Tag: exiled journalism
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From Thailand’s shadows, exiled journalists expose the Burmese junta’s brutal regime
Targeted by arrest warrants, they fled to Thailand. Now, Myanmar’s exiled journalists risk everything to expose the junta’s brutality.
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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…
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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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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.