The MSI uses five fundamental objectives to assess to what extent a media system is independent, sustainable and successful.
IWPR supports local reporters, citizen journalists and civil society activists in countries in conflict, crisis and transition around the world.
IWPR operates major programmes in Afghanistan, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Iraq, the Balkans, Congo DRC, Tunisia and Uganda.
Together with local partners, Internews activities include establishing and supporting media outlets, journalist associations, and broadcast networks.
Internews also has special programs to improve reporting on the environment, humanitarian crises, public health and women's issues.
[3] The International Center for Journalists is a non-profit, professional organization located in Washington, D.C., that promotes quality journalism worldwide in the belief that independent, vigorous media are crucial in improving the human condition.
Aiming to raise the standards of journalism, ICFJ offers hands-on training, workshops, seminars, fellowships and international exchanges to reporters and media managers around the globe.
Programs focus on primary and secondary levels, through higher education, and continuing into professional training.
Through low-cost capital (mainly loans), business training and other advice and support, it aims to help news outlets committed to responsible journalism become commercially sustainable, believing that only financially independent news media can stay editorially independent over the long term.
In 1998 MDIF also founded CAMP (Centre for Advanced Media-Prague) which provided technology support to independent media in developing countries.
The U.S. Agency for International Development is the largest single U.S. funder, public or private, of independent media abroad.
USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI), which was created in 1994 to provide a quick response mechanism in times of crisis, including post-war situations, spent $3 million on international media sector development in 2006.
Other State Department bureaus, such as the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, also support international media work.
Dollar amounts are tied to countries’ progress on several key indicators, including improved press freedom.
MCC has incorporated media development in at least five of the countries: Malawi, Moldova, Niger, Tanzania, and Ukraine.
The Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) is an initiative of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
The center works to improve the effectiveness of existing media development efforts by conducting research and bringing together a broad range of experts to share their experiences.
CIMA's mission is based on the conviction that free and independent media play an indispensable role in developing sustainable democracies around the world.
It is also responsible for helping fund and launch some programs in media development, including the Knight News Challenge.
It is funded primarily through an annual allocation from the U.S. Congress, within the budget of USAID, the U.S. agency for development assistance, which is part of the U.S. State Department.
Search for Common Ground does some journalism training as well as producing material for radio and TV stations in various locations around the world.
George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs (SMPA) Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) runs an International Reporting Project that works with U.S. journalists to encourage more international reporting Harvard University’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy often publishes reports on relevant topics in media assistance The Nieman Foundation (also at Harvard) runs a fellowship program for journalists (both U.S. and international) to come learn at Harvard Stanford University runs a similar fellowship program called the John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists The BBC Media Action is a British implementer that does direct media development work.
While all its programs are media development-oriented, they focus on Emergency response, Health, Governance and human rights, Education, Environment, and Livelihoods.
The Trust is funded by external grants and voluntary contributions, mainly from the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), the European Union, UN agencies, and charitable foundations.
[12] Internews Europe is an international development organisation that specialises in supporting independent media and free information flows in fragile states, emerging democracies and some of the world's poorest countries.
It seeks to ensure that all people have an honest, factual account of what is happening in the world through improving journalism and communication.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization funds some media development programs.
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) is in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) accredited with World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) of the United Nations and UN WSIS prize winner 2016 and Champion 2017.
BNNRC's outreach extends to local, national and international forums for communicating Knowledge for Media.