From networks to newsrooms: building sustainable support ecosystems for independent public-interest media
Gio 16 aprile 2026
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A discussion on cross-border support for independent public-interest media, using Reference as the European network case and Report for the World as the global service model.
This panel will:
> Explore how collaborative networks like Reference are helping independent European publishers tackle sustainability, capacity-building, and non-editorial challenges together.
> Show how service programmes like Report for the World match local newsrooms with dedicated reporters and provide salary support and training to strengthen coverage of under-reported issues worldwide.
> Draw out concrete lessons on governance, fundraising, and newsroom relations that festival participants can apply when designing funds, networks, or reporting programmes in their own regions.
Moderated by Cecilia Anesi.
Organised in association with Reference - The European Independent Media Circle and Report for the World.
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Cecilia Anesi
Cecilia Anesi è una giornalista freelance e cofondatrice dell'Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI), un centro di giornalismo investigativo che ha sede in Italia e che appartiene al Global Investigative Journalism Network e all’OCCRP Network. Dopo essersi diplomata al Collegio del Mondo Unito dell’Adriatico a Duino (TS), si è laureata in Giornalismo e Sociologia alla City University di Londra. Nel 2011 ha codiretto Toxic Europe, documentario di inchiesta che ha vinto il Premio Best International Organised Crime Report 2011 ed è stato candidato al Data Journalism Award 2012. Cecilia Anesi lavora in squadra a inchieste sulle mafie italiane a livello transnazionale. Come IRPI, ha pubblicato su finanza, frodi, corruzione, crimini ambientali e riciclaggio, esponendo i criminali tramite un approccio glocal all'inchiesta. I suoi lavori sulle mafie hanno toccato Africa, Germania, Inghilterra, Nord Europa e America Latina, venendo pubblicati su media locali, nazionali e internazionali.
Peter Matjasic
Peter Matjašič is Executive Director at Investigate Europe (IE). He co-leads the cooperative and is responsible for external representation, financial management, fundraising, organisational development, and outreach to readers. Before joining IE, Matjašič was a Senior Program Officer for the Open Society Initiative for Europe responsible for grantmaking in the thematic areas related to accountability, democracy, participation, LGBTI issues, technopolitics and new forms of engagement. He has been active in the field of youth work for over a decade: starting as a volunteer in Slovenia and completing a European volunteer service in Barcelona, continuing as a youth trainer and facilitator at the European level, and an activists and youth representative with the Young European Federalists. He set up the English version of Le Taurillon webzine, serving as its first editor-in-chief. From 2011 to 2014, Matjašič was president of the European Youth Forum, the main advocacy platform for the rights of young people in Europe. Matjašič holds an honors degree in international relations from the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Preethi Nallu
Preethi Nallu is executive director of Report for the World. She is a writer, researcher, film-maker and advocacy specialist from India. She was founding editor at Refugees Deeply. Born in Iran, raised in India, Preethi's career spans 14 countries across the global north and south. She has worked for mainstream media outlets such as Al Jazeera English and Foreign Policy, global think tanks such as Chatham House, and led multimedia campaigns for the UN and global NGOs such as the Norwegian Refugee Council and International Media Support (IMS).
Ryan Powell
Ryan Powell is the Head of Innovation and Media Business at the Vienna-based International Press Institute. He is a journalist and media business advisor with twelve years’ experience helping independent media grow and achieve financial and editorial sustainability. In his current position, he leads and designs a portfolio of funding, training and advisory programmes supporting independent media around the world. He supports publishers in pursuit of diversified revenue models, audience-centric distribution and content strategies, and future proofed editorial formats using innovation, business development and strategic planning methodologies. In 2024, he co-authored guidebook to revenue generation and editorial innovation, introducing pricing strategy, value proposition and management strategies for a range of ad-, content- and service-based revenue types. Before joining IPI, he was head of an Austrian magazine's product and publishing divisions, and advised media organizations in Europe and Africa on revenue diversification and product strategy. He published in and reported for CNN International, the World Bank, the Center for International Media Assistance, Huffington Post and others from Dar es Salaam, Berlin, Istanbul, Accra and Vienna.
Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo
Il Festival Internazionale del Giornalismo di Perugia è un evento annuale che riunisce professionisti dei media, esperti di comunicazione e appassionati di informazione da tutto il mondo. Si svolge nel centro storico di Perugia e offre conferenze, dibattiti, workshop e opportunità di networking sui temi più rilevanti del giornalismo contemporaneo.