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'Relational trust': why it's the key to saving local news from AI and apathy
IFPIM says it has backed 144 outlets with more than $86 million as local media lose funding and audiences in rural areas.
- In more than 50% of countries, journalism conditions are poor, prompting the International Fund for Public Interest Media to tackle existential threats to independent media globally.
- Independent media struggle with declining revenues and platformization, said Khadija Patel, IFPIM director. Across Europe, governments are tightening budgets for public media, forcing outlets to cut coverage and investigations.
- With IFPIM grant support starting in 2024, the Paraguayan outlet Surti uses visual journalism to engage audiences under 30. Co-founder Jazm Acu told Global Citizen the outlet aims to make news accessible on platforms where audiences communicate.
- Food For Mzansi, launched in 2018 by Ivor Price and Kobus Louwrens, empowers South Africa's smallholder farmers representing more than 2.4 million households largely ignored by traditional media.
- The International Fund has channeled over 86 million USD to 144 outlets globally, including financial support for over 200 journalists in Palestine continuing to report amid conflict.
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Why the World Needs Local Journalism
A world without independent media is a scary thought: authoritarian governments telling journalists what to publish, powerful actors squashing important investigations, and life-saving information being hidden from the public. And yet, in more than 50% of countries around the world, the conditions for journalism are considered poor, calling into question the future of public interest media as outlets are threatened globally. Media organizations …
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Total News Sources56
Leaning Left43Leaning Right0Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution86% Left
Bias Distribution
- 86% of the sources lean Left
86% Left
L 86%
14%
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