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THRIVE
We help independent newsrooms thrive financially, adopting effective business models to ensure they can serve their audiences well into the future.
- Elevate, ICFJ’s news business hub, is providing independent small and mid-size news outlets with the training and resources they need to become financially viable so that they can provide accurate news to their communities.
- Emerging Media Leaders allows media professionals throughout Latin America and the Caribbean to work directly with U.S. media organizations, develop entrepreneurial projects and improve their skills.
- Through our Accelerating Digital Businesses program, over 160 media organizations and journalists of all types, sizes, and locations in Brazil have improved their business models and financial sustainability.
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News outlets, especially those serving local communities and operating in fragile democracies, are facing unprecedented challenges and daunting odds. That’s why we are making a special effort to help journalists create new ventures, build stronger news outlets and achieve financial sustainability.