Author: NEMO
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“I was part of Meydan TV, and I am proud of it,” Aytan Farhadova
‘Do you work together?’ the investigator asked. At the time, our response was no. Now, I can say that I did work with them.
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NEMO stands in solidarity with Meydan TV and its team
On December 6, 2024, the regime of Ilham Aliyev illegally detained six employees of Meydan TV, the largest digital news outlet in Azerbaijan and co-founder of NEMO.
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The challenges of journalism in exile in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela
The onslaught of dictatorships poses a challenge to the international community: to preserve the last reserve of all freedoms
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How to navigate donor bureaucracy? A podcast discussion
For exiled media around the world, grants play a significant role in achieving sustainability. It can be difficult, however, to navigate complex donor requirements in moments of urgency, or even when the situation becomes somewhat stable. In the fifth episode of the Exiled Media Podcast, Matt Kasper, publisher of Meydan TV, and Joris van Duijne,…
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A Nicaraguan journalist’s recurring nightmare in exile
There are ten vehicles packed with police officers outside my house. They shout, break in by force, and take me away. My family watches in despair, not understanding why this is happening. I’m crying. Luckily, this isn’t real. It’s just a nightmare that I’ve been having for the past three years. In 2021, I had…
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Are you an exiled media professional? This toolkit is for you
If you are an exiled media professional, you know — or will eventually find out — how challenging setting up a media organization abroad can be. Especially if you don’t speak the language of the country you are now living in. Perhaps the most important decision you will make is the type of organization you…
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NEMO returns to Perugia to advocate for exiled media
A year after officially launching the Network of Exiled Media Outlets (NEMO), we returned to Italy to continue advocating for the exiled media ecosystem. In 2024, our participation in Perugia’s International Journalism Festival included a side event with donors and media development organizations, and three panels about the realities and challenges of exiled media. NEMO’s…
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Five challenges exiled media face when reporting from abroad
Fleeing a country is, perhaps, one of the last decisions that independent journalists want to make. It implies renouncing the one thing that makes their reporting truly valuable: being on the ground. But for many, witnessing events as they unfold —and telling the world about them— represents a great danger to their lives. Under these…
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Ep 7: Choosing VPNs in Exile
Ole Chavannes, media developer at the Democratic Voice of Burma (Myanmar) talks to Alex, cyber security expert working with Meduza, about considerations that exiled media organizations need to take when choosing VPNs to guarantee the safety of their teams.