Project Oasis is a research effort to map independent digital media organizations, news creators and publishers-in-exile. The media directories featured on this page represent ongoing research projects that map and study the ever-changing digital news media ecosystem.

SembraMedia is leading a group of partners in expanding this research by combining data from around the world to better recognize global trends, opportunities and threats. We hope this effort enables the ecosystem to more deeply understand and better support this growing —and crucial— part of the news industry. 

Global directory

In July 2024, SembraMedia launched the first phase of a new global media directory, which includes data from +3k media organizations from Europe, the United States, Canada, Hispanoamerica, and Brazil. We will be seeking partners to help us add media from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Media in Hispanoamérica

SembraMedia created its first directory of media in 2015 to map independent digital journalism in Spanish. That ongoing project has become the foundation of a community of media entrepreneurs that includes nearly 1,000 native digital media outlets in Latin America, Spain, Canada, and the United States..

Media in Europe

Launched in 2022, Project Oasis Europe is an ongoing research project, which features more than 500 media outlets from 44 European countries. Led by SembraMedia, in collaboration with regional partners, it features a report with the key findings on the sustainability, innovation, and impact of the independent native digital media ecosystem in Europe.

Media in the U.S. and Canada

Published in 2020, Project Oasis is a directory of local digital media in the United States and Canada. This research project was created by LION Publishers, the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media, Douglas K. Smith, and Google News Initiative. It also provides a guide for media startups and a series of support materials.

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