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MDIF launches $2.4m capacity building program for Burmese media

10 December 2015

New York, 10 December 2015: Media Development Investment Fund today announced the launch of a $2.4 million capacity building program …

MDIF Impact Dashboard 2015

11 November 2015

Impact assessment is a critical part of our work. Since 2005, we have published our Impact Dashboard to publicly present …

MDIF Selected for the ImpactAssets 50 2015

21 October 2015

Media Development Investment Fund has been selected for the ImpactAssets 50 (IA 50), a free, online resource for impact investors …

Fondation Hirondelle interviews MDIF’s Chief Strategy Officer

20 October 2015

In a special newsletter marking its 20th anniversary, Swiss Foundation Hirondelle examines the vital role of independent news and information …

Digital media innovator Mohamed Nanabhay joins MDIF as Deputy CEO

1 October 2015

South African digital media practitioner, entrepreneur and strategist Mohamed Nanabhay has joined Media Development Investment Fund as Deputy CEO. Nanabhay, …

Guatemalan President jailed after exposure of massive corruption

6 September 2015

President Otto Pérez Molina, who waged a long campaign of intimidation against investigative daily elPeriódico, was forced to resign on …

MDIF Portfolio Review 2014

31 July 2015

The MDIF Portfolio Review 2014 provides an overview of the performance of our investment portfolio, including visualisations of allocations by …

Media freedom under attack in Western Balkans

22 July 2015

A Human Rights Watch study confirms that journalists in the Western Balkans – Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia; …

Chia Ting Ting: The business force behind Malaysia’s digital news leader

23 June 2015

Chia Ting Ting, the top advertising executive at Malaysia’s largest online news portal, appreciates something that many press advocates overlook: …