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Prue Clarke's avatar

Love this. The same argument can be made in the international media space where most of the philanthropy supporting journalism in low income countries goes to international publishers, international organizations and relatively little goes to the local media in the countries where the journalism can have as much or more impact.

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Barbara Raab's avatar

Thanks for calling attention to this critical need. One thought: perhaps there can/should be a different/broader appeal for local funding. "Democracy" resonates with national funders; not so sure it works as well locally. I am not saying local funders don't care about democracy, but they often do not use that framing. They tend to talk more about, for example, the health of their communities, and perhaps there ought to be a framing that talks about how trustworthy information is part of community health. Heck, sometimes local funders care about high school sports scores; "democracy" doesn't quite hit the nail on that head. In short, I think there can be better appeals to local funders than there currently are.

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