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Media and Journalism Research Center
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We are an independent media research and policy think tank that seeks to improve the quality of media policymaking and the state of independent media and journalism through research, knowledge sharing and financial support.
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The latest Journalism Funders Forum newsletter is out! In this edition, our colleague Robert Nemeth speaks with Jonathan Heawood, Director of the Public Interest News Foundation, about how the organisation addresses the crisis in public-interest journalism.
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Rebuilding Local Journalism: Inside the Public Interest News Foundation’s Strategy - Journalism Funders Forum
Photo credit: International Journalism Festival 2024 / Diego Figone Jonathan Heawood, Executive Director of the Public Interest News Foundation, explains
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November 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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🇸🇰 #Slovakia: The fifth country report in our new series of Media Capture Monitoring Reports for 2025 is out. In this one, IPI & @mjrc.bsky.social examine the state of play & compliance with #EMFA in Slovakia. Download👇
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Slovakia: Media Capture Monitoring Report 2025 – ipi.media
The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) today publish a new report examining media capture in Slovakia in 2025 and the country’s compliance with…
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November 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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In today’s audio brief, drawing on our State Media Monitor project, we take a closer look at the public broadcaster in Czechia. open.spotify.com/episode/7nlb...
Staying Alive: Czech Public Broadcasting’s Path to Independence
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November 27, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Hungary is the EU Member State with the most sophisticated model of media capture, Review of Democracy's Co-managing Editor Robert Nemeth writes in a report published by the International Press Institute (IPI) and the Media and Journalism Research Center. democracyinstitute.ceu.edu/articles/rob...
Robert Nemeth: Media Capture Monitoring Report: Hungary. Measuring EMFA Compliance | CEU Democracy Institute
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November 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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We've released yesterday our 2026-2028 strategy which for the next 3 years will guide our research and priorities as we adapt to changes in the global information landscape.
#research #strategy #MediaCapture #QuantumInternet #technology#journalism #media
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Media and Journalism Research Center Publishes Strategy for 2026–2028 – Media and Journalism Research Center
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November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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انضموا إلينا غدا في حوار مباشر مع @MJRC.bsky.social بعنوان "من البيانات إلى العناوين".

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لقاء ضروري لكل صحفي وباحث مهتم بمستقبل الإعلام!

سجل الآن للحضور: journalismresearch.circle.so/c/events/fro...
From Dataset to Headline: The Story of a Data-Driven Investigation | Media and Journalism Exchange
How does media bias actually work? We often feel it, but how can we measure it? Go "under the hood" of a real-world data journalism investigation in this exclusive 30-minute dialogue. See how Anmat, a data-driven research initiative, transformed a data...
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October 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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The updated State Media Monitor database along with the 2025 global study, authored by Marius Dragomir and Muhammad Rayhansyah Jasin, covering 606 media outlets across 170 countries, is now published. journalismresearch.org/2025/10/glob...
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October 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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We’re refreshing our roster of experts, journalists & local contributors.

Join the MJRC Exchange to take part in paid projects gathering data, sharing insights & providing local information.

A global space where seekers & providers of information connect.

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September 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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An excellent article in the latest Journalism Funders Forum newsletter explores the Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) as a leading model for supporting impactful cross-border investigative journalism.
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How IJ4EU Turns Public and Philanthropic Funds into Impactful Journalism - Journalism Funders Forum
Combining EU and philanthropic funding, the Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) fund has become a model for supporting cross-border investigative
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June 12, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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We’re excited to announce the publication of a new article from our State Media Monitor project: Do governments treat public media differently by ideology—or are all parties tempted to use it as a political tool?
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When the Ballot Box Becomes a Broadcast Booth: How Europe’s Public Media Are Caught in the Crossfire of Politics - Media and Journalism Research Center
In many European countries, the independence of public service media rises and falls with the political tide. All too often, a new government doesn’t just take power—it takes the newsroom. One of the ...
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June 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Here's a new article summary by our colleague Robert Nemeth for the Journalism Funders Forum newsletter, highlighting Alison McAdam’s piece in Journalism Studies on a new approach to local news sustainability. In the Journalism Funders Forum newsletter.

