The focus of this session will be to explore the progress of the International Fund for Public Interest Media (IFPIM), a bold initiative that seeks to distribute a new raft of resources at scale and s...
Khadija Patel
Khadija Patel pushes words on street corners. She is the Head of Programmes of The International Fund for Public Interest Media and is the former editor-in-chief of the Mail & Guardian in South Africa. She is also a co-founder of The Daily Vox and chairperson of the International Press Institute (IPI). As a journalist she has produced work for Sky News, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, Quartz, City Press and the Daily Maverick, among others. She is also a research associate at WISER (Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Witwatersrand). She is passionate about the enhancement and protection of global media as a public good.
How can news outlets’ editorial independence be safeguarded in an era of declining revenues?
The issues of financial vulnerability and media outlets’ editorial independence are inextricably intertwined. Radical changes in news consumption, disrupted business models and dire economic repercu...
