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The Media Viability Manifesto: A Common Framework for Joint Action
Key Guidance

Laura Moore, Elena Köhler, Clare Cook

Bonn et al.: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie;Media Viability Manifesto Initiative (2024), 33 pp.

"The Media Viability Manifesto (MVM) provides an urgently needed common framework for joint action from the global media development community. Its aim is three-pronged: To foster conceptual clarity, to strengthen strategic collaboration between multiple stakeholders, and to align practical implemen ... more

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Manifiesto sobre la Viabilidad de los Medios de comunicación: Un marco común para la acción conjunta
Key Guidance

Laura Moore, Elena Köhler, Clare Cook

Bonn et al.: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie;Media Viability Manifesto Initiative;UNESCO IPDC (2024), 37 pp.

"El Manifiesto sobre la Viabilidad de los Medios de comunicación (MVM, por sus siglas en inglés) proporciona un marco común, urgentemente necesario, para la acción conjunta de la comunidad mundial de desarrollo de los medios. Su objetivo es triple: fomentar la claridad conceptual, reforzar la co ... more

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Manifeste sur la viabilité des médias: Un cadre commun pour une action conjointe
Key Guidance

Laura Moore, Elena Köhler, Clare Cook

Bonn et al.: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie;Media Viability Manifesto Initiative;UNESCO IPDC (2024), 37 pp.

"Le Manifeste sur la viabilité des médias (MVM) établit un cadre commun, dont le besoin est urgent, pour une action conjointe de la part de la communauté mondiale du développement des médias. Son objectif est triple : Promouvoir une vision claire, renforcer la collaboration stratégique entre ... more

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Funding Journalism: A Guide for Canadian Philanthropy

Ana Sofía Hibon, April Lindgren, Sara Krynitzki

Inspirit Foundation;Local News Research Project at Toronto Metropolitan University;Philanthropic Foundations Canada (2024), 27 pp.

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Press Forward: A Guide for Local Funders

Press Forward (2024), 23 pp.

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Exiting / transitioning from international partnerships

Lucy Morris

INTRAC (2022), 27 pp.

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Media for Democracy Assessment Tool: Learning, Evaluation, and Research (LER) Activity
Key Guidance

Susan Abbott, Maureen Taylor, Michelle Foster, Joan Barata Mir

Washington, DC; Landover, MD: USAID;Cloudburst Group (2021), 93 pp.

"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

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The Role of Media in Creating Inclusive, Just and Peaceful Societies: Guidelines for SDC Media Assistance

Bern: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) (2020), 41 pp.

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Wozu Non-Profit-Journalismus? Ein Report zu gemeinnützigem Journalismus – mit Wirkungslogiken, Qualitätskriterien und Tipps für Förder*innen
Key Guidance

Charlotte Buttkus, Igor Ryabinin, Florian Hinze

Berlin: PHINEO gemeinnützige AG (2020), 63 pp.

"Der Report „Wozu Non-Profit-Journalismus?“ macht sich für eine dritte Säule im Mediensystem stark: Der gemeinnützige Journalismus hält der Krise Antworten entgegen und leistet als Ergänzung zum öffentlich-rechtlichen und privaten Verlagsjournalismus einen Beitrag zur Medienvielfalt. Er is ... more

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An Introduction to Funding Journalism and Media
Key Guidance

Sameer Padania

Ariadne European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights (2018), 43 pp.

"Section 1 summarises the background to and rationale for philanthropic funding of the media, including from a social justice and human rights perspective. This should help Ariadne grantmakers who are not sure if and why they should support media directly to make an informed decision, or to help mak ... more

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Journalism and Media Grantmaking: Five Things You Need to Know. Five Ways to Get Started

Michele McLellan

Philadelphia: Wyncote Foundation;Media Impact Funders, new ed. (2018), 34 pp.

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DG Enlargement: Guidelines for EU Support to Media Freedom and Media Integrity in Enlargement Countries, 2014-2020

European Commission (2014), 15 pp.

"In its political support the Commission will encourage enlargement countries to make legislation more supportive of the media. It will also promote the involvement of media and civil society in the pre-accession process, including in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of sector strategi ... es for EU financial assistance which will be strengthened under IPA II. The Commission's financial assistance will use an appropriate mix of funding instruments to respond to different types of needs and country contexts in a flexible, transparent, cost-effective and results focused manner which also considers the administration burden for the Commission. This will include: aiming for longer term contracts, recognising that capacity building and advocacy work requires time and resources; moving away from project based support to a more flexible approach that fosters partnership and coalition building. It must also be understood that accession-related EU funding is limited in volume and time. Although having been a major donor to Media and Civil Society, the EU cannot and should not aim to fill the funding gap left as other donors exit from the region. As the enlargement countries move towards accession, the Commission will support media organisations become less dependent on international donor funding, including funding from the EU [...] "These guidelines are formulated in the form of a draft results framework. The framework contains goals and results to be achieved by developing and deploying multi-beneficiary and bilateral assistance programmes. Special attention is paid to the aspect of verification: measurable indicators (and benchmarks) are grouped according to particular results to be achieved and possible means of verification (MoV) are identified for each group of indicators. The selection of indicators and MoVs also take into consideration the cost-effectiveness and actual availability of data. Monitoring the guidelines will be supervised by DG ELARG in collaboration with the EU Delegations in the region, international organisations and networks of CSOs already active in media freedom and integrity. The collection of data will include both qualitative and quantitative assessments and will be conducted by means of surveys, peer reviews, independent assessment, etc." (Pages 4-5) more

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Freedom of Expression, Media and Digital Communications: A Practical Guide
Key Guidance

Andrew Puddephatt, Per Oesterlund

EPRD Policy & Development;European Commission (2012), 39 pp.

