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Media Azi: Does the grant funding endanger freedom of the press?

01 October 2018
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 In the struggle for survival, many media outlets in the Republic of Moldova are forced to support themselves from the grants obtained from various donors from the West. Does it mean that Western donors influence their editorial policy?
The topic is discussed in the edition of Media Azi talk show of this week by the journalist Irina Gotisan-Sotnic, and her guest Ana Gherciu, the editor-in-chief of the Moldova.org portal.
Watch the talk show to find out how the media from the Republic of Moldova will manage if they do not benefit from financial support provided through some international projects.

The show can be viewed on www.moldova-azi.md, www.media-azi.md and www.mediacritica.md portals and on the IJC’s Youtube channel.Media Azi show is produced within the MEDIA-M project, implemented by Internews with the financial support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The content of this edition is the responsibility of the Independent Journalism Center and does not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or of the US Government.