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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 address existential threats to independent outlets worldwide.
- Across Europe, governments are tightening budgets for public media, while Khadija Patel, IFPIM director, noted that independent media lack solutions to navigate platformization and declining revenues.
- Jazm Acu, co-founder at Surti, told Global Citizen the Paraguayan outlet uses visual journalism to engage audiences under 30, supported by IFPIM grants since 2024.
- 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.
- The International Fund has channeled over 86 million USD to 144 outlets globally, including support for over 200 journalists in Palestine continuing to report despite financial instability.
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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 Sources29
Leaning Left22Leaning Right0Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution88% Left
Bias Distribution
- 88% of the sources lean Left
88% Left
L 88%
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