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Citizen Google: Wie ein Konzern den Journalismus dominiert

Alexander Fanta

netzpolitik.org (2019)

"Der Suchmaschinen-Konzern ist für die Verlagsbranche beinahe unverzichtbar. Doch Googles Dominanz scheint kaum jemand zu stören. Eine Datenanalyse von netzpolitik.org zeigt, wie Google mit einem 150-Millionen-Euro-Programm den Medienverlagen Honig ums Maul schmiert."

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Recipient Perceptions of Media Development Assistance: A GFMD Study

Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2019), 15 pp.

"GFMD members welcome the international recognition of media and journalism issues within the overall international development agenda, noting the common language it provides and the accountability tool it may offer towards encouraging governments (including donor countries) to live up to their comm ... more

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Confronting the Crisis in Independent Media: A Role for International Assistance

Nicholas Benequista

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2019), 25 pp.

"With independent media around the world in crisis, what is the role of international donors and private foundations? And how can these international actors provide effective support when the driving forces behind independent media’s decline—simultaneously technological, financial, social, polit ... more

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Redefining Media Development: A Demand-Driven Approach

Mark Nelson

In: International Media Development: Historical Perspectives and New Frontiers

Nicholas Benequista; Susan Abbott; Paul Rothman; Winston Mano (eds.)

New York et al.: Peter Lang (2019), pp. 30-41

"Media development specialists and activists need a concept of media development that understands and addresses the deeply political nature of the media as an institution. We also need a way to cope with rapidly changing technology and the media's increasingly global nature. Media development is as ... more

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Implementation Report on IPDC Projects

Paris: UNESCO (2019), 297 pp.

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Nigerian Newspapers: The Attractions and Drawbacks of Foreign Aid Funding

Mary Myers

African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 30-41

"This article looks at the relationship between four major newspapers in Nigeria and foreign donors. The discussion centres on the attractions and drawbacks of foreign donor funding from these newspapers’ point of view and highlights points of convergence and divergence in the agendas of the newsp ... more

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Final Evaluation: Gender Sensitive Public Communication Project

Melike Karlidag, Bérangère Pineau Soukkarieh

Search for Common Ground (2018), 68 pp.

"The Gender Sensitive Public Communications Project was implemented by Search for Common Ground in Lebanon, together with its local partner Abaad, with an aim to promote women’s participation in politics through the production of gender sensitive television drama and short films. Specifically, the ... more

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Women Into Politics! Greater Female Participation in Cambodia: A Best-Practice Handbook 2016–2018

Kyle James

Bonn: Deutsche Welle DW Akademie (2018), 35 pp.

"Women are a great untapped potential in Cambodia. That is the driving idea behind the EU-funded project “Women into Politics! Greater female participation in Cambodia”. This three-year project reached women from different regions in Cambodia and gave them the communications skills they needed t ... more

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No News is Bad News Programme: Mid-Term Evaluation

Free Press Unlimited (2018), 17 pp.

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Journalism Education Interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Examination of the Norwegian Model in Ethiopia

Téwodros W. Workneh

African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 9-29

"Recent trends in journalism education in Africa indicate a substantial increase both in scope and specialisation. While this increase is usually attributed to higher education institutions’ response to market trends, certain journalism education programmes are born out of development assistance i ... more

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NGOs and Health Reporting in Tanzania

Ammina Kothari

African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 42-60

"This study examines the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in shaping health reporting in Tanzania. Drawing on in-depth interviews with representatives from NGOs cited in HIV/AIDS-related stories published in the Tanzanian newspapers, the Daily News and The Guardian, the analysis focuses ... more

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'No News is Bad News' Programme: Internal Mid-Term Evaluation Pakistan

Free Press Unlimited (2018), 18 pp.

"The No News Is Bad News (NNIBN) programme started in January 2016. The aim of the NNIBN Programme is to work towards the following vision: media and journalists, as independent players in civil society, constitute a diverse and professional media landscape and function as change catalysts. This is ... more

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Elevating Quality Journalism: Digital News Innovation Fund Report 2018

Google;Digital News Innovation Fund (2018), 41 pp.

"The Digital News Innovation Fund (DNI Fund) is a European programme that’s part of the Google News Initiative, an effort to help journalism thrive in the digital age. The DNI Fund is a €150 million commitment to support and kick-start innovation within the European news ecosystem. Entering its ... more

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Monitoring Media Sustainability: Economic and Business Revisions to Development Indicators

Robert G. Picard

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. 243-256

"Robert G. Picard describes the evolvement of UNESCO's media development indicators. The chapter describes a growing focus on economic, financial and managerial dimensions, since, it argues, they pave the fundament to any sustainable, commercial or non-commercial journalistic venture. What Picard cr ... more

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Defending Independent Media: A Comprehensive Analysis of Aid Flows
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Mary Myers, Linet Angaya Juma

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2018), 37 pp.

"When donors provide assistance to the media sector, they frequently back projects that aim to strengthen the media’s contribution to good governance in some way or another. This kind of funding is consistent with recent declarations made by the international community on the importance of protect ... more

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Questioning the Role of Foreign Aid in Media System Research

Suzanne Temwa Gondwe Harris

In: The Palgrave Handbook of Media and Communication Research in Africa

Bruce Mutsvairo (ed.)

Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (2018), pp. 401-412

"While the internal dynamics or the role of the state has had a significant bearing on how media systems evolve and change, both internal and external factors have contributed to the type of media that exists in Malawi today. Although Hallin and Mancini did not include at length the role of external ... more

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International Development Aid Beyond Money: The Push and Pull of Media Democracy Promotion in Three Mercosur Countries

Sarah Anne Ganter

Journal of Latin American Communication Research, volume 6, issue 1-2 (2018), pp. 116-134

"Media democracy promotion is a hidden form of international development aid (IDA). However, the dynamics underlying democracy promotion and their adaptation in local contexts is hardly considered when evaluating or theorizing international media development aid (IMDA). Multi-lateral organizations ( ... more

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The Bottom-up Media Revolution: How Social Entrepreneurs Are Building Trust Between Communities and the Media

Laxmi Parthasarathy, Michael Gordon

Ashoka (2018), 29 pp.

"Ashoka is an organization that supports social entrepreneurs around the world and has the longest track record of doing so. It has identified and supported over 3,500 “Ashoka Fellows,” many of whom are in the media sector. Therefore, Ashoka sits on a treasure trove of data on transformative med ... more

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Report on IPDC Special Initiatives and Emerging Issues

Paris: UNESCO, International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) (2018), 9 pp.

"This document presents an update on the activities undertaken with respect to IPDC Special Initiatives on 1) the Safety of Journalists and Issue of Impunity, 2) media-related indicators, 3) Global Initiative for Excellence in Journalism Education and 4) knowledge-driven media development: follow-up ... more

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In Focus: Indepedendent Media Support

In: Supporting People Striving for Democracy: Annual Report 2017

European Endowment for Democracy (EED) (2018), pp. 41-49

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