Author: NEMO
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Lessons in Membership Model for exiled media
Cinthia Membreño, from Confidencial (Nicaragua), shared her experience in building a membership model, in a conversation with NEMO member, Zamaneh Media.
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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…
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Op-Ed on DVB: ‘Exiled Media Unite’
This piece was written by Ole Chavannes on the website of Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) on the 26th of April, 2023. “Harsh and tyrannical laws are worse even than a fierce tiger”, wrote Confucius around the year 500 BC in the The Book of Rites. The Chinese philosopher and politician was forced by a neighboring…
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Network launch
“Exiled media is not just a trend” 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…
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Ep 5: 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.
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Ep 4: Diversifying Your Revenue
Cinthia Membreño (CONFIDENCIAL, Nicaragua) hosts Sonny We (Frontier Myanmar, Myanmar) to speak about how memberships can be a lifesaver for media companies facing financial challenges even before going into exile.
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Ep 3: Finding Funding for Exiled Media
In this episode we speak with Ole Chavannes, a media development professional from the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB). DVB was established in exile in 1992 and went back to Myanmar 2012 only to go back into exile and work in a hybrid setting (from exile and in-country) since 2021 again. Ole talks about his…
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Ep 2: Reporting from Abroad
Matt Kasper (Meydan TV, Iran) hosts Ivan Kolpakov (Meduza, Russia) to speak about how journalists in exile can continue to produce quality content despite no longer being physically present in the country of their audience.
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Ep 1: Why a podcast on the challenges of exiled media?
Sudeshna Chanda (Zamaneh Media, Iran), Matt Kasper (Meydan TV, Azerbaijan), and Cinthia Membreño (CONFIDENCIAL, Nicaragua) explain why exiled media outlets sharing knowledge will lead to stronger and better independent journalism across the globe.