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Funding the Future of Local News: Lessons for the UK and beyond from journalism funds around the world
Deep Insights
Greater Community Media; Public Interest News Foundation (PINF) (2026), 124 pp.
"In this report we have documented ten case studies of visionary journalism support funds that we can learn from, drawing out insights and experiences from interviews with the people behind these funds. As we ourselves have been founders and leaders of pioneering local news organisations in the UK,
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Guía de ayudas a medios y publicidad institucional para el Tercer Sector de la Comunicación
Salamanca: Comunicación Social Ediciones y Publicaciones (2025), 68 pp.
"La presente guía expone el funcionamiento de las ayudas a medios de comunicación y la publicidad institucional, destacando su relevancia como posibles fuentes clave de financiación para medios del Tercer Sector y aquellos que se autodefinen como independientes. Se anal
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Demokratie beginnt im Lokalen: Zeit für eine neue Medienförderung
Berlin: Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2025), 30 pp.
"[...] mit welchen Instrumenten können journalistische Marktaustritte verringert und Neugründungen gefördert werden – und das mit möglichst effizientem Mitteleinsatz? In diesem Kurzgutachten vergleichen wir verschiedene strukturelle Maßnahmen sowie Förderinstrumente mit Blick auf Kriterien w
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The Economic Imperative of Investing in Public Interest Media
Forum on Information & Democracy (2025), 20 pp.
"Halting the decline of public interest media requires systematically recognizing, measuring, and rewarding the true value of public interest media to national and global economies and enabling governments to more effectively guide both public and private innovation. As we have argued, too much of t
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Public financing of news media in the EU: Final report
Luxembourg: European Union (2024), 162 pp.
"At an aggregate level, public allocations dedicated to public service media have increased only modestly in recent years. However, there are substantial variations in allocations (absolute and per capita) across countries. Some Member States have recently increased funding, others have cut back. As
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Enabling a Sustainable News Environment: A Framework for Media Finance Legislation
Deep Insights
Center for News, Technology & Innovation (CNTI) (2024), 46 pp.
"This study examines 23 recently enacted or proposed legislative efforts from 2018 through 2024 aimed at providing revenue streams for journalism. We hope it offers a fulsome method for analyzing possible paths forward. There are two main parts of the report: Part One groups this legislation into se
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Peer-based research funding as a model for journalism funding
Journalism, volume 25, issue 11 (2024), pp. 2440-2459
"Financing high-quality journalistic reporting is becoming increasingly difficult worldwide and economic pressure has intensified in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. While numerous alternative funding possibilities are discussed, ranging from membership models to government funding, they should no
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Medienpolitik: Grundlagen für Wissenschaft und Praxis
Deep Insights
München: UVK, 3., vollständig überarb. und erw. Aufl. (2023), 366 pp.
"Digitalisierung, Transnationalisierung und Kommerzialisierung stellen die Medienpolitik vor große Herausforderungen. Wie kann sichergestellt werden, dass Medien und Plattformen ihre wichtige Funktion in einer demokratischen Gesellschaft erfüllen? In diese Thematik führt Manuel Puppis systematisc
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Public Support for Local and Community Media in Three Countries: A Comparative Study
African Journalism Studies, volume 44, issue 4 (2023), pp. 310-326
"In the discussion of possible solutions to the business crisis facing legacy media, insufficient attention has been paid to existing arrangements that channel public money to media serving marginalised audiences, particularly in Global South countries. Argentina and South Africa are upper middle-in
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National journalism funds: A GFMD impact policy paper
Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2023), 17 pp.
"As such, a National Fund for Journalism (NFJ) is a dedicated structure that is designed with a strategic sectoral purpose to provide long-term funding and financing to an independent journalism ecosystem in a particular country, region or place (as a Local or City Fund for Journalism, for example).
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Sustaining Journalism, Sustaining Democracy: A Policy Guide on Platforms and the Press
UCLA Information Policy Lab (2023), 68 pp.
"This publication considers the range of policy changes that have been tried or recommended by global regulators, assessing their impacts on press freedom and news media sustainability, with consideration for the risk of capture, and other potential tradeoffs of these interventions. It examines four
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Desafíos (y propuestas) para la viabilidad de la actividad periodística en América Latina
Deep Insights
Paris; Montevideo: UNESCO; Observacom (2023), 39 pp.
"La viabilidad de la actividad periodística es un pilar fundamental de los sistemas democráticos y también de los distintos sistemas económicos: la divulgación de información veraz, clara y producida de manera profesional, autónoma e independiente de otros intereses es vital para la toma de d
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Creating National Funds to Support Journalism and Public-Interest Media
Deep Insights
Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) (2023), 17 pp.
"Global interest in funds to support journalism is on the rise, as governments and journalists seek ways to support quality information even as the business model has become more difficult. Some countries, including those in Northern Europe and the European Union, have been using these journalism fu
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A New Deal for Journalism in Africa. Part 1: Three Pillars for Bringing Platforms to Pay Fair Value for Public Interest Journalism
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2022), 9 pp.
"Worldwide, the revenue base for journalism has been disrupted by digital innovation and the dominance of technology platforms in the audience and advertiser-facing markets. Revenue models relied upon by news and information services have collapsed, and credible journalism and its social function ar
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Saving Journalism 2: Global Strategies and a Look at Investigative Journalism
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) (2022), 56 pp.
"It’s clear that there are plenty of good ideas about how to save journalism as well as practical proposals for how to support quality information. The journalism community in much of the world is galvanized to make change happen and they’re ready to persuade the public and policy makers both th
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Finding the Funds for Journalism to Thrive: Policy Options to Support Media Viability
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2022), 16 pp.
"The traditional business model of the news media has been deeply eroded by a shift in advertising revenues to online platforms. Media outlets must intensify efforts towards more inclusive journalism, alternative business models and diversified revenue streams. Urgent action from other actors is als
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Indirect and Direct Subsidies for Media: The European Experience
BBC Media Action; PRIMED (2022), 22 pp.
"This report presents four models of direct media subsidies in Europe: from Serbia, Croatia, Sweden and the European Union as well as an overview of reduced VAT rates for newspapers, digital publications and periodicals in EU countries and Serbia. In recent years, the value of direct state aid for m
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Government and Industry-Led Initiatives to Support the Development of the Media Market: Case for Kenya
BBC Media Action; PRIMED (2022), 15 pp.
"This paper explores the instances and circumstances under which the media community in Kenya has closely worked with the government to introduce media reforms though new legislation and related policies. It focuses on changes that have been enacted over the last decade and, in particular, those aim
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