by Center for International Media Assistance
For nearly two decades, the Media Sustainability Index (MSI) has provided in-depth analysis of the conditions for independent media in 80 countries across the world.
The latest findings from the MSI, from 21 European and Eurasian countries, depict a slowly eroding foundation for independent news in the region. Journalists are under threat, financial pressures are a growing burden on editorial independence, and propaganda and disinformation continue to infiltrate news narratives. How can media experts, civil society, and regulators better respond to such sweeping trends? How will they know they are succeeding in a complex and fast-changing information environment?
IREX Senior Technical Advisor Tara Susman-Peņa will present key trends and conclusions from the 2018 MSI and introduce a new framework for measuring complex information systems, stemming from IREX's vibrant information approach. Rodger Potocki, Senior Director of Europe Programs at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and Nina Jankowicz, Wilson Center Global Fellow at the Kennan Institute, will provide insight on the information space more broadly and how audiences understand and evaluate the news they receive. Together with George Sarpong, Reagan-Fascell Fellow at the NED, the panel will discuss how such research and analysis can better support media policies that ensure free, pluralistic, and responsible news media.
Speakers (seated left to right)::
* Tara Susman-Peņa, Senior Technical Advisor, IREX
* Nina Jankowicz, Wilson Center Global Fellow, Kennan Institute
* George Sarpong, Reagan-Fascell Fellow, National Endowment for Democracy
* (Moderator) Rodger Potocki, Senior Director of Europe Programs, National Endowment for Democracy
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