Tag: meduza
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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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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.
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“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…
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Launching NEMO at Perugia’s International Journalism Festival
The Network of Exiled Media Outlets has been created to foster knowledge sharing and collaboration for the exiled media community.
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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…