As “defend freedom of the press” AND “strengthen the independent media ecosystem” when you do not have the means to simultaneously subscribe to Media, The Days EITHER Enough!, and make donations to burst oa street press ? By becoming a member of Coop-médias, responds Lucie Anizon, general director of this new cooperative and general secretary of Enercoop, a network of cooperative companies that offer energy from renewable sources.
Accessible online, the Coop-media platform is starting a fundraising, which should last three to four months, with the aim of raising between 400,000 and 500,000 euros. The former socialist candidate for the presidential elections Benoît Hamon, president of the Social and Solidarity Economy of France, the economist Julia Cagé, president of the association Un bout des medias and the Society of World Readers, or even the journalist Edwy Plenel, co-founder of Half partwill be particularly present during its launch evening, on Wednesday, October 9, at the Climate Academy in Paris.
If in a second phase the participation of companies such as MAIF or the Macif mutuals is expected, all citizens who wish to support this form of press can now acquire a share of 100 euros to provide substantial help to the media that request.
Faced with the “rise of the extreme right”
There is no risk of vampirizing the calls for donations from these same media or from Fund for a Free Press (FPL), which plans to raise 200,000 euros by the end of Octoberassures Mme Anizon, since “Each share is recoverable after five years.” “There is a lot of idle money in France”estimates the young woman, convinced that “Therefore, the pie to be shared is much bigger than we think”. The leaders of Coop-media give as an example the 25 million euros raised in a year and a half by the La Nef bank ” ethics “or the fact that Enercoop brings together 50,000 members.
To help independent media, often short of hands and energy, Coop-media aims to offer “culture of collective intelligence”. “A part of the funds raised could constitute aid for the distribution of titles, another for the pooling of resources and skills”imagine mme Anizon.
Write financial aid application files, act as guarantor for a loan, offer services dedicated to human resources, etc. The list of services that Coop-médias could provide is not yet finalized, and Mme Anizon aims to constitute the “commitment committee”which will study the application files as well as a “grid of first criteria” to qualify for aid, at the beginning of 2025.
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