Advocacy… JFF #004: Journalism, inequality & engagement 6 May 201924 Mar 2023 [Cross-posted from the Journalism Funders Forum website, where you can sign up for this newsletter.] This month, we’re taking a closer look at the correlation between journalism and inequality. TL;DR: …
Innovation… JFF #003: The blurring lines of journalism 28 Mar 201924 Mar 2023 [Cross-posted from the Journalism Funders Forum website, where you can sign up for this newsletter.] This month, we’re looking at how boundaries in the journalism field are blurring and how…
Announcements… Sameer talks Philanthropy and Journalism on the Giving Thought Podcast 27 Mar 201924 Mar 2023 In my line of work, I get to meet - and sometimes work with - a range of really talented people with exceptional minds, and Rhodri Davies is unquestionably one…
Advocacy… JFF #002: The rising tide of media capture 13 Mar 201924 Mar 2023 [Cross-posted from the Journalism Funders Forum website, where you can sign up for this newsletter.] This month, we’re taking a closer look at the worldwide phenomenon of media capture. TL;DR:…
Human Rights… JFF #001: The Gender-Media Relationship 12 Feb 201924 Mar 2023 [Cross-posted from the Journalism Funders Forum website, where you can sign up for this newsletter.] Our goal is to take you on a journey through some of the major forces…
Advocacy… Cairncross Submission 4/4: What are the information needs of UK citizens? 5 Oct 201817 Jan 2020 This is the fourth of four suggestions I made to the Cairncross Review in September 2018. [Here are the first, second and third.] The information ecosystem for citizens in the UK is largely terra incognita In…
Advocacy… Cairncross Submission 3/4: Build the infrastructure of the field 5 Oct 201817 Jan 2020 This is the third of four suggestions I made to the Cairncross Review in September 2018. [Here are the first, second and fourth.] A fragmented UK journalism field with patchy infrastructure and support The connective tissue…
Advocacy… Cairncross Submission 2/4: Set up a media innovation fund 5 Oct 201817 Jan 2020 This is the second of four suggestions I made to the Cairncross Review in September 2018. [Here are the first, third and fourth.] Transformation and Innovation Funds, and other field catalysts As others have advocated here,…
Advocacy… Cairncross Submission 1/4: Allow charitable status for journalism 5 Oct 201817 Jan 2020 This is the first of four suggestions I made to the Cairncross Review in September 2018. [Here are the second, third and fourth.] Charitable status Submissions by other parties, including Rachel Oldroyd/The Bureau of Investigative Journalism,…
Advocacy… Our submission to the Cairncross Review 5 Oct 201817 Jan 2020 The Cairncross Review — the one set up by DCMS (the UK’s culture/media/sport ministry) to look into how to rescue the local press — closed its call for evidence a few weeks…
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