About the Project →

All over Europe small, independent media outlets are emerging. Countering the decline in traditional media, the rise of misinformation, they are still outnumbered, and face significant challenges to their survival.
The Journalism Value Project aims to advance knowledge of and debate around Europe’s independent media. It has three strands: The Survey, documenting the status, The Loop, sharing of experiences, and The Proposal, pointing a way forward.

• Strands of the Journalism Value Project •

Map the field

The Survey

Through an in-depth survey we will map independent media in Europe, the various business models in play, and examine the sector’s sustainability.

Share best practice

The Loop

In more than 20 interviews with leaders from independent media we share best practice and the lived experience of the pioneers of cross-border collaboration, and the challenges they face.

Reframe the debate

The Proposal

By hosting conversations and events we will build on the insights from the Survey and the Loop. We aim to reframe the debate around funding and support of independent media.

Fumaça’s Ricardo Esteves Ribeiro on radical transparency and horizontal decision-making

Audience decision-making Fundraising Sustainability

News September 11, 2024

Mapping an unknown media landscape

How can independent public interest journalism convert its public value into financial value? With the Journalism Value Project, we aim to find that out – by making the most in-depth survey to date on the state of independent public interest media in Europe.

Podcasts - The Loop Episode 13 September 11, 2024

Facta’s founder Elisabetta Tola on how investigative journalism can benefit from scientific methods

Audience methodology Sustainability syndication

Podcasts - The Loop Episode 12 September 2, 2024

Deník Referendum’s Zuzana Vlasatá and Jakub Patočka on monetising impactful stories

Audience Impact SLAPPs Team

News July 29, 2024

The Journalism Value Loop: Get to know Europe’s independent media

Over the last ten years, a wave of innovative new approaches to producing public interest journalism has swept across Europe. A network of 25 independent European newsrooms has formed and share some of their experiences in this podcast.