International Media SupportLocal media Naše Broumovsko in the #Czech-#Polish border region found purpose and ambition through investing in their own strengths: local insight and presence.
With support from IMS and JournalismFund through the Pluralistic Media for Democracy programme #PM4D, Michaela Mašková and the team had set out to produce content about three marginalised groups – manual labourers, seniors and young people – and some Roma.
Media development is often a long term investment and with an earlier #LM4D grant Naše Broumovsko organised what they called “Local #Journalism Simulator” – a training program for citizen journalists from the community. With #PM4D, they paired several alumni of this programme with professional editors and journalists to produce stories.
Why do we not just report on how many media outlets we supported, how many received a training in AI and in advertising? When impact is documented, shared and celebrated, journalism becomes easier to fund, easier to defend, and harder to ignore.
Read more: https://www.mediasupport.org/there-is-value-in-stories-of-overlooked-people/
With support from IMS and JournalismFund through the Pluralistic Media for Democracy programme #PM4D, Michaela Mašková and the team had set out to produce content about three marginalised groups – manual labourers, seniors and young people – and some Roma.
Media development is often a long term investment and with an earlier #LM4D grant Naše Broumovsko organised what they called “Local #Journalism Simulator” – a training program for citizen journalists from the community. With #PM4D, they paired several alumni of this programme with professional editors and journalists to produce stories.
Why do we not just report on how many media outlets we supported, how many received a training in AI and in advertising? When impact is documented, shared and celebrated, journalism becomes easier to fund, easier to defend, and harder to ignore.
Read more: https://www.mediasupport.org/there-is-value-in-stories-of-overlooked-people/
Steven Vanden Bussche