Foundation Funded Journalism
As part of the Humanitarian Journalism research project we have been investigating the significance of foundation funding for international journalism and the ethical and political issues associated with it.
Latest Article
Foundation support for international news: Mapping the landscape
By Martin Scott, Kate Wright and Mel Bunce. In this short report, we describe the key features of the landscape of private foundation support for international non-profit journalism. Our findings are based on interviews with …Read More »
Other
‘Doing good’ and ‘looking good’ in global humanitarian reporting (Book chapter)
By Martin Scott (@martinscott2010). This chapter investigates if and how a private donor’s apparent motivation to ‘look good’ – or …Read More »
Who are the intermediaries for international news? Five key questions answered
By Martin Scott (@martinscott2010). The role of non-profit intermediaries in supporting international news has been the subject of growing discussion …Read More »
Foundation-funded Journalism, Philanthro-capitalism and Tainted Donors (Article)
By Kate Wright (@newsprof1). Not-for-profit news organisations are increasingly funded by private foundations, supported by wealthy entrepreneurs. This raises a …Read More »
The influence of foundation funding on international journalism (Article)
By Martin Scott (@martinscott2010). How does donor funding affect the independence, role perceptions, and ideology of the journalism it supports? …Read More »
How does donor funding influence humanitarian journalism?
By Jon Eilenberg. Humanitarian reporting has never been lucrative, and with the ongoing decline in budgets and the squeezing of …Read More »
Foundation funding of international news: The drive for solutions and impact (Article)
By Mel Bunce (@meljbunce). News stories about international development and humanitarian crises are expensive to produce and frequently neglected by …Read More »
Header image:
Photojournalist Knowles-Coursin aboard a UN cargo helicopter
headed to Jonglei State, South Sudan, in late 2013.