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Rethinking “Sustainability” for Local News - Journalism Funders Forum
In an article published in Journalism Studies, Alison McAdam outlines a multidimensional approach to sustainability that expands the primary economic
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June 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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An excellent piece contributed by Robert Nemeth for the Journalism Funders Forum as part of our Media and Journalism Research Center cooperation with Philea - Philanthropy Europe Association, focused on how TikTok is used to share news content.
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The Opportunities and Pitfalls of Using TikTok for News - Journalism Funders Forum
TikTok has been rapidly emerging as a major news source, particularly for younger audiences. Its preference for relatable, personality-driven content
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May 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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An article by Michaela Terenzani for The Slovak Spectator covers the panel discussion our director, Marius Dragomir took part in during the World Between the Lines Festival in Bratislava, where media capture was the central topic. More details below.
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Media Freedom Under Pressure Across Europe - Media and Journalism Research Center
Media capture by national governments—along with the takeover of regulatory bodies and the branding of critical journalists as foreign agents—is increasingly being used in parts of Europe to silence i...
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May 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Insightful 💡piece from our @mjrc.bsky.social researcher and expert Robert Nemeth breaking down the key takeaways from this year's Journalism Funders Forum powwow.
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Funding Journalism in a Shifting Landscape: Collective Solutions for a Global Crisis - Journalism Funders Forum
Funders, journalists, and civic actors are rethinking how to defend media freedom amid funding cuts, political intimidation, legal threats, and the
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May 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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When an independent media outlet gets €0.05 per daily user from the state advertisement budget, but a pro-government media provider takes in €60 per user, you known something's off. A new financia analysis of Hungarian media released today
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New Report Reveals Political Influence Skewing Financial Outcomes in Hungarian Media - Media and Journalism Research Center
London / Tallinn / Santiago de Compostela — A new study released today by the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) uncovers how political interference in Hungary is distorting the financial lan...
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May 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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A new study led by the @thomsonfoundation.bsky.social and our center explores how people in #Hungary, #Romania and #Poland are changing the way they consume news—and what it means for journalism. journalismresearch.org/2025/05/new-...
New Study: How Social Media Is Redefining News and Public Trust in Eastern Europe - Media and Journalism Research Center
London / Tallinn / Santiago de Compostela — A new study by the Thomson Foundation and the Media and Journalism Research Center (MJRC) offers timely and critical insights into how rapidly evolving audi...
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May 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Marius Dragomir’s latest article for Perry World House takes a closer look at how governments often find themselves both fighting and fueling disinformation at the same time.
Read the full piece below:
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Mastering the Paradox: How Governments Fight and Feed Disinformation at Once - Perry World House
Instances of politicians perpetuating falsehoods in public discourse have become disturbingly commonplace in recent times. Bill Adair, the creator of PolitiFact—a Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking ...
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May 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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We're proud to share that our expert Adriana Mutu, Ph.D. has joined the Twinning Project, an initiative aimed at aligning Ukraine’s audiovisual media regulatory framework with EU standards. medeamed.org/2025/04/24/a...
Adriana Mutu Brings EU Expertise to Ukraine’s Audiovisual Media Reform in AGCOM-Led Twinning Project – MEDEA
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May 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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New Article Alert! Our expert Jonáš Syrovátka explores the intersection of elections, misinformation, public dissatisfaction, and manipulation in his latest piece for Medium.cz (Seznam.cz). 📖 Read the full article here in Czech: medium.seznam.cz/clane…
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May 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Marius Dragomir Wins the Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award 2025 - Media and Journalism Research Center
Our director, Marius Dragomir—who also serves as editor of the Media Capture Monitoring Report—has been awarded the 2025 Media and Democracy Karol Jakubowicz Award for his work on the Media Capture Mo...
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April 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Our Media and Journalism Research Center fellow Cerasel O. Cuteanu published a post on the center's Medium blog about an incident that speaks volumes about the imposture we see today in politics.
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Masks Off: Is Political Deception Working Its Magic? - Media and Journalism Research Center
Our colleague Cersasel Cuteanu has just published a new article examining how the MAGA movement is unfolding in Romania. He explores how the Romanian government has been attempting (not always smoothl...
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April 26, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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A new analysis in our Global Media Finances Map is out, this time looking at the past five years of finances in Belgium's largest media companies. We @mjrc.bsky.social work on populating its website with more financial datasets in the following months.
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A Comparative Financial Analysis of Dominant Media Groups in Belgium – Global Media Finances Map
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April 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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A highly recommended academic article about the correlations (if any) between trust in media and people paying for news written by an amazing team of researchers.
A summary in the newsletter that we @mjrc.bsky.social produce for Journalism Funders Forum.
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Trust Has a Price?! Unravelling the Dynamics Between Trust in the Media and the Willingness to Pay in the Post-Pandemic Scenario - Journalism Funders Forum
A 2023 survey conducted in Austria with 1,000 participants investigated the relationship between media trust and consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for
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April 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Delighted to see the fruits of our collaborative research with the @globalfreemedia.bsky.social spotlighted in the latest edition of the CEU Democracy Institute Review of Democracy journal.
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The European Media Freedom Act: The Solution to Capture or Just Fine Print? | Review of Democracy
As the EU pushes new media freedom standards, the threat of media capture is persistent across Europe. In this op-ed, Oliver Money-Kyrle analyzes the threat, examining how governments manipulate media...
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April 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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A great interview by our colleague Robert Nemeth for the Journalism Funders Forum newsletter with Martin Kotynek, Founding Director of the Media Forward Fund.
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“There Is a Lack of Skill in Media Management” - Journalism Funders Forum
Image credit: Peter Rigaud Martin Kotynek, Founding Director of the Media Forward Fund, stresses the need for sustainable business models in journalism to
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April 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM