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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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Europe Puts Energy Deals Over Human Rights – Once Again

  • The European Correspondent
  • Orkhan Mammad

Meydan TV is one of the few independent media organisations broadcasting in Azerbaijan. With the newsroom in exile in Berlin, the team focuses on bringing the country’s corruption and sensitive human rights issues to light. Meydan’s editor-in-chief takes you through the newsroom’s darkest days, and how the EU failed to protect its interests.

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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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How Still Lifes Tell Stories of Refugees

  • Tagesspiegel
  • Maria Savushkina

Six new Berliners from Belarus, Afghanistan, Iran, Ukraine, Sudan, and Syria open up about their journeys of escape, loss, and starting over. In the photo series Berlin Still Lifes, photographer Dzmitry Brushko captures the objects and dishes that connect them to their past and present. No faces are shown — instead, everyday items tell deeply personal stories of memory, identity, and belonging.

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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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As a Journalist in Exile: “Human Rights Are My Compass”

  • Deutschland.de
  • Kim Berg

How the “Journalists in Exile” program strengthens press freedom: Nazeeha Saeed explains why independent journalism should not be taken for granted. Nazeeha Saeed has lived in exile since 2016—first in Paris, now in Berlin. In her home country of Bahrain, she could no longer work as a journalist.

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Exile Journalism (with Sergey Lukashevskiy)

  • Junge Presse

In this podcast episode, we talk to Sergey Lukashevskiy about his work as a Russian exile journalist in Germany. Since 2022, he has been building “Radio Sakharov” as an exile media outlet. He discusses the challenges of exile journalism, human rights in Russia, and reporting on a country he can no longer return to.

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How El Faro’s Reporting Set Off a Political Earthquake in El Salvador

  • The Spark
  • Lucy Nash

In an interview with Roman Gressier, editor of El Faro’s English edition, Lucy Nash explores how the Salvadoran newsroom’s investigations – including explosive gang-leader testimony – shook President Bukele’s narrative, triggered political backlash, and forced dozens of journalists into exile.

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A First-Hand Account of a Salvadoran Exodus

  • El Faro
  • Óscar Martínez, Carlos Martínez

In a personal spotlight for El Faro, journalists Óscar and Carlos Martínez recount their sudden “preventive departures” following explosive reporting on Bukele’s gang ties. Planned as brief, cautious trips, these exits soon turned into forced exile. Read their emotional first-hand account of a reorganized life, halfway across the world.

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From Exiled Journalist to ‘Terrorist’ in Russia

  • DOXA
  • Aron Ouzilevski

“Before I was just seen as a journalist in exile. Now, no one in Russia wants to be linked to someone labeled a terrorist.” Armen Aramyan, DOXA Journal’s Founding Editor, speaks about his recent arrest in absentia, the spread of global authoritarianism, and the state of independent Russian media in exile.

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I’m Still Working as an Independent Journalist in Russia

  • The Moscow Times

A Russian journalist recounts returning from exile to report undercover inside Russia, navigating fear, surveillance, and censorship while challenging the overly bleak narratives often portrayed by exile media. They argue that repression is real but selective, and that the country remains socially complex and more nuanced than many abroad believe.

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The Case of Nicaragua’s Confidencial

  • GIJN
  • Lucero Hernández García

Is reporting possible while living under persecution? When you don’t know from where you’ll be attacked, or if you will be discredited, threatened, intimidated, or forced into exile? Where the choices are sometimes as stark as choosing jail, silence, or exile?

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Damascus: Returning Home after Fourteen Years in Exile

    For fourteen years, the organization operated in secrecy and exile. Team members risked their lives daily, working under bombardment and surveillance, and facing the constant threat of arrest. Three colleagues remain forcibly disappeared to this day — their absence a painful reminder of the price paid for pursuing truth under the former regime.

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    Nicaraguan Exiles and the Emotional Value of Objects

    • DW Akademie

    For many Nicaraguans fleeing the Ortega-Murillo regime, objects carried into exile hold deep emotional value—links to the past and symbols of hope for return. This is the story of an exiled journalist and his collection of keys. He calls himself *Castro, in homage to an influential high school teacher in Managua who suggested he study journalism.

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    Fellowships and Grants: Sustaining a Calling in Exile

    • International Journalists’ Network
    • José J. Nieves

    Clavel Rangel is a journalist forcibly displaced due to her reporting in Venezuela. She didn’t go into exile with a safety net, a secured job, or a detailed plan. She left with her name, her credibility, and her conviction. As she tells it, her survival has been multifaceted, fragmented, and deeply creative.

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    Boosting Subscriptions with AI for Minority Languages

    • The Fix
    • Romain Chauvet

    An AI translation tool, able to translate news content into a minority language, has proven successful for a media outlet in Greenland. This case could now inspire others to do the same. In 2023, the Danish tech startup MediaCatch developed an AI translation tool for Sermitsiaq, which is able to quickly translate news content into a minority language ignored by most big tech companies.

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    Exiled Blogger ‘Mother Mushroom’ Urges Global Solidarity

    • Global Voices
    • Mong Palatino

    Despite being forced into exile in 2018, dissident blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh continues to write about social justice and human rights issues concerning Vietnam. More popularly known as Me Nam or “Mother Mushroom,” she gained recognition for her posts on environmental pollution and police abuse.

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    Proud to Be Labeled a ‘Foreign Agent’

    • Tagesspiegel
    • Nikita Sologub

    In the article, journalist Nikita Sologub shares how independent media like Mediazona continue reporting in Russia despite mounting repression. Founded to expose abuses in the Russian prison system, Mediazona has operated for over a decade, even as press freedom has deteriorated and the state increasingly targets dissenting voices.

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