Insights

Insights from an in-depth country profile prepared by JX Fund with support of The Fix Research and Advisory.

After 25 years of reporting on the Balkans, Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space, OBCT is still experimenting with how specialist journalism can reach wider audiences, work across borders and become less dependent on short-term funding.

An oral history of the Future Media Management program by the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga.

Act3 founder John Taylor explains why you need to publish podcast summaries, why one episode needs different copy on YouTube than on Spotify, and why bought subscribers rarely pay for themselves.

Aftonbladet’s former head of AI wrote a book exploring the technology’s promises, pitfalls and implications for journalism..

Mathilde Varda, editor of Le Courrier des Balkans, on what it means to report on the Balkans in French, how a cross-border newsroom stays afloat, and why passion alone is not enough.

How El Orden Mundial is building a YouTube strategy without losing its newsroom culture.

Insights from a new report by JX Fund.

The funding floor has collapsed, every publisher now needs a position on which subsidies they’ll accept, and the journalism guild is still mostly talking to itself.

A gamified way to learn media leadership.

There is no blueprint for repression – but there may be a blueprint for a solution.

Adam Reichardt, editor-in-chief of New Eastern Europe, on 15 years of print, the perks of an NGO structure, and whether he’d still launch a print magazine if he were beginning today.

A gamified way to hone knowledge on topics like budget, crisis management, funding pitches, learning to work as a team, and negotiating with team members.