“Man in Blue, Thinking of Institutions” 2025, digital photography, The Guardian

I read most of Abundance on the way to Perugia and started thinking: what if part of the reason journalism funding feels broken is the same reason biotech innovation gets stuck? In the latest edition, we connect truffle pasta, EU grant bureaucracy, and the case for flexible funding.

This week on the Media Finance Monitor: - Rational optimism for local journalism - Google’s scariest experiment - Journalism's largest exit interview - Tell the EU to allocate more funding for journalism! - Hit me up in Perugia - 17 active calls (7 new)

The latest Eurobarometer survey released this week asked European citizens what the EU should focus on to strengthen its position in the world. Unsurprisingly, "spending more on journalism" did not make the list.