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"Dem Lokaljournalismus geht es nicht gut. Verlage kämpfen seit Jahren mit Anzeigenverlusten, die Arbeitsbelastung nimmt kontinuierlich zu, immer mehr Redaktionen werden dichtgemacht. Dabei ist gerade Lokaljournalismus wichtig für unsere Demokratie. Community-Journalismus kann ein Weg raus aus dies ... more
"Making Radio and Podcasts is a practical guide for anyone who wants to learn how to make successful programmes in the digital era. It examines the key roles in audio and podcasting: announcing, presenting, research, copywriting, producing, marketing and promotions. It also outlines what is involved ... more
"The purpose of this report is to evaluate the Media Freedom Coalition (MFC) in its first two years of operation, from 2019 to 2021. The MFC is a partnership of 50 countries working together to advocate for media freedom and the safety of journalists. Our independent report is based on over 100 inte ... more
"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 ... more
"Sustainability is a key issue for local and community media in the Global South as well as the Global North, albeit in different ways. After identifying significant gaps in the sustainability literature, the article presents and discusses a taxonomy of ‘models’ – the relationships that arise ... more

Filmmakers and Financing: Business Plans for Independents

New York: Routledge, 9th ed. (2022), xiii, 293 pp.
"This updated ninth edition of Louise Levison’s ultimate filmmaker’s guide provides easy-to-follow steps for writing an investor-winning business plan for independent films. This new edition includes information on current distribution models and the evolving digital streaming service landscape. ... more
"Featuring advice and stories from over 50 experienced fundraisers, foundation staffers, journalists and more, this book explains how to: make a fundraising plan; work with individual donors; keep givers giving; plan special events; solicit grants from foundations and corporations; use traditional a ... more
"The purpose of the Media for Democracy Assessment Tool (MAT) is to assist United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in producing media assessments to inform strategy on media and democracy programming, help inform potential media development programming goals, and help provide an i ... more
"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 ... more
"This study provides encouraging evidence that digital audience revenue programmes – donation drives, crowdfundings, membership schemes or subscriptions – may be a viable option for independent media outlets operating in challenging political environments. Responses from 19 outlets operating in ... more
"For digital-first news outlets in Latin America, lessons learned from reader-funding experiments are being transformed into highly tailored membership programmes that offer a chance at a more sustainable future. Independent, mission-driven or subject-specific news sites, in particular, are leading ... more
"The INN Index is the most comprehensive study of the state of nonprofit news. Since 2018, the Institute for Nonprofit News has conducted this annual Index survey of its nonprofit news organization members to evaluate the staffing, business models, financials, and editorial focus of newsrooms in the ... more
"If your organisation is planning to apply for media development or journalism support funding, the GFMD MediaDev Fundraising Guide is for you. We hope that the Guide will provide insight into a variety of application models, take you through the project design process, and help you submit better - ... more
"In the Spring of 2020, we surveyed 355 nonprofit organizations in the process of “virtualizing” their fundraising events. The majority of these organizations worked to create online versions of existing galas and peer-to-peer events (many were walk-a-thons and races). In the process, some nonpr ... more
"Wer ein Wiki erforschen will, muss sich ein passendes Forschungsdesign aufbauen. Wer den Umgang mit Wikis unterrichten will, braucht ein Curriculum mit den einzelnen Arbeitsschritten. Wer ein Wiki unterstützen oder im Unternehmen einsetzen will, erstellt einen Arbeitsplan mit geeigneten Förderma ... more
"Aprende a desarrollar productos y medios informativos con foco en la audiencia y su sustentabilidad económica." (https://propulsorio.com)
"Alternative media platforms in Lebanon vary in size and expenditures. Annual turnovers range between USD 15,000 to almost USD 1.1 million. Editorial costs make up the bulk of all alternative media platforms. Namely the salaries of core team members and journalists, as well as the fees paid to freel ... more
"The Solutions Journalism Revenue Project (SJRP), which ran between February 2020 and February 2021, aimed to explore how a diverse range of newsrooms could leverage solutions journalism to generate revenue. Among the questions the project sought to answer were: Can reporting on responses to social ... more