IMS combines rapid response with long-term efforts to create a foundation of trust and collaboration on the ground. We work together with our partners to find local solutions to global problems – and global solutions to local problems.
With partners in more than 30 countries, IMS works where independent media is at the greatest risk: in countries experiencing armed conflict, humanitarian crises, rapid political change or authoritarian rule.
Support for journalists and media development comes in many forms. Learn more about how you can engage with IMS’ work and support us and our partners.
Any newsroom, regardless of size, can adopt a product development approach by putting simple processes and tools in place. It does not require additional training so much as a shift in the editorial team’s mindset.
The IMS Business Model Canvas helps media organisations connect their editorial purpose, audience needs, organisational capacity, and financial choices in a coherent way. Available in six languages.
A single video can be dismissed as anecdotal. Forty-four examples in the same environment can point to a systematic problem. Copwatch tries to bring a crucial shift in approach: from encouraging people to film police abuse to building an infrastructure that could turn filming into usable documentation.
