This week, a new website launched to mark a collaboration between Knight Foundation, the Salzburg Global Seminar and the Global Forum for Media Development. The Strengthening Independent Media site will include insights and strategies from a team of global media development leaders.

From the President’s letter:

Through the SIM initiative we will seek to bring influential investors and innovators in the field of media development together with others who have made significant breakthroughs in related fields to set a framework for the future and act to achieve specific goals. Through scenario building, examining innovative examples, and identifying key barriers and unfolding opportunities, we also hope to set an agenda for further investigation leading to recommendations for future investment. As we proceed, we believe we can also strengthen the case for why independent media matter fundamentally in the quest to achieve economic and social advancement.

At the site, you’ll find posts like this conversation between Jeff Jarvis – a Knight grantee and director of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism’s Interactive Journalism Program – and Christopher Callahan – dean of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. You’ll also find a number of other posts highlighting the myriad approaches to building a strong independent media ecosystem.

The site is a public counterpart to a series of six in-person meetings comprising a group of media investors and innovators. The initiative also involves convening twelve Knight Fellows, a group of leading journalists from around the world.

Take a look and add the site to your bookmarks.