Marie Nemcova steps down as COO, Bilal Randeree appointed Chief Program Officer MDIF update 3 February 2025 Marie (Majka) Nemcova has stepped down as Media Development Investment Fund’s Chief Operating Officer after 29 years, effective February 1. … Read more
Central European floods: A big test for a small news outlet Impact on societyMDIF clientsMDIF update 17 January 2025 By Dhyanesh Vaishnav Doom on the horizon Early September 2024. Monsoon has made its entry into Europe. In Opole, a … Read more
Luciana Cardoso joins MDIF and shares do’s and don’ts for media business MASMDIF update 6 January 2025 We are delighted to welcome Luciana Cardoso to our team. As Media Business Advisor, Luciana will be working with the … Read more
Four MDIF clients and partners win AI Innovation Grant MDIF clientsMDIF update 11 December 2024 Four of our clients and media partners, Daily Maverick, The Republic, Scroll.in and Sowt, have been awarded an AI innovation … Read more
De-risking press freedom MDIF updatePluralis 21 November 2024 Stanford Social Innovation Review has published “De-risking press freedom”, an article by our Chief Strategy Officer Patrice Schneider. Patrice considers … Read more
“The power of visual evidence is under threat”: What do Nigerian elections teach us? MDIF updateNAMIP 6 November 2024 Only 26.72 percent of the total 93.47 million registered voters came out to vote during last year’s Presidential elections in … Read more
MDIF exits South Africa’s Mail & Guardian MDIF update 30 October 2024 Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF), a New York-based not-for-profit investment fund, has sold its majority shareholding in South Africa’s Mail … Read more
Media Literacy Week: Why it’s critical to democracy MDIF update 24 October 2024 In January 2024, the World Economic Forum’s Global Risk Report 2024 predicted that over the next two years, mis/disinformation will … Read more
International Podcast Day: How news podcasts can help media reach new audiences MDIF update 30 September 2024 When the team at Tempo, a weekly print magazine started in Indonesia in 1971, launched the Bocor Alus Politik podcast … Read more
