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Survey on Monetisation Practices of Exiled Newsrooms

  • jinn

A new survey by jinn is examining how exiled media outlets are adapting their business models and monetization strategies amid recent funding challenges. Founders and managers of displaced newsrooms are invited to share their experiences.

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Venezuelan Journalist in Exile Explains the Situation

  • OCCRP

Learn about the current situation in Venezuela following the surprising capture of Nicolás Maduro by the Trump administration. Valentina Lares, an exiled Venezuelan journalist, explains the situation. She is working for the news outlet Armando.info.

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Award-Winning Open Letter to Journalists Still in China

  • Vision Times
  • Li Bai’an

Exiled Journalist Li Bai’an writes about the inner conflict of journalists in China, who are forced to ignore the truth under state pressure but still remember why they became journalists. She urges them to recognize that their conscience is not gone, only suppressed by fear under Xi Jinping’s rule.

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Transnational Repression against Journalists in Exile

  • ECPMF

Transnational repression (TNR), the cross-border targeting, intimidation, and harassment of journalists and human rights defenders, is increasingly undermining press freedom and human rights in Europe and beyond. Journalists in exile often remain subjects of sustained threats, surveillance, cyber-attacks, psychological pressure, and harassment long after reaching presumed safety.

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EU’s Dangerous ‘Return Hubs’ Policy

  • ECPMF

The EU’s new return policy risks jeopardising the lives of vulnerable journalists and human rights defenders living in exile. As such, it undermines the very principles of press freedom and human rights it aims to uphold and the safe haven the EU seeks to provide for journalists from all over the world threatened for reporting on the truth. ECPMF and undersigning organisations urge the EU to immediately reconsider these adverse effects and prioritise the protection of those who have already fled persecution.

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Propaganda in Belarus: The Goal is to Paralyze Critical Thinking

  • dekoder
  • Pavlyuk Bykovsky

Journalist and propaganda expert Pavlyuk Bykovsky analyzes the role propaganda plays in the Lukashenko regime and how it has evolved since the mass protests of 2020. Bykovsky’s contribution not only helps to understand the specific principles of the Lukashenko dictatorship, but also sheds light on the general mechanisms of propaganda and disinformation.

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Two-Thirds of Exiled Journalists Leave the Profession

  • BAJ
  • Hanna Valynec

Work in exile does not mean a happy end  –  it makes inequalities deeper. Furthermore, two-thirds of journalists in exile leave the profession, while working in editorial offices tend to be more sustainable. Researcher and Professor at Salzburg University, Hanan Badr, discusses the collective experience of journalists in exile.

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Welcome to The Age of Exile

  • Coda
  • Natalia Antelava

Most exile journalism documents symptoms. We’re investigating root causes: how displacement has become central to how power operates in the 21st century, how the same networks that enable resistance also enable surveillance, and why sanctuary is shrinking even as exile accelerates.

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UN Rapporteur Calls for Greater Support for Afghan Exiled Media

  • KabulNow

Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan, has called for greater international support for Afghan journalists and media outlets, both inside the country and in exile, saying they are the primary defenders and documenters of what is happening under Taliban rule.

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Study on Exile Media from Afghanistan and Myanmar

  • DW Akademie

Amid rising global repression and shrinking donor support, understanding how exile media remain viable, independent, and impactful is increasingly urgent. The study identifies key factors that enable media organizations to adapt, survive, and continue serving their communities from abroad. It also offers practical recommendations for exile media, media development actors, donors, and policymakers.

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Diary from Berlin: Studying for Lukashenko

  • taz
  • Glafira Zhuk

Since the 2020 presidential elections in Belarus, independent media have been wiped out due to severe state repression. Journalists faced arrests, raids, and newsroom destruction, forcing many into exile. Some left the profession, others continue abroad—37 media workers remain imprisoned. Journalism education has changed drastically.

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Intergovernmental Organisations on Journalists in Exile

  • Finančné Noviny

Article on how intergovernmental organisations address the challenges faced by journalists in exile, highlighting threats like transnational repression, gaps in legal protection, and emerging support mechanisms. The United Nations Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, adopted in 2012, does not even mention journalists in exile.

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For Russians Like Me, Silencing Jimmy Kimmel Looks Familiar

  • The Moscow Times
  • Andrei Soldatov

The removal from the air of a second American comedian since President Donald Trump was elected in the United States should send chills down the spine of every journalist who worked in Moscow in the early 2000s. That was how President Vladimir Putin began consolidating his power — by attacking mainstream media, starting with television and, notably, TV comedians.

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Can Russian Media in Exile Survive Moscow’s Information War?

  • Presseclub Concordia
  • Mirjana Tomić

Conversation with Galina Timchenko and Ivan Kolpakov, co-founders of Meduza, CEO and editor-in-chief respectively. Meduza is one of the most important independent media outlets outside of Russia, about Russia, and for Russia, published in Russian and in English.

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‘Journalism in Exile Has Been Somewhat Romanticized’

  • Global Investigative Journalism Network (GIJN)
  • Rowan Philip

Having previously exposed abuses such as illegal mining and drug trafficking as a reporter for El Universal, Joseph Poliszuk has since led a trailblazing and courageous team as co-founder of Venezuela’s pioneering investigative journalism outlet Armando.info.

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Schools, Church, War – How the Russian State Shapes Youth

  • taz
  • Tigran Petrosyan

The latest episode of “Our Window to Russia” focuses on the lives of young people in Russia. What’s happening in schools and universities? How present is state propaganda in daily life? And what role do church and state play in shaping the next generation? We speak with journalist Ekaterina Martynova from DOXA.

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Journalism Is Not a Crime!

  • The Reporter

In 2018, the administration of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) ushered in an era of reform, freeing exiled media and releasing imprisoned journalists. Yet the hope that these measures promised a renaissance for journalism was short-lived. Since the outbreak of conflict in Tigray in 2020, the environment has sharply deteriorated.

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