| Summary: | In this report, we identify some policy options available for the European Commission and for European Union member states should they wish to create a more enabling environment for independent professional journalism going forward. We argue that, to thrive, independent, professional journalism needs freedom, funding, and a future.
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To enable this, media policy needs (a) to protect journalists and media from threats to their independence and to freedom of expression, (b) to provide a level playing field and support for a sustainable business of news, and (c) to be oriented towards the digital, mobile, and platform-dominated future that people are demonstrably embracing – not towards defending the broadcast and print-dominated past. Many of these options, we believe, would be relevant far beyond Europe and demonstrate what democratic digital media policies could look like.
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Together, these policies would represent the outline of a more holistic approach to creating an environment where independent professional journalism can succeed.
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