The media is facing a multifaceted crisis with serious consequences for its role in the proper functioning of democracy. The emergence of new technologies has undermined its practices of information production, selection, and dissemination, as well as its economic model.
Neither public nor private actors seem able to prevent the harmful effects of these difficulties on media independence: the former do not have the means; The second has no interest in doing so.In an effort to overcome this dualism, the contributors to this book, both media professionals and researchers, explored a “third way”: charitable work. By reflecting on the legitimacy of media and their funders, this book reveals the conditions for a virtuous philanthropic engagement capable of defending media as a vital democratic infrastructure and a public good that must be protected.
