Pathways to Media Reform in Sub‑Saharan Africa: Reflections from a Regional Consultation
This report lays out a vision for how the continuing struggle for vibrant, independent, and plural media systems in the…
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In Repressive Countries, Citizens Go ‘Dark’ to Share Independent News
This document explores how the blind spot, dubbed “dark social,” originates when visitors arrive from links shared by email, text,…
Building Regional Strategies for Media Development in the Middle East and North Africa
The media community in MENA faces profound challenges. Resurgent authoritarianism, complex economic threats to media’s viability, and the growing proliferation…
Defending Independent Media: A Comprehensive Analysis of Aid Flows
This document analyses how when donors provide assistance to the media sector, they frequently back projects that aim to strengthen…
Fighting SLAPPs: What Can Media, Lawyers, and Funders Do?
This report discusses tactics that journalists, activists, and defense lawyers can use to defang strategic lawsuits against public participation, or…
How Media Taxes Can Burden News Outlets: The Case of Uganda
In July 2018, the government of Uganda implemented a tax on individual users of Media platforms. In the first three…
Local Radio Stations in Africa: Sustainability or Pragmatic Viability?
This report dicusses how when it comes to evading censorship, reaching mass audiences, and overcoming sometimes-costly barriers to entry, digital…
Media in Latin America: A Path Forward
The Center for International Media Assistance and Deutsche Welle Akademie have launched a series of regional consultations with media stakeholders–civil…
Quitting Banditry, Exiting Conflict: Pathways, Options and Way Forward
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has taken a leading role in nurturing Nigeria’s democracy through cultivating peaceful co-existence,…
Two-Day National Dialogue On Managing Farmer-Herder Relations In Nigeria
While farmer-herder conflict now exists in every region of Nigeria, it has evolved into banditry and terrorism in parts of…