RNW Media
We Renew Media
Our Focus Areas
At RNW Media, our focus lies in empowering public interest and independent media to uphold human rights and foster open societies. We champion media viability and information integrity while addressing cross-cutting issues like ethical technology and AI deployment, democratic discourse on gender and migration.
Media Viability:
Fostering pluralistic, quality and resilient media
We support public interest and independent media to thrive in a rapidly changing digital world. Through innovative business models, professional capacity-building, and media coalition and partnership building, we ensure media outlets achieve financial independence and editorial freedom.
Information Integrity:
Foster an inclusive, safe and reliable digital space
We address the growing challenge of information disorder by rebuilding public confidence in information ecosystems. Our initiatives include tackling mis-dis-mal information, supporting local journalism to amplify truth in communities, and safeguarding digital safety and well-being.
Ethical Technology and AI Deployment
Enabling Democratic Discourse on Gender
Promoting Inclusive Migration Narratives
Migration narratives shape public perceptions and policies. We address anti-migrant rhetoric by promoting balanced, rights-based storytelling that challenges stereotypes and xenophobia. Through data-driven insights and collaborations, we equip media to foster informed discourse on migration.
What We Do
At RNW Media, we empower independent and public
interest media to navigate the digital era, ensuring
media viability, information integrity, and democratic
discourse.
Integrated Digital media Solutions
RNW Media collaborates with independent and public interest media to co-create and implement locally relevant digital media and learning solutions that drive reach and engagement, sustainability, and impact.
Media Coalition, Partnership and Movement Building
RNW Media fosters strategic media coalition, partnership and movement building through The Vine, a global community of independent media organizations, media trainers, and alumni working together.
Research
Collaborating with top research institutes and universities, our research agenda explores emerging trends in media business models, AI–generated content consumption by young audiences, public trust in media, tech platforms content moderation and advertising policies and others, providing insights that inform policy recommendations and best practices.
Advocacy
We advocate for more flexible and reliable direct and core funding for independent media by bringing to the front related issues, and greater tech platform transparency and accountability with a focus on their content moderation and advertising policies. We also aim to bridge the gap between global and EU media and tech policies to ensure the EU policy framework represents diverse voices from the global majorities.