For updates on the project, including the most recent country reports generated following its 2025 methodological revamp, please consult the Media Influence Matrix new digital platform. Read below the reports on Colombia in the Media Influence Matrix project (the Spanish version follows). Country Factsheet Government, Politics and Media Regulation Funding Journalism Technology, Public Sphere and Journalism…
This project documents models of advertising spending aimed at supporting media outlets and journalistic initiatives for the public value they create. Photo by Tânia Mousinho on Unsplash
This project maps approaches by businesses and corporations to supporting media outlets with a view to identify good practices and tactics that can be replicated elsewhere. Independent media around the world are in crisis. Failing market conditions, the loss of advertising revenue to big tech, and autocratic encroachment in the media sector have made it…
This project focuses on analyzing the structure of costs and income in media enterprises with a view to understanding the main trends in profitability. The project collects case studies from a diverse range of countries to identify the most common forms of income that media outlets have been generating during their transition to the digital…
This project maps funds that have been established since 1990 with the aim of supporting media and journalism. The project’s goal is to identify good and bad practices as well as to offer practical advice and support to private businesses and philanthropies interested in setting up such support mechanisms. Photo by Firmbee.com on Unsplash
In a new report for the Center for International Media Assistance, Marius Dragomir and a group of MJRC experts analyze the impactful ways that the private sector in CEE is engaging in efforts to counter disinformation and bolster independent journalism. The research consisted of two phases: one global mapping of good practices of engagement between private businesses and independent…
Examples of successful advocacy are rare today, chiefly because many organizations do not spend sufficient time analyzing the specific environment in which they are going to advocate, particularly the main sources of influence in decision-making at various levels. Tested on dozens of organizations in the past decade, our approach is based on a thorough analysis…
Strategic evaluation is the center’s main strength in impact assessment. We have expertise in two types of strategic evaluation. One is focused on general organizational evaluation where we analyze the quality of strategies and the activities through which organizations want to achieve their strategic objectives. The second is focused on advocacy planning, starting from the first…
A new report in the Media Influence Matrix analyzes key trends in Argentina’s media ownership and financing. Although the Argentinian media system is a dynamic market that comprises numerous media outlets of all types, there is a major difference between the large media groups that tend to have a national reach and the rest of…
Simone Benazzo has joined the Media and Journalism Research Center’s Fellowship Program. The focus of his research project at MJRC is on investigating the active role that critical journalism can play in holding autocratic rulers to account, even under hostile conditions. His research will focus on Central and Southeastern Europe, a region where he will…