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Waning state capture provides new opportunities for media to attract younger and more diverse audiences
Media outlets in European countries like Hungary are being encouraged to take advantage of the dismantling of state capture of media and educational institutions to attract younger audiences by partnering with universities.
That was one of the key messages discussed at a dedicated training event for Hungarian LIMENet grantees during the Center for Sustainable Media’s launch of their new Capital Stacks of Journalism Project on September 30.
The message was re-enforced during a presentation and Q&A session by Belgian LIMENet grantee Apache’s editorial coordinator Kasper Nollet, who described the strategy behind building relationships with universities: working directly with students to improve content leads to an increase in youth engagement.
Nollet shared his experience from Apache’s LIMENet project "University Challenge" which aims to bring investigative journalism “closer” to younger and more diverse audie...Read more
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