independent media
Non-corporate news outlets
Independent media refers to news outlets and journalism operating free from government control or corporate ownership that might compromise editorial integrity.
The term often distinguishes smaller, viewer-supported publications from large media conglomerates: She prefers independent media to mainstream news sources.
What counts as independent depends on who's drawing the line—outlets across the political spectrum claim the label.
- free pressJournalism without censorship
- citizen journalismNon-professionals reporting news
- samizdatClandestine dissident publishing
- blogsPersonal online publications
- pressApply force downward
alternative press · underground press · zines · podcasts · investigative journalism · boots on the ground · truth · whistleblowing · crowdfunding · ethical journalism · community radio · public interest · fact-checking · self-publishing · grants · grassroots activism · source · unfiltered
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- news medianews agency, newspaper, documentary, article, news photo
- pressnewspaper, press laws, free press, newsroom, press cards
- alternative mediaalternative weekly, underground press, citizen journalism, zine, zines
- press freedomfreedom of the press, press freedom, press rights, editorial freedom, confidential sources
- advocacy mediaadvocacy journalism, community radio, alternative press, public access TV, citizen journalism
independent mediastate media
Government-run news organizations
state-controlled media · state propaganda · state-run media · state broadcaster · Pravda
independent mediapropaganda
Biased information for influence
state propaganda · government propaganda · agitprop · official narrative · Pravda
independent mediasponsored content
Paid promotional material
media monopoly · mainstream media · legacy media · native advertising