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EngageMedia

EngageMedia is an Australian nonprofit organization based in Melbourne, Victoria.[1]

History

EngageMedia was co-founded in 2005 by Andrew Lowenthal and Anna Helme.[2][3]

COVID-19

In November 2021, Lowenthal announced he would be transitioning out of his role as Executive Director into a position on the organization's board of directors.[4] Phet Sayo was announced as his successor on June 7, 2022.[5] The transition was completed in early September 2022, with Lowenthal joining the board and becoming a specialist advisor for the organization.[6]

Lowenthal was listed on the organization's website until at least January 2023, but had been removed sometime prior to August 2023.[2:1][7]

Organization

Name Position Notes
Phet Sayo Executive Director[6:1] International Development Research Centre (IDRC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Commonwealth of Learning
Andrew Lowenthal Co-founder; Executive Director (former);[8] Board member and specialist advisor[6:2] Brownstone Institute, liber-net, Westminster Declaration

Funding

EngageMedia has received funding from Luminate.[9]

Partners

Current partners of EngageMedia include:[10]

  • Alan Turing Institute
  • ARTICLE 19
  • Asia Centre
  • Cambodian Center for Independent Media
  • Global Voices
  • Hashtag Generation
  • International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL)
  • Internews
  • News Network
  • Out of the Box Media Literacy Initiative
  • Sinar Project
  • Swedish International Development Agency (Sida)

Former partners include:

  • Access Now
  • Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR)
  • Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society
  • Cambodian Center for Human Rights
  • Chiang Mai University School of Public Policy
  • Citizen Lab
  • Critical Commons
  • Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP)
  • Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA)
  • Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE)
  • Jakarta Foreign Correspondents Club (JFCC)
  • Link TV
  • MIT Center for Civic Media
  • MIT Open Documentary Lab
  • Oxfam Australia
  • Public Citizen
  • Research Action Design (RAD)
  • Tactical Technology Collective
  • Video Volunteers
  • Western Sydney University
  • Wikimedia Indonesia
  • WITNESS

  1. Contact. EngageMedia. Retrieved October 29, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231029022218/https://engagemedia.org/contact/ ↩︎

  2. Committee of Management (Board). EngageMedia. Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230131062134/https://engagemedia.org/com/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  3. EngageMedia. Anna Helme. Retrieved May 22, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230522092106/https://annahelme.com/portfolio/engagemedia/ ↩︎

  4. Lowenthal, A. (2021, November 30). Executive director succession: setting the stage for EngageMedia’s next era. EngageMedia. http://archive.today/2023.10.29-194001/https://engagemedia.org/2021/next-era/ ↩︎

  5. Phet Sayo to be EngageMedia’s next Executive Director. (2022, June 7). EngageMedia. https://web.archive.org/web/20231029193526/https://engagemedia.org/2022/next-executive-director/ ↩︎

  6. Lowenthal, A. (2022, September 8). Renewing the fight for digital rights. EngageMedia. https://web.archive.org/web/20231029193453/https://engagemedia.org/2022/transition-renewing-fight-digital-rights/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎

  7. Committee of Management (Board). EngageMedia. Retrieved August 5, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230805130814/https://engagemedia.org/com/ ↩︎

  8. Andrew Lowenthal. Australian International Documentary Conference. Retrieved October 28, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231028190436/https://www.aidc.com.au/whos-coming/andrew-lowenthal/ ↩︎

  9. Engage Media. Luminate. Retrieved October 31, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.10.31-042107/https://www.luminategroup.com/investee/engage-media ↩︎

  10. Partners. EngageMedia. Retrieved October 28, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231029022153/https://engagemedia.org/partners/ ↩︎