A Mouthpiece for Truth: Foreign Aid for Media Development and the Making of Journalism in the Global South

Abstract

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Geojournalism, data journalism and crowdsourcing: The case of Eco-Nai+ in Nigeria

“…Technological advancements have disrupted traditional profit-generation methods, forcing media managers to rethink their strategies (Küng, 2007). In the Global South, journalistic projects increasingly rely on foreign aid, which can sometimes compromise journalistic independence and influence content (Lugo-Ocando, 2020).…”

THE CIPER AND IDLREPORTEROS’ CONTENT STRATEGY: consequences of changing platform from Facebook to Twitter

“…The new digital-native organizations in that part of the world tend to be non-profit-oriented by nature -small in size with fewer than five journalists who are often junior reporters under the direction of veteran investigative journalists -and are only present on online platforms. These organizations have scored unprecedented success in terms of breaking news stories through investigative reporting, and have won some of the most important prestigious awards in the field of news reporting such as: sharing the Pulitzer Prize for their work on the Panama Papers; the Premio Gabo 2019; the Prize of the Alliance Against Poverty; and, the Global Shining Light Award by the Global Investigative Journalism Network, among others (Lugo-Ocando, 2020;Requejo-Alemán & Lugo-Ocando, 2014;Salaverría et al, 2019).…”

“…However, the problem in defining any new social contract is that these new actors are not all the same, nor can they be interpreted as a single effort of counter-power since they have different traditions, business models and are managed by individuals with their own ideologies and agendas. Moreover, they are dependent upon a variety of funding pots that represent a variety of corporative and geo-political interests (Lugo-Ocando, 2020;Olmedo-Salar & Lugo-Ocando, 2018;Requejo-Alemán & Lugo-Ocando, 2014).…”

Chapitre 4 – Une figure centrale mais éphémère du journalisme en Égypte : le journaliste du « mouvement social »

“…L'instrumentalisation du soutien à la presse comme un outil de politique extérieure n'est pas nouvelle. L'empire espagnol appuyait financièrement le développement de journaux pro-empire dans ses colonies d'Amérique latine au XVII e siècle, et les États-Unis encourageaient l'émergence de nouveaux médias pendant la Guerre froide en prônant la « liberté d'expression » face au « communisme » (Lugo Ocando, 2018). Aujourd'hui, ces interventions étrangères dans un champ journalistique national sont légitimées par des standards internationaux (les objectifs de développement durable de l'ONU, les priorités de l'Union européenne) ou au nom de valeurs prétendument universelles (liberté d'expression, pluralisme, droit à l'information et à la participation au débat public).…”