A report on media innovation and funding written by scholars and journalists is now available in Spanish, titled Nuevas direcciones en la innovación y financiación de los medios de comunicación.
The report features insights from leading researchers and practitioners who participated in a 2023 ICA post-conference in Toronto. The report is now out in three languages – English, French, and Spanish – making it accessible to a broader audience.
The report comes at a crucial time when media organizations worldwide are grappling with unprecedented challenges. Scholars and journalists detail in the report the evolving landscape of journalism funding and innovation.
This research contributes to the growing field of journalism innovation studies, which has seen substantial growth in recent years. Some of the report findings explore novel funding mechanisms and innovative practices to ensure sustainability in a continuously unstable market.
The report explores the need for new, human-centred approaches to journalism. Whether it’s in practices, government policies or media funding, the contributors explore a wide range of pertinent issues in journalism around the world.
From the Swiss media adapting to the digital transformation to the paradoxes and political undermining of Egyptian journalism to the challenges of launching an Indigenous digital news start-up on a sustainable funding model, contributors stress the need for systemic industry change.
Citation: Young, Mary Lynn, Hermida, Alfred & Castaneda, Camila eds. (2025). Nouvelles Orientations en Innovation et Financement Des Médias (version française), Global Journalism Innovation Lab, University of British Columbia.
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