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MDIF is looking for a part-time Program Coordinator to assist its Media Advisory Services (MAS) team.  The position will be based in Prague, Czech Republic, and will support the efforts…

Media Advisory Services, Media Development Investment Fund’s technical assistance department, is seeking consultancy expertise for remote and in-country work to further strengthen its network of professionals delivering sustainable improvements in…

Hostility towards independent media in Montenegro is growing once again, with the Vijesti daily and web portal being subjected to cyberattacks, abuse by government-aligned media and other intimidation. Since President…

With digital advertising failing to provide the revenues many media companies need to sustain their news operations, outlets around the world are looking for additional or alternative sources of income…

One hundred percent of MDIF clients asserted that last year their reporting on at least one of the topics MDIF gathers data on—corruption, accountability, social issues and elections—created impact that…

Ahmed Sheikh Mohamed, the former Managing Director of independent station Radio Daljir, was arrested by security forces in the town of Garowe in the semi-autonomous northern Somalian province of Puntland…

Jim Egan, Chief Executive Officer of BBC Global News, has joined the Board of Directors of Media Development Investment Fund in a non-executive capacity. As CEO of the BBC’s international…

MDIF clients and their staff continue to uphold high journalistic standards, producing pioneering news reports and innovations that make an impact on their countries or regions. Since the beginning of…

MDIF CEO Harlan Mandel penned an op-ed for the EUObserver, a Brussels-based news site, to draw attention to problem of media capture in Europe, a situation when governments and…