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Philanthropy-supported journalism in Europe: Global US foundations and the priorities of editorial agendas in Spain and the UK (2009-2024)
Journalism (2025), ?? pp.
"This article analyses the diverse philanthropic traditions in the United Kingdom and Spain by examining donations made to the media between 2009 and 2024. Based on data collected from the Media Impact Funders website, a quantitative research study has been carried out for the purpose of identifying
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Reimagining Funding for Journalism: Key Takeaways from IJF 2025
Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD), May 6 (2025)
"At the International Journalism Festival (IJF) in Perugia this year, journalism funding and sustainability took centre stage. International funders, media leaders, and innovators grappled with the urgent question of how to keep independent journalism not just alive—but thriving—in an era of shr
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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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Examining the Journalism Philanthropy Model: A Literature Review
International Journal of Communication, volume 18 (2024), pp. 889–907
"Amid the decline of commercial local news in the United States, another model has emerged as a growing alternative: philanthropy-supported journalism. Although foundation-funded journalism is not a particularly new model, the field has seen an influx of charitable funds in recent years—since 2009
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Safeguarding independent journalism in Latin America
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2024), 37 pp.
"In a region plagued by poverty, inequality, and attacks on press freedom, Latin American journalists have ventured into non-profit journalism to uphold democracy. Outlets producing award-winning and highly impactful journalism in the region include El Salvador’s El Faro, founded in 1998, Chile’
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Press Forward: A Guide for Local Funders
Press Forward (2024), 23 pp.
"Press Forward aims to grow the overall investment in local news and strengthen communities across the country over the next five years by focusing on such shared values as equity, accessibility, collaboration and centering community needs. The vision of the founding coalition is to increase resourc
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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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Collaborative Sustainability Guide: How to Earn Revenue to Grow and Thrive
Key Guides
Philadelphia: Lenfest Institute for Journalism; Center for Cooperative Media (2022), 42 pp.
"What’s working to generate revenue and sustain journalism collaborations, beyond philanthropy? To answer this question, the Center for Cooperative Media, The Lenfest Institute for Journalism and the Solutions Journalism Network conducted a survey, interviewed collaborative project managers, funde
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Periodismo SOS: Del filantrocapitalismo al poder que mata
Madrid: Ediciones Pirámide (2022), 232 pp.
"Las autoras desarrollan una investigación para encontrar los orígenes del filantroperiodismo como un nuevo escenario laboral. Al igual que la persecución de los poderes extralegales a los periodistas que cuentan la realidad. Como consecuencia, el libro desarrolla un análisis de la situación de
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"Collaboration with outside partners is becoming standard practice for more and more news organizations. Questions about how to fund collaborative projects — especially those requiring an ongoing labor-intensive investment by partners — are increasing, too. This guide aims to explore the differ
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Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Journalism: What Funders Can Do
Washington, DC: Democracy Fund (2019), 19 pp.
"The lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of journalism has been a persistent problem — one that harms newsrooms and communities alike. Funders who care deeply about the future of journalism have an opportunity to examine whether they are truly helping to build a world where journ
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Global Media Philanthropy: What Funders Need to Know About Data, Trends and Pressing Issues Facing the Field
Deep Insights
Philadelphia: Media Impact Funders (2019), 50 pp.
"Both funding and making media are now dangerous in new ways: Foundations, publishers, editors and journalists across the world are facing not just familiar forms of repression and censorship, but new threats from breaches to digital privacy and a notably uncivil online culture. Funders need to work
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Quid Pro Quo: How Donor-Funded Journalism Redefines Job Descriptions
African Journalism Studies, volume 39, issue 2 (2018), pp. 121-129
"Donor-funded journalism is a complex sphere, frequently characterised by balancing acts between the priorities of two vastly different environments. The health desk of one of South Africa’s legacy media outlets, the Mail & Guardian, owes its existence to philanthropy. Launched in 2013, the Bhekis
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"Protecting the independent media and the public sphere presents an epic challenge, but there is great opportunity for philanthropy to step up and help." (Introduction)
Same Beds, Different Dreams? Charitable Foundations and Newsroom Independence in the Global South
Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2017), 32 pp.
"The growing trend of non-profit journalism has received much attention of late, but this report takes a unique look at how non-profit funding is affecting journalism in the Global South. Amidst the collapse of traditional business models for news organizations, funding from philanthropic foundation
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Philanthropic Journalism Funding in Germany
Maastricht: European Journalism Centre; Journalism Funders Forum (2017), 34 pp.
"As this study shows, many of the more than 21,000 German foundations contribute a wealth of ideas, and substantial funding, to a wide variety of journalistic projects and grants. But only around 120 foundations profess express support of journalism in their statutes. Unfortunately, the total moneta
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"This report offers four case studies on how different foundations used information to improve the healthy functioning of their communities. The cases highlight the following: Why did each foundation support local media? How did it connect to their strategic priorities? What steps did they take to m
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Qualitätsjournalismus
Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, volume 62, issue 29-31 (2012), 46 pp.
"Freie und unabhängige Medien sind für das Funktionieren einer demokratischen Gesellschaft unerlässlich. Sie informieren, erklären, ordnen ein, bieten verschiedene Meinungen, aktivieren, kurz: Sie helfen, demokratische Öffentlichkeit herzustellen. Zudem haben sie eine wichtige Kontrollfunktion
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