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Independent Lab: Developing products through developing people

The lab within Independent Media is training technology graduates in media, so they can apply technology in the newsroom and innovate in the media sector.

Media for equity for advertising and media technology startups

The Belgian Roularta Media Group offers selected startups funding, hands-on business advice for the further development and marketing strategy of the start-up and media exposure in return for a share of 5% in their companies.

Media Innovation Mapping – Media Innovation Labs around the world

Media Innovation Mapping research seeks to understand innovation and the organisational structures that exist with news publishers, content producers, research institutions and clusters and technology providers.

Designing print newspapers for sustainability

Print publishers should use graphic design in addition to other tools to improve sustainability, asserts Pedro Matos, a design instructor and researcher at the Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre in Portugal. Publishers must also communicate their environmental efforts more effectively, he says.

Call for submissions “Press For More Award” 2016

The “Press for More Award” honors novel, inventive and promising practices for more and better journalism that guarantee a balanced freedom of expression. Submit your project until 14 March by completing the following submission form press for more award

13 Key recommendations and findings released from global source protection study

Thirteen key recommendations and findings from a global study on the protection of journalism sources in the digital age have been published in Paris today. The study, based on research covering 121 UNESCO Member States, concludes that between 2007 and 2015 there were noteworthy developments in 69% of the countries examined – mainly with negative impact.

Workshop aims to help publishers navigate EU’s Horizon 2020

Despite its €80 billion budget, the European Union’s Programme for Research and Innovation is not widely known by a majority of European publishers. The programme provides funding for every stage of the innovation process from basic research to market uptake, in line with the EU’s commitments under the “Innovation Union.”

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Digital fuels growth in Africa’s media and entertainment industry

After more than a decade of digital disruption, the African entertainment and media industry has entered a new era –where the media between traditional and digital spheres is blurred and consumers want more flexibility and freedom in how they consume content, claims a new report from PwC which looks at future of the South African, Nigeria and Kenyan media markets.

Kompas marks 50 years, World Young Reader prize

On the 50th anniversary of its foundation, Kompas Gramedia – which remains the undisputed leading national daily in Indonesia – has clinched WAN-IFRA’s top World Young Reader Prize for 2015 for its multimedia approach to reaching young people and helping them become more active in society.