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Membership Puzzle Project and Media Development Investment Fund today announced the reopening of the Membership in News Fund, a global fund to catalyze membership design in newsrooms around the…

Kerstin Mogull, who recently stepped down as Managing Director of Tate (encompassing Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St. Ives), has joined Media Development Investment Fund’s Board of…

MDIF’s Koreel Lahiri, Kevin Brockland and Tessa Piper presented and moderated sessions at the Splice Beta Online conference running throughout September. Splice is a hub for news, information and advice…

MDIF is seeking five media companies or not-for-profit organizations committed to providing credible, independent news, information or public interest debate for audiences based primarily in Southeast Asia to join its…

Luminate, Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) and the team of Membership Puzzle Project (MPP) today announced a new $400,000 Membership in News Fund to spur innovative work in the use…

The #HoldTheLine Coalition  demands the Philippines authorities drop a barrage of bogus tax and foreign ownership cases against internationally celebrated journalist Maria Ressa and Rappler – the news…

On 13 January Malaysia’s Federal Court reserved judgment after hearing arguments in an unprecedented contempt of court case against online news portal Malaysiakini.com and its Editor-in-Chief Steven Gan for readers…

The impact of COVID-19 on the media industry has been sudden and dramatic. Most obviously, revenues have plummeted while audiences – at least temporarily – surged. The effect in the…

New York, June 23, 2020: Media Development Investment Fund today announced the appointment of Jim Egan as Chief Investment Officer. MDIF, a New York-based not-for-profit investment fund, invests in…