Leading Zinc Network's USAID-funded project to support financial sustainability of independent digital media in Central Europe through a combination of grant support, hands-on training workshops, and expert guidance and mentoring, including:
- coordinated expert support and mentoring for independent media outlets in designing audience dashboards, social media best practice, newsletter development, and short-form video, reaping results, including The average digital platform audience growth rate of 151%;
- oversaw grant support to media partners with a view to growing audiences and revenue and to building sustainable financial models;
- launched CEMediaTrends, an annual event on the latest trends and tools available to online media outlets, and hands-on workshops for more than 80 representatives of CE media outlets.