Discover tested approaches and real-world success stories at Thomson Media’s session during the 2025 IPI World Congress As part of the 2025 IPI World Congress and Media Innovation Festival, Thomson Media will host an engaging session on the power of idea validation in shaping successful and sustainable media projects. The session will spotlight the Validation Booster programme, launched by Thomson Media to help media
One of the most inspiring aspects of the Media Accelerator Programme of the “Media for All” project was to work with community and non-for-profit media in Albania and in the Western Balkans, media outlets with a clear mission which challenge traditional business models for media. While these alternative media as alternative to mainstream media and as media with clear links to communities fulfil a
Citizens Channel from Tirana introduced its own e-learning platform called Sheshit (“At the square” in Albanian language) with aim to increase the capacities of young journalists, students of journalism, activists, and citizens in general who report on oppressing issues in their local communities, through intensive Online Courses. “Sheshit aims to bring together the communities around Citizens Channel. By providing them with knowledge, tools, and
“Radio Caffe” is one of the most beautiful places to go to in Požarevac. Not only because it has that wonderful word “radio” in its name, but also because you can see the love with which Milorad Tadić, the owner of Radio Boom 93 and of this café, has made this urban corner and all its details. Based on its appearance, this cafe could
As a part of the new digital strategy and business plan Vojvodina Investigative and Analytical Centre (VOICE) introduced a newsletter titled VOICE of Vojvodina. The free newsletter, introduced on 19 July, promotes the key articles published on the website during the previous week. It will also include premium content – a weekly editorial written by the VOICE editor Denis Kolundžija. The aim is to
This much is clear. Media is everywhere in society; it is almost impossible for the people to ignore it. For a very long time, media messages have been a one-way street only. All of us remember Политика, Koha, Zëri i Popullit, TVA, Вечерни новости, Базар, Свјет, Илустрована политика and JRT for example, media outlet that was one of the founding members of European Broadcasting
Possibility to use e-payment on their website could become reality soon for several media outlets in North Macedonia supported by Thomson Foundation through the ‘Media for All’ project. As a result of this support these media will be able to offer and charge their content, goods and services – depending on their business model – electronic way. “First, we identify banks in Macedonia that
TV Korça and Radio Korça, local branches of the public service media in Albania, have very important functions and enjoy a high level of trust among their local community, situated in the south-east of the country. This is one of the most significant findings of the Audience Perception and Size survey conducted as part of the ‘Media for All’ project. TV Korça achieves very
As a result of intensive training on data visualization, held on 10 and 11 June, journalists of Lozničke novosti started publishing articles in a more interactive and engaging way. Namely, they recently published their first fully illustrated article with interactive graphics using the Flourish tool. “The training was extremely interesting and useful, I learned something new and opened the door to new knowledge. I
RTV Nikšić started live streaming events – from municipal assembly sessions up to sports and cultural events – on their web portal, as well as Facebook pages and YouTube channel. This new service should result in better monetization and closer collaboration with the local community. “With this project we want to strengthen our presence in the online space,” said Vladimir Utješinović from RTV Nikšić.
Radio Titograd marked two major achievements this week – its fifth birthday and the launching of the new website. On 13 July 2016, around 7 pm, the radio started broadcasting for the first time. Božo Bulatović, executive director of Radio Titograd, vividly remembers that day. “We started our program with a song from the legendary Miladin Šobić,” said Bulatović adding that since its beginnings
Tuzla-based, RTV Slon, started producing podcasts targeting the vast diaspora from Tuzla region living predominantly in European countries. So far, there were more than 10 episodes aired online and initial reactions from the public are more than positive. Podcasts are focusing on local rarities that are unique to Tuzla – it may be people, events, objects – but the main idea is to bring