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By Bilal Randeree, Program Director for Africa & MENA. In a time of global crisis for independent media, only worsened by the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the South…

By Tessa Piper, Program Director for Southeast Asia. In addition to the financial investments that make up the core of MDIF’s work, over the past six years we have been…

By Peter Whitehead, Director of Communications. In the first article in this three-part series on media capture, we looked at the first two steps taken by governments seeking…

By Patrice Schneider, Chief Strategy Officer. On September 15, 2021 in her State of the Union Address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the Commission would…

MDIF Ventures, Media Development Investment Fund’s $1 million fund investing in young media companies with positive social impact serving audiences in countries where access to free and independent news and…

By Magdalena Skrzypek, Impact and Communications Manager. For a decade, the media industry has been undergoing one of the most intensive periods of disruption in its history, with rapid technological…

By Snezana Green, Senior Legal Counsel. Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to a vocal Nazi critic, German journalist Carl von Ossietsky, in 1935 was a warning sign of what four…

MDIF Ventures, Media Development Investment Fund’s $1 million fund investing in young media companies with positive social impact serving audiences in countries where access to free and independent news and…

MDIF today announced that it has invested in Pluralis B.V., an impact investment vehicle for news companies that provide independent, quality reporting in countries in Europe where a plural media…