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This is The Outlook, IPI鈥檚 media innovation newsletter, where we take a look at strategies and tools for innovation and business development, and learn from newsrooms that are implementing them.
In this week鈥檚 newsletter, we will talk about our upcoming event Media Innovation Festival, and about our brand new call for applications for the Local News Accelerator programme.
Innovation in journalism goes to Sarajevo
The Media Innovation Festival takes place in Sarajevo on 22 to 24 May, 2024, and will host a series of engaging panels designed to address current challenges and opportunities in the media landscape. It will happen alongside IPI’s 2024 海角乱伦大神.
Among the highlighted sessions is聽Investigative journalism鈥檚 profit puzzle: Going beyond breaking even,聽which aims to explore sustainable business models in investigative journalism. This panel will provide insights into balancing financial viability while maintaining a mission to deliver聽impactful reporting 鈥撀燼 discussion that does not seem to get old, especially under an uncertain economic landscape.
Another panel,聽Bursting bubbles: Feminist media innovate to reach wider audiences,聽will focus on how feminist media are breaking barriers to expand their reach and influence, as those media organizations聽strive to appeal to broader demographics.
The festival also includes the discussion聽Pivot under pressure: How media innovate through crisis,聽where journalists will give first-hand accounts about news organizations tackling sudden and protracted forms of crisis and developing strategies around opportunities, mitigation and resilience,聽 sharing聽experiences of managing news organizations through crises, from conflict and climate change.
The Revenue Roadmap: An insider鈥檚 playbook to driving impact and paying for your journalism聽will share IPI’s guide to help news organizations identify, test and deliver opportunities for diversifying revenue that pay for your quality, independent journalism.聽You can already check out the聽summary of the guide聽on our website. We will soon be sharing the full version too, so keep an eye on this newsletter.
Finally, the panel聽AI鈥檚 impact on journalism: Evaluating risks and opportunities聽will聽assess how artificial intelligence is reshaping journalism and news strategies, while聽Audience-first journalism: Innovative strategies to build trust in your brand will highlight the importance of audience engagement and trust-building, which are crucial for sustaining a loyal and active readership.
&驳迟;&驳迟;听You can check the full event schedule here.
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The Local News Accelerator is back
This is the second edition of the programme, which offers聽personalized advisory services, tools and guidance to help you reach audiences and empower your teams to grow into an engaged, responsive media brand during and after the accelerator.
We hope to receive applications from small and mid-sized local news organizations that are just starting their ventures or that are pivoting their businesses.
馃挕The numbers:聽In 2023, we received almost 150 applications for this programme, and 12 news organizations were selected.聽Learn more聽about them聽and some of their聽success stories.
>> Apply now to the Local News Accelerator
Opportunities
- 罢丑别听聽will聽cover the travel聽costs of selected journalists that want to cover the聽29th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP29), in聽Azerbaijan, during November 11-22, 2024. Deadline is June 6.
- The Earth Journalism Network (EJN) is offering聽聽of around $20,000 each, in order聽to boost media and journalism initiatives that enhance coverage and spark public dialogue on infrastructure development in Southeast Asia. Deadline is June 9.
