Over 50 people attended CIMA’s discussion on Challenges to U.S. Government Support for Media Development. Media play a pivotal role in U.S. foreign policy—but U.S. funding doesn’t reflect this reality. There are significant resource shortfalls in government support of the media development sector. Too few media experts, not enough media know-how, and potentially problematic funding mechanisms are just a few of the challenges facing the media development sector. In Challenges to U.S. Government Support for Media Development, Andrew Green looks at the causes of these impediments and offers recommendations for addressing them.
Andrew Green addressed the issues surrounding U.S. government support for media development and offered a variety of recommendation in his presentation. For media development projects to succeed, Green argued, the government needs a simpler funding mechanism, more emphasis on media assistance efforts, and increased project budgets. Troy Etulain and Mark Whitehouse provided their reactions to Challenges to U.S. Government Support for Media Development and discussed some of the challenges they have faced in supporting media development. Read more »

Raising the visibility of international media development and improving its effectiveness are core goals of the Center.


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