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As independent news outlets struggle for financial security, their future hangs in the balance. Join our expert panel – moderated by @luminategroup's Managing Director @nishantlalwani – on what we can do to protect editorial independence. https://bit.ly/3G8R84f  #TC2021pic.twitter.com/LykHTH7ocn

"We don't have overt state opposition to the media... but there's an inability to do our jobs properly in the face of declining resources." – says @FundFreeMedia Head of Programmes @khadijapatel on journalists in South Africa being in a constant crisis mode. #TC2021pic.twitter.com/2GGoAanKcW

"The key concern is that people express is that the news is subject to undue political or commercial influences." – says @risj_oxford Director @rasmuskleis on whether people still value and have trust in editorial independence. #TC2021pic.twitter.com/P4m2f9rtPs

"There's a case to be said that media freedom is almost the canary in the coal mine." – says @FCDOGovUK UK Coordinator Media Freedom Campaign @kanbarHB on the interconnected relationship between the free press and democracies globally. #TC2021pic.twitter.com/0Q7hDIyK5K

"Since the start of COVID to now, print advertising revenue no longer exists; they've had to take it out as a predictable source." – says @FundFreeMedia Head of Programmes @khadijapatel on the challenge facing media organisations in securing revenue. #TC2021pic.twitter.com/9hhWSTudBN

"Our ethos is that we exist today, let's do everything possible given the financial precarity we are living in." – says journalist @linaattalah on putting their all into the stories they uncover at @MadaMasr, given the uncertainty of what tomorrow might bring. #TC2021pic.twitter.com/3R2gnXMcIk

"The news industry in many countries doesn't reflect the society that it reports on." – says @risj_oxford Director @rasmus_kleis on how a lack of funding impacts newsrooms’ ability to become more diverse. #TC2021pic.twitter.com/NcB3NaTzkx

"Independence should be achieved through a hybrid model where the audience comes in. The audience is very central to our financial, and broader, sustainability at @MadaMasr." – says journalist @linaattalah on the role of the readers in keeping the media afloat. #TC2021pic.twitter.com/EdoXbVAJAq