Our partners
Special thanks to the many partners who contributed their research, strengthened our network with their connections, and contributed their expertise and promotional support.
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SembraMedia‘s a mission is to empower journalists and social entrepreneurs to build more sustainable media organizations so that they can have greater editorial independence and impact in their communities.
We take a holistic approach that addresses the complex aspects of running a modern digital media organization. We provide training, mentorship, networking opportunities, and funding that helps media leaders build stronger relationships with their audiences, and improves management, financial, technical, and other skills.
Our research shows that even in the most challenging contexts, the right combination of funding and mentorship can make the difference in ensuring media viability. In more favorable environments, SembraMedia strives to help media leaders build stronger, more successful business models that open up new opportunities for generating an impact on society.
SembraMedia is a U.S. 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with offices in the U.S. and Argentina. Our work is conducted by an international team of entrepreneurial journalists, consultants, and academics with deep knowledge of the more than 60 countries where we work.
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Building on nearly two decades of partnership with the news industry, the Google News Initiative (GNI) was launched in 2018 to bring together efforts across the company to help build a stronger future for news. To date, the Google News Initiative has supported 7000+ news partners in more than 120 countries and territories through more than $300 million in global funding.
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The Ajor (Digital Journalism Association) is a Brazilian non-profit organization that represents more than 150 media outlets.
Our mission is to foster the journalistic ecosystem in Brazil, strengthening its members and defending a freer, more diverse and plural press. Our activities are divided into three axes: promotion of entrepreneurship, defense of journalism and democracy and focus on diversity.
LION Publishers is on a mission to strengthen the local news industry in the U.S. and Canada by empowering independent news publishers to build more sustainable businesses. As a nonprofit professional association, they operate within the journalism-support ecosystem and serve more than 500 members. Many of them, who are news entrepreneurs and experienced journalists, left legacy news organizations to launch or lead independent outlets. These outlets provide critical information to their respective communities, filling gaps in news coverage and serving people historically overlooked or misrepresented in mainstream media.
Research partners
The European Journalism Centre (EJC) is a non-profit foundation based in Maastricht, the Netherlands. Founded in 1992, it has been working independently to support, strengthen and develop journalism in Europe. The EJC believes that resilient, inclusive and progressive media not only delivers better journalism, but also produces many forms of public benefit that make governments and societies function better and strengthen democracy.
Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) is a leading global community for media development, media freedom and journalism support. Through collaboration, coordination and collective action, its network of 147 member organisations — as well as dozens of partners — creates, promotes and delivers policies and programmes to sustain journalism as a public good. GFMD envisages a world in which democracy, human rights and sustainable development benefit from a pluralistic and informed public sphere underpinned by free, independent and viable public-interest media and journalism.
Code for Africa (CfA) is Africa’s largest nonprofit network of digital democracy laboratories, with over 140 full-time forensic researchers, data scientists, technologists (both software and hardware), digital storytellers and peer-mentor trainers working in support of watchdog civil society and investigative media partners in 26 African countries.
The Digital Publishers Alliance (DPA) is one of the peak bodies for Australia’s leading independent publishers, representing over 120 of the country’s top media titles. Established in 2022, the DPA seeks to connect, support and protect a vibrant cross-section of digital publishers who reach a large majority of the Australian population every day.
The Local and Independent News Association (LINA) is a nonprofit industry association supporting a movement of Australian local and independent digital newsrooms. It provides direct support and representation to help newsrooms increase the diversity, quality and relevance of news services in communities across Australia. LINA aims to grow existing and encourage new independent media entrants, as they address the information needs of local communities, strengthen civic engagement, reduce the spread of mis and disinformation, serve diverse and underrepresented voices, enhance social cohesion and community connectedness, and provide essential information for emergency preparedness and community resilience.
Kantar is the world’s leading marketing data and analytics business and an indispensable brand partner to the world’s top companies. Kantar combines the most meaningful attitudinal and behavioural data with deep expertise and advanced analytics to uncover how people think and act. They help clients understand what has happened and why and how to shape the marketing strategies that shape their future.
Promotional partners
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