Four MDIF clients and partners win AI Innovation Grant MDIF clientsMDIF update 11 December 2024 Four of our clients and media partners, Daily Maverick, The Republic, Scroll.in and Sowt, have been awarded an AI innovation … Read more
De-risking press freedom MDIF updatePluralis 21 November 2024 Stanford Social Innovation Review has published “De-risking press freedom”, an article by our Chief Strategy Officer Patrice Schneider. Patrice considers … Read more
“The power of visual evidence is under threat”: What do Nigerian elections teach us? MDIF updateNAMIP 6 November 2024 Only 26.72 percent of the total 93.47 million registered voters came out to vote during last year’s Presidential elections in … Read more
MDIF exits South Africa’s Mail & Guardian MDIF update 30 October 2024 Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF), a New York-based not-for-profit investment fund, has sold its majority shareholding in South Africa’s Mail … Read more
Media Literacy Week: Why it’s critical to democracy MDIF update 24 October 2024 In January 2024, the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2024 predicted that over the next two years, mis/disinformation will … Read more
International Podcast Day: How news podcasts can help media reach new audiences MDIF update 30 September 2024 When the team at Tempo, a weekly print magazine started in Indonesia in 1971, launched the Bocor Alus Politik podcast … Read more
World News Day 2024: The joy of shared truth MDIF update 28 September 2024 The following text is an open letter penned by Branko Brkic, co-founder of Daily Maverick, and Maria Ressa, Nobel prize … Read more
Charity Navigator accredits MDIF as a four-star organization MDIF update 16 September 2024 MDIF is proud to announce that it has earned the top four-star rating from Charity Navigator. Scoring 96/100 points under … Read more
THE BUSINESS OF INDEPENDENT MYANMAR MEDIA POST-COUP: Experimenting with business models inside the country and in exile MDIF update 13 September 2024 A Media Development Investment Fund Report Index Preface Introduction Key Findings Lessons learned Don’t be the boss – a personal … Read more
