Mary Fitzgerald
director of programs Open Society Foundations
Sruthi Gottipati
media executive
Josy Joseph
fondatore Confluence Media
Tasneem Khalil
direttore Netra News
Omar Rajaratnam
cofondatore Factum
Making enough money to grow and sustain good journalism is tough everywhere. But in places where governments and their proxies come after you for what you publish, where most foreign grant funding is outlawed, and where you and your colleagues have been forced to relocate overseas, it’s even harder. And yet, independent media businesses grow and thrive regardless.
Come hear how some of the most creative media producers in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are building audiences and having outsized impact despite the odds, how they sustain and raise funds, how they are innovating with documentaries, film, tech and across social channels, and what they are learning from their audiences and community.