The Kiosk: Independent Media Coalition
The Kiosk is a bridge connecting independent journalists and media across languages and topics.
Are you an independent journalist? Become a part of something greater than the sum of its parts.
an international coalition of independent media and journalists
Our members are individual journalists or media platforms who rely on independent funding sources, who are not part of big media conglomerates and do not benefit from the support of billionaires, well-funded think tanks or political lobbying organizations.
The Kiosk provides services to help members grow their audiences
The coalition offers services to members to help them build bridges across languages and to reach new audiences.
Are you curious to hear more? Send us a note.
Reciprocal
The idea is simple. Everyone helps each other gain exposure to a new audience pool.
Members agree to share certain content into a content pool that is available to all members to draw from for reposting on their own platforms – always with full credit of course.
You share some of your content. Other members post your content and in this way introduce you and your work to their audience.
In return, you introduce their work to your audience when you post selected work from the shared content pool.
Everyone gains access to a larger audience of new and interested followers.
International and multi-language
Often media platforms in different countries are working on related topics.
The Kiosk brings together journalists who are focusing on related issues and whose audiences would be interested in an enlarged perspective.
For example, immigration is a big issue in France. It is also currently a crisis issue in Pakistan. And of course it is a topic that will be front and center in upcoming elections in the U.S.
By sharing selected, relevant content, everyone gets exposed to a new audience that is interested in their topic.
Member Services
- The Kiosk will provide transcripts and subtitles in multiple languages for items in the shared content pool
Participate in Joint Productions
- Members have opportunities to participate in joint productions organized by the Kiosk Coalition. We do the organizing details, you show up to participate.
Benefit from Reciprocal Content Sharing
- Members participate in a shared content pool which introduces everyone to new audiences.
Member Roundtables
- The Kiosk will bring members together in ongoing round tables to discuss various topics. These will all be available for posting on members sites
Promote Member Content
- The Coalition will promote member content on the website, a regular newsletter, on social media and via a real-time newsfeed featuring member content
Member Newsfeed
- The Kiosk publishes a daily integrated feed of all member content on our site here. All newsfeed items link to the full content on member’s site(s).
Members-only Telegram Channel
- Optionally participate in a members-only telegram channel – cross talk with independent media colleagues. This is a place for suggesting joint productions, asking for help contacting a prospective interviewee, or other forms of mutual support and exchange of ideas.
Mutual Support
- The Kiosk is a system of mutual support that makes the idea of becoming larger than the sum of one’s parts a reality
Mutual Support
The Kiosk welcomes members who understand and believe in the idea of mutual support. In these times, a genuinely independent media is more important than ever.
Many journalists in different countries are working on content that has a receptive audience already somewhere else. Everyone’s audience can expand if we work together.
The Kiosk expects to change and grow organically overtime based on members’ needs. The constant will be the dedication to this idea of mutual support and making a reality out of the adage that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Who are the members?
Independent media or individual journalists
- in different countries, working in different languages
- who are creating great content with interest to a broader audience
- who depend on a paid subscriber base or other independent revenue sources
- who are working on topics of political, social or economic importance
- who believe in the idea of mutual support and helping everyone to benefit
- who agree on a very basic Charter of Journalistic Ethics and Free Speech
Reach new audiences
The Kiosk is entirely focused on ways to help members increase their audiences, whether through a shared content pool, organizing joint productions, providing translations to make content more accessible to broader audiences or other member services.
See our full FAQ for details on different ways we make this happen.