Category: MDIF clients

10 years of Malaysiakini

29 January 2013

Malaysiakini has been providing “news and views that matter” for 10 years. Watch a montage of their highs and lows …

Media Forum 2010 – Interview with Jeremy Wagstaff

29 January 2013

Jeremy Wagstaff, award-winning writer, columnist and commentator on technology, social media and journalism, explains how curating information is creating new …

Media Forum 2010 – Interview with Fred M’membe, Editor, The Post, Zambia

29 January 2013

Fred M’membe, editor of The Post in Zambia, was released from jail on 7 June 2010 after being held for …

Media Forum 2010 – Interview with Igor Pochynok, Editor-in-Chief, Express, Ukraine

29 January 2013

Igor Pochynok discusses the attacks and threats he and his newspaper have suffered because of their reporting, and explains the …

SME, Slovakia: MDLF’s first loan

22 January 2013

On the first workday in January 1993 in the new Slovak Republic, the board of the state-owned company Smena removed …

Timeline: How Nepalese radio used Facebook to build online audience

1 January 2013

In less than three years, Ujyaalo 90 Network went from having no website and little social media presence to being …

Ukrainian news executive detained as officials pressure independent media

2 November 2012

In the week running up to the 28 October Ukrainian parliamentary elections, MV-Holding, publisher of flagship newspaper Melitopolskije Vedomosti, was …

M&G wins six awards

3 September 2012

won six prizes at the Standard Bank Sikuvile Awards, South Africa’s leading prize recognising excellence in journalism. At an awards …

Helping independent media stay independent in a digital world

25 April 2012

In an op-ed for AlJazeera.com, MDIF Knowledge Bridge Editor and Digital Strategist Kevin Anderson explains why, with much of the …