Find out about our latest projects and explore our previous work.
PMA works with international and national partners to run media development projects across the world, focussing on issues such as combatting mis- and disinformation; crisis response; and conflict sensitive reporting.
Upcoming projects
Building a Media Literate Generation
Where?
The Caribbean (in Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago)
What?
The project aims to establish lasting media literacy in the Caribbean by nurturing critical skills among schoolchildren, educators, and journalists, fostering a culture of informed engagement and responsible news production and consumption. The project will include several activities, including a capacity-building workshop for journalists and educators, and in-country activities geared at schoolchildren ages 9-15.
When?
March – December 2024
Project partners
Project news
New PMA project: Building the Caribbean’s next generation of media literate citizens
9th January 2024
PMA's new media and information literacy project in the Caribbean aims to empower schoolchildren, educators, and journalists.
World Radio Day 2024
18th December 2023
Find out how you can get involved in World Radio Day 2024, under the theme "Radio: A century of informing, educating and entertaining.
Radiodays Europe 2024
12th December 2023
Register now for Radiodays Europe 2024 in Munich on 17-19 March. PMA members are entitled to a special discount.
PSM Unpacked | Moving to a digital future
8th December 2023
Our global membership recently joined our PSM Unpacked roundtable to discuss the opportunities and challenges of a digital future.
OUT NOW | PMA’s gender-sensitive action plans for SEA media stakeholders
7th December 2023
Action plans designed to boost gender-sensitive reporting and foster collaborations between media houses and NGOs have been unveiled by PMA.
The highlights of our gender-sensitive reporting workshop for SEA journalists and NGOs
20th October 2023
The Public Media Alliance recently hosted its gender-sensitive reporting workshop in Bangkok. Here are the highlights from the two-day event.
Recent projects
Gender Sensitive Reporting
Where?
Bangkok, Thailand
What?
The project aimed to enable CSOs/NGOs and the media to work collaboratively together to produce more transparent, relevant, responsive, and accessible content on gender issues, especially addressing Violence against women and girls (VAWG).
When?
March – November 2023
Digital Investigative Journalism
Where?
Windhoek, Namibia
What?
This project was designed to ensure that broadcast journalists in Sub-Saharan Africa stay abreast of the latest technological-driven investigative techniques, including different approaches to accessing information.
When?
June – July 2023
Sustainability Symposium
Where?
London, the UK
What?
This one-day workshop will brought together public media researchers and workers to discuss sustainability, and provided an opportunity for a frank discussion and knowledge exchange on sustainability and PSM, reflecting on recent strategies in a rapidly changing media landscape.
When?
June 2023
Thwarting Disinformation
Where?
The Caribbean
What?
The project’s final objective was to contribute towards improved media and information literacy in the Caribbean by laying the foundation for more careful reporting, fact-checking, transparency regarding media ownership, and increased regional collaboration.
When?
June – November 2022
Crisis Management for Journalists
Where?
Haiti
What?
The project’s final objective was to produce a code of conduct and crisis management plan to strengthen the Haitian media landscape in the areas of press freedom, safety of journalists and credible journalism during a pandemic, crisis, or disaster.
When?
March 2022
Conflict Reporting
Where?
South Asia
What?
The project’s purpose was to enable media professionals to examine and review their role in the reporting of conflict, particularly ethnic and religious violence, and to devise strategies for covering conflict accurately, impartially, and responsibly while ensuring their own safety.
When?
September – November 2021
Impact of Covid-19
Where?
Southeast Asia
What?
The project sought to compile a regional roadmap that addressed challenges brought about during the Covid-19 crisis, and provide recommendations on how to better equip journalists, media organisations and the wider media environment in the region with useful and practical ways of responding to the challenges during and beyond the COVID-19 crisis.
When?
June 2021 – January 2022
Social Media Guidelines
Where?
Southern Africa
What?
The PMA project – aimed at journalists and media professionals from Southern Africa – was implemented as a workshop. The project sought to collaboratively establish guidelines to strengthen the role of social media and its positive uses within newsrooms and media organisations.
When?
June 2019