About us

 

Immense changes are reshaping the media landscape, affecting the way citizens are informed, governments and corporations are made accountable, and societies fulfill their potential. These changes and innovations also affect what can be achieved by journalism that upholds pluralism and diversity, transparency and accountability, editorial independence, freedom of expression and information, public service values, and high professional standards.

There is an ever-greater need to examine the political, social and economic consequences of media policymaking, in order to identify those policies that strengthen the public interest,  maximize civic engagement, and make the most of the potential of innovation in media for the public good.

mediapolicy.org is a platform that will document, analyze, discuss and share views on global trends and changes in media policy. It aims to stimulate the exchange of ideas amongst diverse constituencies; to establish and nourish debate from national, regional and global perspectives; and to bring ideas and recommendations to the international arena for setting standards and putting those standards to the test.

How is mediapolicy.org doing this?

  • Document: providing a library of media research and linking the work of leading institutions in the field
  • Analyze: identifying trends, drawing comparisons, assessing the impact of change on value-based journalism and rights-based media policy
  • Discuss: commissioning a range of contrasting opinions and positions
  • Share: reaching out to the community of those interested in media policy research, linking their work, seeking their ideas and engagement
  • Stimulate:  facilitating exchanges for cross-fertilization of ideas
mediapolicy.org promotes debate about policies that create an environment for access and participation. In parallel, it seeks to promote the work of those who monitor governments and private and public institutions to ensure they comply with their obligations to present policies that foment and facilitate public participation in communication.

mediapolicy.org aims to help societies in transition to develop policies in line with best practice and international standards.

mediapolicy.org will monitor the advance of media development as a professional and academic sector.

Whom is mediapolicy.org for?

Activists, academics, civil society organizations, students, policy makers, lawyers, journalists, development practitioners, think tanks and policy research institutes, and any citizen interested in media freedom and the policies that support it

Who is behind mediapolicy.org?

mediapolicy.org is a collaborative effort to ‘connect the dots’ on a wide range of media policy discussions by the organizations listed in the partners page.

mediapolicy.org is hosted by the Media Program of the Open Society Foundation. The Media Program works globally, supporting independent and professional media as crucial players for informing citizens and allowing for their democratic participation in debate; supporting the engagement with policies to manage the current changes in media and communication; and supporting work to improve media laws and to create an enabling legal environment for good, brave and enterprising journalism to flourish.

mediapolicy.org is managed by Miguel Castro