Stanford Social Innovation Review has published “De-risking press freedom”, an article by our Chief Strategy Officer Patrice Schneider. Patrice considers how to fund, protect and grow public interest information and proposes a “third way” of supporting independent media, one that transcends the traditional dichotomy between state control and pure market forces.
He discusses a new model of ownership, an approach that has been embodied in the work of Pluralis – which is managed by MDIF – and its investments, one that offers important lessons for the protection and future of public interest media globally.