"The European Commission has begun to integrate a political economy approach throughout the project cycle. This guide tailors the political economy approach to the media development sector specifically. Using a political economy media matrix (PEMM) as its basis, it explains how to integrate the PE a ... more

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Developing Independent Media as an Institution of Accountable Governance: A How-To Guide
Key Guidance

Shanthi Kalathil

Washington, DC: World Bank, Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) (2011), xi, 81 pp.

"This handbook is designed for those who may be interested in supporting media development programs, but are unclear about the whys, hows, and whens. It introduces the fundamentals of media development, provide ways to conceptualize and analyze the sector, and helps guide programming based on politi ... more

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Media Assistance in the Swiss Development Cooperation: Media - A Key Player for Realizing Social Accountability. Orientation Guide
Key Guidance

Berne: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC);Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) (2007), 31 pp.

"This publication is a short, easy-to-read introduction to the field of media assistance. Following the usual steps of the project cycle, it describes the principal elements to analyse needs in media assistance and to select specific intervention strategies. The document distinguishes six interventi ... more

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Developing Media in Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
Key Guidance

Yll Bajraktari, Emily Hsu

Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2007), 20 pp.

"This report [...] recommends that interveners take the following series of steps as they generate a strategy for media development in post-conflict zones. Predeployment Phase: Mapping and Strategizing: map out the existing media landscape; identify the postwar condition of the media infrastructure, ... more

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The Media in Governance: A Guide to Assistance. Developing Free and Effective Media to Serve the Interests of the Poor
Key Guidance

Colin Roth

London: Department for International Development (DFID) (2001), 59 pp.

"The media can be a major force for improving the quality of government in developing and transitional countries – which is critical if opportunities for the poor and disadvantaged are also to improve. To fulfil this role the media need room to manoeuvre – tight government regulation and censors ... more

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Appui aux médias africains: Les politiques des bailleurs de fonds

Daniel Fra (coord.)

Groupe de recherche et d’échanges technologiques (GRET);Ministère des Affaires Étrangères (2000), 222 pp.

"Ce manuel, adressé à toutes les composantes du secteur des médias (organes et entreprises de presse, associations, syndicats, journalistes ou techniciens), recense les organismes (coopérations bilatérales, multilatérales, fondations) venant en appui au secteur des médias africains sur le pla ... more

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Working with the Media in Conflicts and Other Emergencies

London: Department for International Development (DFID) (2000), 70 pp.

"The main purpose of this guide is to highlight some of the benefits, challenges and options when considering funding of media and communication interventions. This publication is not designed to be a ‘how to’ guide for designing and implementing such programmes. Rather, it aims to guide DFID st ... more

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Local Media Support

Age Eknes, Lena C. Endresen

Oslo: FAFO Institute for Applied Social Science (1999), 88 pp.

"Local Media Support‘ (LMS) presents a study of current status with regard to support of local media as part of humanitarian or developmental assistance programmes. Based on this, a proposed framework for the assessment of projects and programmes in this field is developed. The report is divided i ... more

The Media Viability Manifesto: A Common Framework for Joint Action Key Guidance

Manifiesto sobre la Viabilidad de los Medios de comunicación: Un marco común para la acción conjunta Key Guidance

Manifeste sur la viabilité des médias: Un cadre commun pour une action conjointe Key Guidance

Media for Democracy Assessment Tool: Learning, Evaluation, and Research (LER) Activity Key Guidance

Wozu Non-Profit-Journalismus? Ein Report zu gemeinnützigem Journalismus – mit Wirkungslogiken, Qualitätskriterien und Tipps für Förder*innen Key Guidance

An Introduction to Funding Journalism and Media Key Guidance

Freedom of Expression, Media and Digital Communications: A Practical Guide Key Guidance

Developing Independent Media as an Institution of Accountable Governance: A How-To Guide Key Guidance

Media Assistance in the Swiss Development Cooperation: Media - A Key Player for Realizing Social Accountability. Orientation Guide Key Guidance

Developing Media in Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations Key Guidance

The Media in Governance: A Guide to Assistance. Developing Free and Effective Media to Serve the Interests of the Poor Key Guidance

The Media Viability Manifesto: A Common Framework for Joint Action
Key Guidance

Manifiesto sobre la Viabilidad de los Medios de comunicación: Un marco común para la acción conjunta
Key Guidance

Manifeste sur la viabilité des médias: Un cadre commun pour une action conjointe
Key Guidance

Media for Democracy Assessment Tool: Learning, Evaluation, and Research (LER) Activity
Key Guidance

Wozu Non-Profit-Journalismus? Ein Report zu gemeinnützigem Journalismus – mit Wirkungslogiken, Qualitätskriterien und Tipps für Förder*innen
Key Guidance

An Introduction to Funding Journalism and Media
Key Guidance

Freedom of Expression, Media and Digital Communications: A Practical Guide
Key Guidance

Developing Independent Media as an Institution of Accountable Governance: A How-To Guide
Key Guidance

Media Assistance in the Swiss Development Cooperation: Media - A Key Player for Realizing Social Accountability. Orientation Guide
Key Guidance

Developing Media in Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
Key Guidance

The Media in Governance: A Guide to Assistance. Developing Free and Effective Media to Serve the Interests of the Poor
Key Guidance