GFMD IMPACT Consultation on National Funds

Join GFMD IMPACT’s online consultation on national funds to support journalism and public interest media titled “State of the Field – National Journalism Funds” on July 5, at 3 pm CET.

Register here to join the event. 

Agenda

• Introduction (15:00 – 15:05)
  Mira Milosevic, Executive Director, Global Forum for Media Development​
  Sameer Padania, Director, Macroscope

The event will be split into 2 sessions:

• Session 1: Examples of funds that were set in the past lessons learned (15:05-15:25)
  • Q&A (15:25-15:35)
• Session 2: National Journalism Funds – a tool for assisting public interest media – opportunities and challenges (15:35-15:55)
  • Q&A (15:55-16:05)
• Discussion and recommendations (16:05-16:30)

For more information and relevant resources, click here.

About National Journalism funds NJF’s

National journalism fund (NJF) is a type of fund that has a strategic sectoral purpose, and in which governments could play an anchoring and catalytic role, complementing and reinforcing other policy measures.

NJFs are structures that enable governments to provide arm’s length support, without compromising the editorial independence of media that receive support from the fund.

They are designed partly to correct market failures or imbalances and partly to shape or even create aspects of the market, have been established in various forms in several countries and are currently under active discussion in countries including Armenia, Brazil, Sierra Leone, and South Africa.