Development - Wednesday, 12 Oct 2011

09.30 - 14.00 The Annual Media Development Round Table

Shaping Media Assistance Policies: Supporting the Media Sector When Markets and Governments Fail

Over the past 60 years, an entire industry has grown up around the enterprise of media assistance – training journalists, modernizing infrastructure, and most recently, offering management support. Yet even the most experienced practitioners are hard-pressed to define what constitutes success or failure in their domain. Shaping Media Development Policies aims to further the conversation on how donors, investors and media executives can re-examine their goals and their toolkits, and take the lead in making financial viability compatible with quality journalism. The session will consider new avenues to support quality content and the public’s right to know in emerging and developing markets.

• Gordana Jankovic, Director, Network Media Program, Open Society Foundations (OSF)
• Helena Bjuremalm, Senior Policy Specialist, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida)
• Marguerite H. Sullivan, Director, Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA)
• Anne Nelson, Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University/ WAN-IFRA Research Consultant
• Harlan Mandel, CEO, Media Development Loan Fund (MDLF)
• Troy Etulain, Senior Advisor for Independent Media Development, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)