Our website Media Landscapes maps the entire journalism ecosystem of twenty countries. Put together by media experts, it features detailed insights into the historical evolution and the current situation of every country’s media scene and puts these into a vital socio-political contexts of regulation, legislation and press freedom. Thus, it has been providing an invaluable resource for students, researchers, social and political commentators and - of course - journalists since 1997.

Expert analysts who see the bigger picture.

Media Landscapes authors are renowned experts who understand the news and media ecosystem of their subject country inside and out. They work closely with the European Journalism Centre’s team to create and collate research, before producing extensively sourced reports.

We’re always looking to expand our roster of paid writers. If your country is not yet featured on Media Landscapes, but you’d be interested in becoming a report author, contact us and we’ll be in touch.

Help us map out the world’s media landscapes

The European Journalism Centre is delighted to have the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW) and Free Press Unlimited as the generous supporters of this latest edition of Media Landscapes. Their funding has helped to create over thirty country reports and the website.

Our ambitions however, have always been to map the entire world’s media landscapes and to keep this resource as up-to-date as possible. With your support, we can.

If you are interested in sponsoring a particular country report, or this project as a whole, please get in touch. Media Landscapes is used regularly and repeatedly by highly influential professionals in a number of industries the world over. Its reports are cited in research and journalism of all forms, helping to inform individuals and communities about vital democratic institutions.

“Press Released”, a new platform and commentary series established in partnership with non-profit editorial service Project Syndicate was launched in 2017 to stimulate debate and heighten awareness around the global challenges confronting media and journalists. As an international advocacy effort, the series is available to Project Syndicate’s 500+ member media outlets for publication and promoted via social media.

Making the media work for you

We provide practical, effective strategies for civil society organisations that seek to raise and maintain their visibility and impact both in the real and virtual worlds. The cornerstone of our in-country/in the field interventions is our publication Making the Media Work for You: a Guide for Civil Society Organisations, translated into five languages. The Guide is based on the collective experiences of media capacity-building initiatives in Bolivia, Georgia, Kenya and South Africa.

Download the guide:

• Arabic
• English
• French
• Georgian
• Spanish
• Swahili

Reporting Development

‘The Reporting Development - A Guide for African Journalists’ provides a distinctly African perspective on how to create direct linkages between consumers of information and development projects by using words and images that communicate and resonate with ease. Development issues can seem dull and flat, but they can create a huge impact in society if turned into lively and robust stories expertly and skillfully told by creative journalists. This guide can help reporters across the continent do that.

Download Reporting Development - A Guide for African Journalists

LGBTQI+ Communities: A Reporters' Guide

Journalists who want to give voice to under-reported marginalised communities, will find 'LGBTQI+ Communities: A Reporters' Guide' to be a practical go-to resource. Produced by the European Journalism Centre, the latest in its series of guides focuses on the unfolding tensions around LGBTQI+ rights in Central and Eastern Europe.

It is packed full of useful terminology and concise up-to-date information on the particular mix of politics, religion and populism gripping parts of the region, its impact on LGBTQI+ communities, and how that intersects with the media, activism, and ultimately, storytelling. The guide is produced in cooperation with Freedom House and regionally-based advocates and journalists with local language editions planned in the future.

Download the guide:

• English