IPI Media Innovation and Sustainability:
Impact Report 2025
About this report
This report highlights the progress made in 2025 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 or audience growth, as well as qualitative indicators, like change in creative confidence or audience understanding.
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2025 Highlights
“2025 was a critical growth year for IPI’s innovation team, expanding its thematic and geographic work and investing in partnerships to chart a collaborative future. The sector is facing what feels like unprecedented headwinds, but we see promise guided by new benchmarks. Trust is becoming a non-negotiable currency; a commitment to process and inclusivity in innovation and strategy are paramount; while opportunities for entering new markets and doubling down on infrastructure and data capabilities are essential for growth.”
– Ryan Powell,
Head of Innovation and Media Business,
International Press Institute (IPI)
“The International Press Institute (IPI) World Congress and Media Innovation Festival, held in Austria last week, reminded me that journalism, at its best, is an act of faith. Faith in people’s capacity to see, to feel, and to change. Sitting among media leaders from across the world, I was struck by how our stories, though born of different soils, echo the same longing for truth and dignity.”
– Ivor Price,
co-founder and editor-in-chief,
Food for Mzansi
“Having strong content will not cut it as a strategy for being sustainable. The Accelerator helped my team and me understand that there has to be a cyclical relationship between good journalism, audience-centred reporting, product design and communication. One cannot work without the other”
– Nur Thoufeeq,
Co-founder and CEO,
Maldives Independent