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Public-service content attracts financial support in Africa, SE Asia, and Latin America What follows is the Content and Impact chapter of SembraMedia’s Inflection Point International study of 200+ digital native media in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Read the full report here–also in Spanish and Portuguese. It is republished under Creative Commons 4.0 ShareAlike international […]
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In Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, digital natives are innovating and thriving What follows is the Executive Summary of SembraMedia’s Inflection Point International study of 200+ digital native media, with findings and recommendations on their impact, innovation, threats, business models, and teams. Read the full report here–also in Spanish and Portuguese. It is republished under […]
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Digital natives are leading the way to produce quality journalism for their communities Versión del post en español Each year, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas puts on a series of roundtable discussions with Latin American journalists. It’s called the Coloquio Iberoamericano, and it’s conducted in Spanish, but the staff prepared summaries in […]
Read More »This post is part of a study that identifies 20 media organizations from 16 countries and four regions –Eastern and Central Europe, Western Europe, Latin America, and the United States– that have developed sustainable business models for high-quality journalism. This list is by no means exclusive. The examples were chosen to present a variety […]
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BOGOTA, Colombia — Independent news media in Latin America often lack the financial resources to act as a counterweight to the political powers and multinational businesses in the region. But these media, many of them digital natives, have found that by banding together they can multiply their scarce resources and magnify their impact beyond their […]
Read More »Women are taking a leadership role in the development of digital journalism in Latin America, according to a new study of 100 startups. The study, Inflection Point, by SembraMedia in partnership with Omidyar Network, offers many clues to achieving the elusive goal of sustainability for new digital media. Click to enlarge. One clue is that women have the skills and experience […]
Read More »A new study of 100 digital news startups in Latin America by SembraMedia in partnership with Omidyar Network — Inflection Point — offers many clues to achieving the elusive goal of sustainability. Extensive interviews with the founders — 25 each from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico — produced data that clarified the elements of successful […]
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