The European news media sectors play a crucial and valuable role in Europe. Yet, they are facing multiple challenges. Partially as a result of the digital shift, with readers shifting to online sources and traditional news outlets losing advertising revenues, the economic sustainability of professional journalism has come under pressure. Many media at the local level as well as those putting their public interest mission before profits, have had to close down, weakening media pluralism and posing risks for the good functioning of democracy.
Topic 1. "Journalism Partnerships - Collaborations" aims to support the economical sustainability of news media. It supports cross-border media collaborations focusing, among other aspects, on the resilience of news media organisations. This support shall foster media transformation, trustworthy reporting and skills for news media professionals, for instance by developing new business models and media production standards.
Expected results
- Increased innovation and creativity in business models, journalistic production processes and distribution processes;
- Increased viability of professionally produced journalistic content.
- Increased interest in professionally produced journalistic content, among various social groups, language groups and age groups;
- Increased media collaboration.
- Sector-wide networks for the exchange of best practices among news media organisations and professionals;
- Knowledge-hubs for sub-sectors around technical formats (written/online press,
