Independent and Public-Spirited Media Foundation (IPSMF) promotes excellence in independent, public-spirited and socially impactful journalism. MSP’s support enables IPSMF to:
Invest in digital media entities and ventures that focus on public interest issues
Catalyse the distribution of digital public interest content through all outreach platforms, including social and mainstream media
Grow India’s editorial leadership on public interest issues by supporting the work of journalists through grants and fellowships
Influence India’s emerging digital media consumers to participate in the democratic process, by ensuring transparency and information on issues of governance, public policy and socio-economic change
The foundation does not exert any influence on its grantees, nor does it have editorial overview over the content being published.
In the last seven years IPSMF has:
Media entities supported by IPSMF have consistently won recognition and awards within the country and globally, for the quality of their journalism.