It’s no secret that there’s a funding and financing crisis for journalism everywhere around the world. Most of the money to support independent media around the world comes from philanthropies, go...
Anya Schiffrin
Anya Schiffrin is the director of the technology and media specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a senior lecturer who teaches on global media, innovation and human rights. She writes on a number of topics related to journalism sustainability, impact and online disinformation. Her most recent book is the edited collection, Media Capture: How Money, Digital Platforms and Governments Control the News (Columbia University Press 2021). Of late, she’s been looking at government policies to support journalism globally and her most recent report is Saving Journalism 2: Global Strategies and a Look at Investigative Journalism.
Events IJF 2024
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising how we gather, process, and disseminate information. The future impact of this revolution hinges on our technological choices. This panel will address c...
Who is winning the ongoing battle between platforms and publishers? This panel delves into the global impact of the world-first Australian News Media Bargaining Code (NMBC) introduced in 2021, examini...
In many emerging economies, democracy often depends on independent, public-interest journalism to hold the government accountable. This type of journalism – mired in impenetrable policy and deep-div...
Australia’s path-breaking 2021 legislation, which got Google and Meta to pay more than 300 million dollars to media outlets, is being watched by countries around the world that want to emulate it. H...
The last two years have seen moves by governments and foundations around the world to support quality journalism as well as new data that gives insights into how digital native outlets survive and thr...
Global efforts to sustain journalism as a public good have increased in urgency in parallel with escalating pandemic-era threats. Newspaper sales in low- and middle-income countries have been particul...
Surviving the cash crunch: what donors (and Western-oriented media development groups) need to hear from start-ups in the Global South
Is it reasonable to expect digital media start-ups in the Global South to find ways to become sustainable beyond donor funding? A Montclair State University study revealed that the success of non-dono...
Network Propaganda: manipulation, disinformation, and radicalization in American politics
Presentation of the book Network Propaganda. Manipulation, disinformation, and radicalization in American politics (Oxford University Press, 2018) by Robert Faris. Moderated by Anya Schiffrin. Is so...
Media capture, the control of journalism outlets by business tycoons and their government cronies, has already existed. In the digital age however it takes new forms. This panel will discuss the role ...
We live in a time when trust is in decline: trust in politicians, trust in institutions, trust in media, even trust in experts. We are drowning in spin and opinions at the same time as many of us are ...
What does it take to launch a media startup in the Global South that does serious reporting on the subjects that matter? How do these outlets survive in climates that are cracking down on journalism? ...
With press freedom increasingly under attack and violence against journalists on the rise, there is much to be said about the state of media today. Most media organizations, however, shy away from rep...
Investigative journalists have much in common, not least an obsessive attention to detail and a compulsion to keep digging when most normal people would move on. But are these inherent character trait...
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