Public Interest Media Fund

Ensuring the viability of public interest media is central to the aim of USAID's democracy, human rights, and governance strategy to support the consolidation of inclusive and accountable democracies to advance freedom, dignity, and development.

At the December 2021 summit for democracy, the U.S. government will announce several marquee deliverables to support democracy worldwide, including a deliverable to support independent media and the free flow of information. to that end, the usg will be making a substantial investment, via a grant assistance award, to a new international fund for public interest media, a sponsored project of rockefeller philanthropy advisors.

The three main aims of the international fund for public interest media are to: increase the resources available to support independent public interest media in low and middle income countries deploy those resources effectively to both sustain public interest journalism institutions whilst ensuring maximum other revenue is generated and the markets are not distorted develop or contribute to the development of systemic solutions to the current business model challenge by deploying financial, political and knowledge capital.