This report examines four case studies of collaborations between media and advocacy groups on the following issues: health misinformation, gender in the media, extractive industries and governmental corruption. The research consisted of a series of interviews with journalists, members of civil society organizations, donor organizations, academics, and government officials from around the world. It’s main findings include:

• partnership between media and advocacy groups is often based on pre-existing familiarity and/or trust
• training and capacity building is a natural area to establish more formal partnerships
• common areas of informal collaboration were the sharing of information and amplification of media outlets’ reach through cross-publishing of content
• journalists, civil society organisations and donors all define impact differently

The researchers recommend:

• full understanding of roles and boundaries between all parties, including understanding of the different and distinct responsibilities of journalists and advocacy groups
• Training and capacity building should be accompanied with more indirect ways to support journalists, such as working to improve access to information and reliable data