JX Fund – European Fund for Journalism in Exile

Lighthouse Reports is holding two workshops in Berlin for young Syrians and Afghans based in the EU who are interested in a career in OSINT and investigative journalism. The workshop will combine training, practical exercises and Q&As with expert guest speakers. Trainers will cover social media investigations, analyzing satellite imagery and plane and ship tracking, among other topics.

The Consortium to Support Independent Journalism in the Region (CAPIR) is offering grants of up to US$8,000 for innovative projects that address the unique challenges of journalism in exile. Grants can support specific solutions for individual outlets, fund special reports, or create resources such as guides, videos, or events like panels or conferences.

The new grant programme Microgrants for Small Newsrooms is a media funding scheme that will distribute a sub-grant of up to €5,000 and expert mentoring to two cohorts of newsrooms which will allow small and medium-sized news outlets to implement new tactics and skills to build resilience and viability.

The Dubai Press Club is accepting submissions for its Arab Journalism Awards, which aim to honor outstanding and distinguished Arab journalists. Entries must have been published in a media outlet, whether print, broadcast or digital, between March 1, 2024 to Dec. 31, 2024.

The Global Investigative Journalism Conference 2025 is offering fellowships to journalists from the Global South, and those from historically underrepresented groups to participate in this prestigious event.

This programme aims to respond to the need for media organisations across Europe to pursue different approaches to increase reader trust, audience share, and revenue by creating a cross-European solutions journalism journalism knowledge hub and encouraging systemic cooperation between professional news media organisations.

Ahead of the COP29 U.N. climate summit in Azerbaijan, the government has escalated its attacks on press freedom, jailing six journalists from the independent outlet Abzas Media on dubious charges since last November. Speaking from exile in Berlin, acting editor-in-chief Leyla Mustafayeva calls it a “total crackdown on Azerbaijani media.”

The Kyrgyz state is increasingly cracking down on press freedom: One example is the case of an investigative journalist who was expelled from Kyrgyzstan due to his work against corruption. The journalist in exile calls on the international community to take action against the suppression of press freedom in Kyrgyzstan.

After 813 days in solitary confinement, Guatemalan journalist Jose Ruben Zamora returns home, committed to exposing corruption despite heavy repression. In this interview, Zamora discusses the ongoing threats to press freedom under Guatemala’s authoritarian regime and his determination to continue the fight.

Iran stands as one of the most dangerous places for reporters, ranked among the top ten jailers of journalists globally. The government targets those who report on human rights violations, protests, or any government abuses, subjecting them to intimidation, arbitrary arrest, and violence.

In the lead up to the Georgian national elections on 26 October 2024, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and nine partner organisations in the Council of Europe’s Platform for the Safety of Journalists published the following report and recommendations to ensure the safety of journalists and the right to reliable information.

Local press freedom organizations in Sri Lanka have documented 44 cases of murdered and disappeared journalists and media workers between 2004 and 2010. To date, no one has been convicted for the crimes committed against individual journalists or entire newsrooms.

Finding revenue, repelling attacks and protecting sources: Media leaders from Nicaragua, Afghanistan, Belarus and El Salvador open up about leading organisations that report on their countries from afar.

Social media platform X has blocked access to over 100 accounts belonging to Turkish journalists, activists and media organizations run by journalists living in exile, in another example of its compliance with censorship requests from the Turkish government.

A general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has been charged in New York in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate a dissident Iranian American journalist. The target of the alleged assassination plot was not named in unsealed court documents, but she has been widely identified as Masih Alinejad, who lives in New York.

Press freedom is severely restricted in many countries, prompting journalists like Amir Aman Kiyaro from Ethiopia and Vania Pigeonutt from Mexico to seek refuge in Germany. Facing threats, violence, and imprisonment, they now focus on raising awareness about the crises in their home countries and the psychological impacts of their work.

At least 278 journalists have been forced to leave Nicaragua over the past six years to escape persecution by Daniel Ortega’s government, according to a report released this Monday by the Foundation for Freedom of Expression and Democracy (FLED).

In Cuba’s economic crisis, the exiled independent news outlet El Toque has transformed into a vital resource for currency exchange information. With an AI-powered dashboard, it provides real-time rates that challenge government narratives, gaining popularity and user trust amid increasing censorship and political pressure.