Media Finance Monitor - Center for Sustainable Media
Peter Erdelyi, María Paula Ángel Benavides, Sudeshna, Isabela Pop, Alinda Veiszer, David Kardos, Daniel Baranya, Milo Tesselaar, Giordano ZambelliYour weekly newsletter on media funding, large-scale grants, impact investment, audience revenues and more. Powered by the Center for Sustainable Media.
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Founding director of the Center for Sustainable Media. Consults for MDIF and teaches digital media strategy at the ELTE University in Budapest. Researched digital audience revenue strategies in CEE and the Global South at Oxford.
Communication and Media.
A perpertually curious and tired woman hoping to share her love for all things journalism, writing, identity, womanhood, food, and cinema.
2002-2006 Klubradio 2004-2012 MTV (Hungarian Public Media) 2012-2015 freelancer 2015-2018 Hír tv (News Channel) 2018- freelancer (www.patreon.com/veiszeralinda)
EU policy expert and Advocacy Director at CSM. Former EP advisor on digital legislation, media policy, and rule of law. Supporting sustainable journalism and fundamental rights. Experienced in EU Budget and controls for democratic accountability.
(Media) Entrepreneur & strategist. In between sectors, institutions and ideas. Thinks big, works concrete. For Vienna, for Austria, for Europe and with whomever is serious about systemic change.
Postdoctoral researcher in media&com at SMIT-VUB, Brussels. I explore how journalism is changing, and what role public institutions play in shaping that change. My work focuses on journalism innovation, media subsidies, and collaborative journalism.
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