S. democracy.The revised strategy marked the beginning of several key shifts in the JAM team's approach to its work. Most notably, the new strategy added a portfolio of work – the PCM module – and shifted from a focus on support for legacy organizations toward an emphasis on support for emerging and Black-, Indigenous-, and people of color-led (BIPOC-led) organizations, including intentional efforts to shift power away from the Foundation through the use of intermediaries. Multi-year general operating support and flexible project support remained hallmarks of the team's approach. As of June 2020, the JAM strategy had made 174 grants totaling just under $116 million in approved funding across the three modules.The goal of this paper is to provide the latest information from the ongoing evaluation of the JAM strategy, facilitate learning, and serve as one input that contributes to the strategy review process. The evidence presented explores the evolution of the landscape and resulting windows of opportunity, the strategy's progress to date, and the validity of its theory of change and key assumptions.
2021-04-28
FSG;
The Journalism and Media (JAM) strategy is an Enduring Commitment of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (the Foundation). Since revising their strategy in 2015, the JAM program has sought to strengthen U.S. democracy by supporting accurate, just, and inclusive news and narratives that inform, engage, and activate people within the United States to build a more equitable future. Implemented through three unique yet complementary modules – Professional Nonprofit Reporting (PNR), Nonfiction Multimedia Storytelling (NFM), and Participatory Civic Media (PCM) – the program's theory of change posits that by fostering strong organizations; addressing barriers to media creation and consumption; and promoting learning, leadership, innovation, and field-building opportunities, the JAM strategy will contribute to intended positive changes for grantee organizations and the field that will enable them to contribute to long-term changes in multiple aspects of U.S. democracy.The revised strategy marked the beginning of several key shifts in the JAM team's approach to its work. Most notably, the new strategy added a portfolio of work – the PCM module – and shifted from a focus on support for legacy organizations toward an emphasis on support for emerging and Black-, Indigenous-, and people of color-led (BIPOC-led) organizations, including intentional efforts to shift power away from the Foundation through the use of intermediaries. Multi-year general operating support and flexible project support remained hallmarks of the team's approach. As of June 2020, the JAM strategy had made 174 grants totaling just under $116 million in approved funding across the three modules.The goal of this paper is to provide the latest information from the ongoing evaluation of the JAM strategy, facilitate learning, and serve as one input that contributes to the strategy review process. The evidence presented explores the evolution of the landscape and resulting windows of opportunity, the strategy's progress to date, and the validity of its theory of change and key assumptions.Synthesis report: https://search.issuelab.org/resource/the-john-d-and-catherine-t-macarthur-foundation-journalism-and-media-enduring-commitment-synthesis-report-2015-2020
2021-04-28
FSG;
The Journalism and Media (JAM) strategy is an Enduring Commitment of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (the Foundation). Since revising their strategy in 2015, the JAM program has sought to strengthen U.S. democracy by supporting accurate, just, and inclusive news and narratives that inform, engage, and activate people within the United States to build a more equitable future. Implemented through three unique yet complementary modules – Professional Nonprofit Reporting (PNR), Nonfiction Multimedia Storytelling (NFM), and Participatory Civic Media (PCM) – the program's theory of change posits that by fostering strong organizations; addressing barriers to media creation and consumption; and promoting learning, leadership, innovation, and field-building opportunities, the JAM strategy will contribute to intended positive changes for grantee organizations and the field that will enable them to contribute to long-term changes in multiple aspects of U.S. democracy.The revised strategy marked the beginning of several key shifts in the JAM team's approach to its work. Most notably, the new strategy added a portfolio of work – the PCM module – and shifted from a focus on support for legacy organizations toward an emphasis on support for emerging and Black-, Indigenous-, and people of color-led (BIPOC-led) organizations, including intentional efforts to shift power away from the Foundation through the use of intermediaries. Multi-year general operating support and flexible project support remained hallmarks of the team's approach. As of June 2020, the JAM strategy had made 174 grants totaling just under $116 million in approved funding across the three modules.The goal of this paper is to provide the latest information from the ongoing evaluation of the JAM strategy, facilitate learning, and serve as one input that contributes to the strategy review process. The evidence presented explores the evolution of the landscape and resulting windows of opportunity, the strategy's progress to date, and the validity of its theory of change and key assumptions.Synthesis report: https://search.issuelab.org/resource/the-john-d-and-catherine-t-macarthur-foundation-journalism-and-media-enduring-commitment-synthesis-report-2015-2020
2011-07-12
Open Society Institute;
Outlines the evolution of citizen journalism, its role in international news, relationship to professional journalism, potential for a more democratic practice, risks, and outlook. Calls for a clearer definition and ethical, legal, and business training.
