The Economic Imperative of Investing in Public Interest Media – Statement of the High-Level Panel on Public Interest Media
The Economic Imperative of Investing in Public Interest Media - Statement of the High-Level Panel on Public Interest Media
Rarely has the need for public interest media been greater. At a time of heightened economic uncertainty and political disruption, the economic and broader societal benefits provided by trusted and independent news organizations are more important than ever.
The Forum on Information and Democracy has convened a High-Level Panel of leading international economists. Their collective statement examines the drivers of this crisis and proposes a concrete plan of action for governments worldwide.
Their analysis not only discusses the political and democratic consequences of free information but also delves deeply into its economic significance – an aspect that has been largely overlooked until now.
They worked on this report
Prof. Daron Acemoğlu
Nobel Prize Economic Sciences 2024, Institute Professor at MIT, Faculty Co-Director of MIT’s Shaping the Future of Work Initiative and a Research Affiliate at MIT's newly established Blueprint Labs
Prof. Philippe Aghion
Nobel Prize Economic Sciences 2025, Professor at the Collège de France, INSEAD and the London School of Economics
Prof. Sir Tim Besley
School Professor of Economics and Political Science and W. Arthur Lewis Professor of Development Economics in the Department of Economics at London School of Economics
Prof. Dr. Francesca Bria
Honorary Professor IIPP, UCL London, EuroStack Project Leader, Chair, New European Bauhaus Facility, European Commission, President Innovation Agency ART-ER, Italy
Prof. Dame Diane Coyle
Benett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge
Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili
President, Human Capital Africa and Founder School of Politics, Policy and Governance
Prof. Mariana Mazzucato
Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London, UCL, and Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, IIPP
Prof. Atif Mian
John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of Economics, Public Policy and Finance at Princeton University
Prof. Andrea Prat
Richard Paul Richman Professor of Business at Columbia Business School and Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Columbia University
Dr. Vera Songwe
Chair and Founder, Liquidity and Sustainability Facility, and Non Resident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings
Prof. Joseph Stiglitz
Nobel Prize Economic Sciences 2001, Columbia University, Founder and Co-President Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Chief Economist for the Roosevelt Institute
