Former minister and professor Miguel Poyares Maduro defended the “É ou” program on Tuesday This is not so – the Great Debate’, in RTP 1, the government provides citizens with vouchers for newspaper subscriptions and contributions to social communications projects. The model would support the sector through “discretionary measures” and without “risk-taking”. political interference.”
The debate, which involved journalists, politicians and associations, was the starting point of the current crisis in the Global Media group, which has exposed the economic fragility of the sector. Poyares Maduro said it was necessary to act using “transparency mechanisms” and “incentives.” “I think the voucher system is most interesting because it is not subject to political control and interference (it puts the funding in the hands of every citizen), but also because it creates habits among citizens to return to consuming journalism, and also makes them bear responsibility and mobilize to support various social communication projects,” he told CM yesterday.
Poyares Maduro says he has been thinking about this possibility “for some time” and recalls that when he was in government the idea arose “as part of European conversations.” In Portugal, he presented it “at the beginning of the pandemic” in the newspaper Expresso. However, he argues that “it is also important to consider other tools and engage civil society organizations as a basis for supporting journalism.”
Congress starts today
The press crisis and the challenges of the future will be the themes of the 5th Congress of Journalists, which takes place from today to Sunday at the São Jorge cinema in Lisbon. The event is a joint organization of the Union of Journalists, Casa da Imprensa and the Journalists Club. Marcelo Rebelo de Souza attends the opening.
Author: Vanessa Fidalgo
Source: CM Jornal
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