Author: NEMO

  • Dogged and determined reporters: How journalism persists in Turkmenistan

    Dogged and determined reporters: How journalism persists in Turkmenistan

    In April, a delegation from Ashgabat met with U.N. officials in Geneva to discuss ongoing strategic partnerships between Turkmenistan and the United Nations. A dry official statement from Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry described rather routine meetings about copyright protections, collaboration in the information sphere, and disarmament. According to The Beet’s sources, however, the Turkmen officials were privately forced…

  • Five challenges exiled media face when reporting from abroad 

    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…

  • NEMO returns to Perugia to advocate for exiled media

    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…

  • Ep 7: Choosing VPNs in Exile

    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.

  • Ep 6: Managing Remote Teams

    Ep 6: Managing Remote Teams

    In this episode Sudeshna from Zamaneh Media speaks with JJ from Radio Tamazuj about the challenges of managing remote teams in exile. Radio Tamazuj is a daily news service and current affairs broadcaster covering South Sudan, the southern states of Sudan, and the borderlands between the two countries. Disclaimer: This episode was recorded across two…

  • Lessons in membership models for exiled media

    Lessons in membership models for exiled media

    Cinthia Membreño, from Confidencial (Nicaragua), shared her experience in building a membership model, in a conversation with NEMO member, Zamaneh Media.

  • NEMO at RightsCon 2023

    NEMO at RightsCon 2023

    RightsCon is one of the largest conferences at the intersection of human rights and digital rights. It has been organized by AccessNow since 2011 and draws thousands of participants and speakers from around the world. RightsCon 2023 took place in San Jose, Costa Rica, and among the attendees were four of the five founding members…

  • How attackers hijacked the phone of Meduza co-founder Galina Timchenko

    How attackers hijacked the phone of Meduza co-founder Galina Timchenko

    With the help of Access Now and Citizen Lab, Meduza reports who might have spent millions of dollars to hijack Ms. Timchenko’s phone.

  • “Even in Europe, we are not safe,” Ivan Kolpakov

    “Even in Europe, we are not safe,” Ivan Kolpakov

    Meduza was launched in Riga in 2014. We’ve been working in the European Union for nearly 10 years. During that time, our publication has gone from being a tiny media startup with about 15 employees to being the world’s largest international Russian-language news outlet. Despite the fact that the Russian government has declared us a…