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
External links
Contact. EngageMedia. Retrieved October 29, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231029022218/https://engagemedia.org/contact/ ↩︎
Committee of Management (Board). EngageMedia. Retrieved January 31, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230131062134/https://engagemedia.org/com/ ↩︎ ↩︎
EngageMedia. Anna Helme. Retrieved May 22, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230522092106/https://annahelme.com/portfolio/engagemedia/ ↩︎
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/ ↩︎
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/ ↩︎
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/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Committee of Management (Board). EngageMedia. Retrieved August 5, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230805130814/https://engagemedia.org/com/ ↩︎
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/ ↩︎
Engage Media. Luminate. Retrieved October 31, 2023, from http://archive.today/2023.10.31-042107/https://www.luminategroup.com/investee/engage-media ↩︎
Partners. EngageMedia. Retrieved October 28, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20231029022153/https://engagemedia.org/partners/ ↩︎
