Have digital native outlets become too dependent on grants? A new report has recommendations.

Grant funding has provided key support for digital native media outlets in Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia during the pandemic, a new report by SembraMedia suggests.

Funding from grants represented almost 31% of revenue on average among the newsrooms surveyed about their finances in the Inflection Point International report. This relatively high percentage — nearly a third of newsroom revenue — comes with a warning, however: being too dependent on grant funding can make it difficult for organizations to build sustainable business models.

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