{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/623317507e51370012bc96c3/62c5e79af63b5d0012414de4?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How to fund news through philanthropy, with Open Democracy's Peter Geoghegan","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/623317507e51370012bc96c3/1648558737757-1e7e6b3b3dfbf86ae760f0222755cc2b.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The eighth episode of Press Gazette’s Future of Media Explained podcast takes a look at how some newsrooms are turning to charitable donors to open up new revenue streams.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The episode features an interview with Peter Geoghegan, editor--in-chief and CEO of non-profit media platform, Open Democracy. Funded largely through grants from foundations and trusts, Open Democracy brings some 11 million visitors per year to its site.</p><p>Open Democracy is not the only newsroom that's turned to donors for support- data suggests that upwards of $550 million of philanthropic money was given to support journalism around the world in 2020.</p><p><br></p><p>Geoghegan speaks to data journalist Aisha Majid about what makes a newsroom attractive to philanthropic donors, what it takes to run a donor-funded newsroom as well as some of the challenges fundraising for news presents in the UK.</p><p><br></p><p>Read more about the future of media at <a href=\"pressgazette.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pressgazette.co.uk</a> </p>","author_name":"New Statesman Media Group"}