Alternative Models of Financing Investigative Journalism
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Hamburg: University of Hamburg, Hamburg Business School;Hans-Bredow-Institut (2018), 42 pp.
"This report aims to identify, evaluate, and discuss models to finance investigative journalism in the EU. To provide a thorough evaluation, we developed a set of criteria that cover six areas to that the financial source may exert an influence from high to low degrees. Those are (1) Independence, (2) Quality, (3) Market Structure, (4) Processes, (5) Sustainability, and (6) Competitiveness. This set of criteria is applied to eight representative financing models that stretch from the classical publishing house over innovative financing to publicly supported media. The analysis reveals that only a mixture of models allows the market to benefit best from each model’s core asset. The diversity of finance models is a natural inhibitor of market concentration, when regulative interference is well dosed. Also, the pluralistic set of finance models supports independence in that power is spread over many market actors." (Executive summary)
1. Introduction, 4
2. Financial requirements for investigative journalism, 6
3. Evaluation criteria to compare funding options for investigative journalism, 8
4. Financing models for investigative journalism, 12
The publishing house -- The entrepreneurial journalist -- The participatory journalism concept -- The cooperative model -- The philanthropic model -- The (international) journalist networks -- The public media -- The political controlled media
5. Evaluation of financing models for investigative journalism, 19
Independence -- Quality -- Market Structure -- Processes -- Sustainability -- Competitiveness
6. Implications, 35
2. Financial requirements for investigative journalism, 6
3. Evaluation criteria to compare funding options for investigative journalism, 8
4. Financing models for investigative journalism, 12
The publishing house -- The entrepreneurial journalist -- The participatory journalism concept -- The cooperative model -- The philanthropic model -- The (international) journalist networks -- The public media -- The political controlled media
5. Evaluation of financing models for investigative journalism, 19
Independence -- Quality -- Market Structure -- Processes -- Sustainability -- Competitiveness
6. Implications, 35
