Tag: exiled journalism
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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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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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Meduza faced the most intense cyberattack campaign in its history
In February 2024, the Russian authorities launched a series of cyberattacks against Meduza, which have been more intense than any we’ve ever faced. The assault began around the time of Alexey Navalny’s death — about a month before Russia’s upcoming presidential election. Meduza has faced similar attacks before, of course —we have been dealing with…
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Are social media platforms hurting exiled media? A conversation with Ole Chavannes
In the pursuit of sustainability, exiled media outlets face multiple challenges. Many newsrooms have concluded, for example, that generating income from traditional advertising is almost impossible because local companies prefer to avoid retaliations from authoritarian governments. Under these circumstances, one of the most logical steps for exiled media is to experiment with programmatic advertising. But…
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Why is exiled media so different? An interview with Sudeshna Chanda
Part of advocating for the exiled media landscape consists of explaining —in different spaces and platforms— what is the nature, peculiarities, and challenges of news organizations that have been forced to operate outside of their home countries. The Network of Exiled Media Outlets (NEMO) sees this effort as a means for audiences, donors, and supporters…
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We officially launched NEMO at Perugia’s International Journalism Festival
Exiled media outlets around the world have been serving people in repressive environments with independent, fact-based news for decades now. From Myanmar to Iran, from Nicaragua to Azerbaijan, from Sudan to Russia, from Belarus to Syria… and many more. Exiled media’s value to the world goes beyond making news available to those who would otherwise…
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Funding and Bureaucracy
Matt Kasper (Meydan TV, Azerbaijan) hosts Joris van Duijne (Zamaneh Media, Iran) to discuss issues exiled media are facing in the development sphere and how they can be improved, such as the eligibility problem that exiled media outlets often run into. Transcript Ep 5: Funding and bureaucracy Matt: Welcome to the Exiled Media Podcast episode…
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Reporting from Abroad
Matt Kasper (Meydan TV, Azerbaijan) and Ivan Kolpakov (Meduza, Russia) discuss how journalists in exile can continue to produce quality content, despite not being physically present in the country of their audiences. Transcript Ep 2: Reporting from abroad Matthew Kasper: Welcome to the Exiled Media Podcast. The first season of the Exiled Media Podcast is…