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
The public has known for years that governments around the world use software developed by an Israeli cyber-arms company to spy on journalists, opposition politicians, and activists. Investigative journalists published a series of bombshell reports in July 2021 about the widespread abuse of Pegasus, a powerful tool marketed exclusively to state clients for use against only…
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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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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…