2021-04-28
FSG;
The Journalism and Media (JAM) strategy is an Enduring Commitment of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (the Foundation). Since revising their strategy in 2015, the JAM program has sought to strengthen U.S. democracy by supporting accurate, just, and inclusive news and narratives that inform, engage, and activate people within the United States to build a more equitable future. Implemented through three unique yet complementary modules – Professional Nonprofit Reporting (PNR), Nonfiction Multimedia Storytelling (NFM), and Participatory Civic Media (PCM) – the program's theory of change posits that by fostering strong organizations; addressing barriers to media creation and consumption; and promoting learning, leadership, innovation, and field-building opportunities, the JAM strategy will contribute to intended positive changes for grantee organizations and the field that will enable them to contribute to long-term changes in multiple aspects of U.S. democracy.The revised strategy marked the beginning of several key shifts in the JAM team's approach to its work. Most notably, the new strategy added a portfolio of work – the PCM module – and shifted from a focus on support for legacy organizations toward an emphasis on support for emerging and Black-, Indigenous-, and people of color-led (BIPOC-led) organizations, including intentional efforts to shift power away from the Foundation through the use of intermediaries. Multi-year general operating support and flexible project support remained hallmarks of the team's approach. As of June 2020, the JAM strategy had made 174 grants totaling just under $116 million in approved funding across the three modules.The goal of this paper is to provide the latest information from the ongoing evaluation of the JAM strategy, facilitate learning, and serve as one input that contributes to the strategy review process. The evidence presented explores the evolution of the landscape and resulting windows of opportunity, the strategy's progress to date, and the validity of its theory of change and key assumptions.Synthesis report: https://search.issuelab.org/resource/the-john-d-and-catherine-t-macarthur-foundation-journalism-and-media-enduring-commitment-synthesis-report-2015-2020
2021-06-01
International Media Support (IMS);
In these turbulent times, people the world over are turning to the media for information they can rely on: quality media coverage that contributes to positive change, which advances human rights and democracy in the digital age.IMS' vision of peaceful, stable and democratic societies sustained, supported and promoted through strong and effective public interest media has never been as relevant during the organisation's 20-year history as it is today.In our Annual Report 2020 we showcase IMS' strategic priorities, our results and lessons learned from what was truly an extraordinary year.
2018-02-14
Media Impact Funders;
This booklet is a starter guide for foundations interested in exploring how to make impactful journalism and community-information grants. Foundations do not need to have a formal journalism program to make grants that support healthy news and information flows. Nor does a foundation need large dollar investments to get started. Even a small grant may help citizens in a given community or demographic gain access to credible information that will help them participate in civic life.
2021-07-01
Ethical Journalism Network;
This policy report provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities that the media are facing in Slovakia. Based on a number of interviews that took place with key Slovak media stakeholders, it finds that the Slovak media landscape is currently the freest of the Visegrad countries, despite an increase in both government and oligarch control of media. These findings are in line with its RSF Press Freedom Ranking of 33rd place in 2020, up two places on the previous year. The murder of investigative reporter, Ján Kuciak, in 2018 was a turning point which established sense of solidarity amongst the media profession which is coupled with an apparent desire amongst some of the public to investigative journalism, demonstrated through their financial support of a number of influential independent media titles. There are some concerns in relation to mainstream media ownership which appears to remain firmly in the grip of a select number of financial groups and oligarchs with strong business and economic interests although a recent sale of shares in leading publication the Denník SME to the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF), a non-for-profit investment fund for independent media raises some hope. The government also continues to control the public media through politicised appointment processes and public advertising spend. The popularity of websites, which are typified by health disinformation and anti-European Union narratives, is a further cause for concern as similar narratives are now being disseminated by some of the online media. The tradition for investigative journalism is strong in Slovakia, however, and it is having some impact on policy and tackling corruption.
2011-03-15
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation;
Offers funders guidance on ways to support a robust community information ecosystem, including sponsoring contests or youth projects, developing in-house digital expertise, partnering with local groups, and creating a public interest news organization.
2004-04-01
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation;
Outlines a variety of efforts to develop and support journalism, including fellowships, exchanges, training, grants, loans, equipment, infrastructure, staff, and conferences. Includes regional analyses, and lessons learned.
