"I think it’s critically important to avoid a situation where local governments and local politicians are not subject to scrutiny from local media," says co-author Anne Schulz

"If people think that a specific aspect of their lives does not receive enough news coverage then they’re more likely to think it’s covered unfairly," says Richard Fletcher

Indian journalist Sanjaya Baru, who worked as media advisor for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speaks about the rise of a new media elite. 

In this episode of our Future of Journalism podcast Sophie Ho from the Washington Post speaks about data-informed journalism

“African voices need to be heard in global policy-making,” says media scholar Herman Wasserman, author of a recent report on collaboration.