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2. Continental Shift: New Trends in Private U.S. Funding for Media Development
- Author:
- Anne Nelson
- Publication Date:
- 12-2011
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- National Endowment for Democracy
- Abstract:
- The field of private sector funding of independent media abroad has continued to undergo a massive upheaval over the past two years. Two major factors have driven the change. The first is economic: The 2008 recession sharply reduced the portfolios of most traditional foundations and media philanthropies, many of them by 20-30 percent. They were still recovering when the aftershock of 2011 struck. These institutions, many of them based on the East Coast, had formerly led the way in funding international media development activities, with an emphasis on journalism training and support for freedom of expression. Now they are in a period of retrenchment, struggling to maintain existing commitments and with few resources to pursue new initiatives.
- Topic:
- Development, Economics, Communications, Mass Media, Foreign Aid, and Financial Crisis
- Political Geography:
- United States
3. Experimentation and Evolution in Private U.S. Funding of Media Development
- Author:
- Anne Nelson
- Publication Date:
- 10-2009
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- National Endowment for Democracy
- Abstract:
- U.S. foundations have long funded programs in both “media development” and “media for development,” but recent political and economic trends have shifted the balance between the two fields. No one disputes the value of media development, which promotes independent news media. Nor do they doubt the importance of media for development, which emphasizes the communication of critical information to vulnerable populations, whether or not the information or the media involved meet the definition of “news.” But as U.S. journalism has entered a period of crisis, along with its philanthropies, these institutions, which have historically funded media development, have retrenched. With the U.S. advertising-based business model in peril, new avenues and approaches are being explored, with a greater emphasis on addressing the domestic model before trying to apply it abroad.
- Topic:
- Mass Media and Foreign Aid
- Political Geography:
- United States
4. Experimentation and Evolution in Private U.S. Funding of Media Development
- Author:
- Anne Nelson
- Publication Date:
- 10-2009
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- National Endowment for Democracy
- Abstract:
- U.S. foundations have long funded programs in both “media development” and “media for development,” but recent political and economic trends have shifted the balance between the two fields.
- Topic:
- Mass Media and Foreign Aid
- Political Geography:
- United States