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Unlocking local capital: What does it take to address the funding needs of public interest media with locally anchored solutions?
International Media Support (IMS) (2026), 29 pp.
"In general terms, this learning brief moves forward from the question of “where is the money?” to the question of “what does it take to unlock it?” In other words, how do we work alongside local government, private, philanthropic, and community sectors to meet the funding needs of journalis
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Catalysing private capital: Financing the future of public interest media
Deep Insights
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2025), 19 pp.
"This report responds to a rising demand from the media development field to understand how private capital can complement and strengthen traditional donor funding. It explores the potential of innovative financial instruments to support sustainable, independent journalism and build healthy informat
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Navigating instability: A five-phase approach to supporting exiled media
Key Guides
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2025), 33 pp.
"In recent years, IMS has seen a steady increase in the number of its media partners forced to flee their home countries to avoid persecution and closure as the democratic space globally has shrunk. IMS expects this trend to continue, with “exiled media” becoming the main – and, in some cases,
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Call for an increase of European support for journalism and free media worldwide
CFI; Deutsche Welle DW Akademie; Fondation Hirondelle; International Media Support (IMS), April 29 (2025)
"At this critical point in time, independent journalists, public interest media and civil society organisations in countries around the world need decisive support. They are directly and severely impacted by the current US administration’s decision to freeze financial support to independent media.
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Key priorities and recommendations for investigative media and donors in Ukraine
International Media Support (IMS) (2025), 6 pp.
"Priority 1 - Core support: There is an acute need for institutional support to ensure the continued operation of investigative media in Ukraine. The core support has to cover salaries for journalists, editors, videographers, and communication employees, rent of office fees, utility bills, etc.
Pri
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Climate Disinformation in Pakistan: Silencing Indigenous Peoples’ Voice
Islamabad: International Media Support (IMS); Institute for Research, Advocacy and Development (IRADA); Mediastan (2025), vii, 39 pp.
"The study identifies five distinct forms of climate disinformation in Pakistan: alarmist and sensationalised content, which exaggerates climate impact to provoke fear, confusion and emotional reactions rather than informed understanding; conspiracy-driven narratives that suggest hidden agendas or e
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Local media: Surviving and thriving in a news desert Lessons learned from Local Media for Democracy
Deep Insights
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS); Local Media for Democracy (LM4D) (2024), 59 pp.
"The Local Media for Democracy (LM4D) programme was conceived and designed to achieve exactly that: to recognise and strengthen local media operating in news deserts and to provide local communities with the timely, accurate, and relevant information they need to make informed decisions about what m
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Where is the money? A global perspective on forms of funding, financing and investment for public interest media
Deep Insights
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2024), 63 pp.
"Two years in the making, this report unfolds regional perspectives of new forms of funding, financing and investment for public interest media. It provides a multistakeholder reflection in four regions of the world on how public interest media can best be supported over the next decade. Through con
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"This concise introduction and guide to audience research methods is designed for publishers and editorial teams, especially those of small media outlets. Based on capacity development at IMS, it helps media outlets to make informed decisions about which approaches can provide the most relevant info
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Safety of women journalists
International Media Support (IMS) (2024), 6 pp.
"The impact framework is a set of tools and guidelines that helps to define targets for, track, and assess the impact of activities under the supported media projects in a clear and organised way; it can also be used for other media projects. Its methodology embraces a user-centric approach, links p
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Beyond the newsroom: Cambodia's media from an audience perspective. An audience study
International Media Support (IMS) (2024), 19 pp.
"This report presents the findings from a qualitative audience study conducted in Cambodia from December 2023 to February 2024. The study was commissioned by the international media development organisation IMS, International Media Support, and supported by the European Union. The study aimed to ass
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Online Gendered Disinformation and Sexist Hate Speech
International Media Support (IMS) (2023), 6 pp.
"This learning brief focuses on the issues of online gendered disinformation and sexist hate speech against women, girls and non-binary people who work or appear in the media and what media development organisations can do to address them." (Page 1)
"Despite the political, economic and linguistic differences that characterise the 40+ countries where we conducted this research, the 540 digital native media organisations featured in our Project Oasis directory face many common challenges and opportunities. Among our key findings:
They use social
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Countering Disinformation Tools and Initiatives in the Philippines
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2023), 37 pp.
"As can be gleaned from this report, anti-disinformation initiatives are diverse and creative, but whether they’re for prevention, monitoring and identification, or contextualization and correction, the current initiatives can be scaled up and new ones added. Firstly, the initiatives have still to
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