MEDIA INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY:
IMPACT REPORT 2024
This report highlights the progress made in 2024 on IPI’s Media Innovation and Sustainability initiatives, advancing IPI’s mission to empower media to achieve editorial independence and financial sustainability. To evaluate our success, we track quantitative impact indicators, such as percent revenue increase, audience growth, engagement in training and coaching, as well as qualitative indicators, like change in creative confidence, access to networks, and technical skills and tools adopted to the operations of our grantees
2024 was a transformative year for the Media Innovation team. As our projects grew in complexity and reach, we expanded from a two-person team to five. With the new additions, we have been better equipped to guide, support, and innovate alongside the media organizations we serve. Below are the people who have helped shape this year’s journey: Ryan Powell (Head of Innovation and Media Business), Nicky Deluggi (Innovation Project Officer), Alina Cristea (Innovation Project Officer), and Dinara Satbayeva (Communications Officer). Alina Živanović (Project Manager) is joining us in early 2025.
Do you have questions, comments, doubts or constructive feedback about our work and methodology? Are you interested in being part of our programmes, either as a participant or an expert?
Reach out to us at innovation@ipi.media and let’s start a conversation!
We help publishers invest in building with, not for, their audiences – be it national, local, or niche focused. For the media to fulfill their watchdog role in promoting transparency and strengthening institutions, media makers today must be agile in their adaptation to changing consumer behavior and ensure business and distribution strategies are fit- for-purpose in the digital era of publishing.
– Ryan Powell,
Head of Innovation and Media Business, IPI
Coming into the programme, it was almost as though we were seeing things through these very dark-tinted sunglasses, and suddenly we took them off. The training and coaching sessions opened up a clear pathway to think about things differently.
– Bibi-Aisha Wadvalla,
Health-e News (South Africa)
