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Exiled Venezuelan Journalists Cover Maduro’s Ouster

  • Reuters Institute
  • Gretel Kahn

Earlier this month Donald Trump launched military strikes on Venezuela and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The ousting of Maduro was a momentous event for millions of Venezuelans, who have gone through hunger, political repression, a painful economic collapse and a massive exodus in the past two decades.

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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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How Venezuelan Journalists Broke the Information Blockade

  • LatAm Journalism Review (LJR)
  • César López Linares

Luz Mely Reyes, a Venezuelan journalist in exile and director of the digital media outlet Efecto Cocuyo, quickly learned what was happening. She contacted a group of colleagues, also in exile, via text message, and within minutes they organized a live broadcast to inform their compatriots about what was going on in Venezuela.

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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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Truth in Exile: Journalism and the Fight for Credibility

  • Centre for Governance Studies

When technology can manufacture any reality, the journalist becomes both witness and suspect. How can the media rebuild trust when truth itself feels optional? A conversation among editors, reporters, and thinkers on courage, verification, and storytelling in a time of noise.

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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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Exiled Media Will Leave Grant Dependency Behind

  • NiemanLab
  • José J. Nieves

In 2026, exiled media outlets will overhaul their business models, leaving behind grant dependency and moving toward diversified schemes that include products and services that their audiences — especially readers in the diaspora — are willing to pay for.

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Twenty years of Zamaneh Media: A legacy in exile

  • NEMO

The Network of Exiled Media Outlets (NEMO) is proud to join in celebrating the 20th anniversary of Zamaneh Media and its flagship independent journalism platform, Radio Zamaneh, which serves audiences in Iran and diaspora communities worldwide. On December 16, Zamaneh’s team will commemorate this milestone with a donation campaign, and by sharing highlights of their work on their website.

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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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Why Myanmar Media is Key to Changing Attitudes to Disability

  • UNESCO

The article describes how UNESCO is training journalists from Myanmar to improve disability-inclusive reporting, combat stigma, and ensure more accurate and accessible media coverage. It highlights how local and ethnic media, guided by persons with disabilities, can drive meaningful change by shifting narratives, newsroom practices, and representation.

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Vietnamese Government Sues Berlin-Based Exiled Journalists

  • Deutschlandfunk
  • Sebastian Engelbrecht

This episode of the mediares podcast takes a closer look at the case in which the Vietnamese government is suing Berlin-based exile journalists. Sebastian Engelbrecht discusses the political background, the implications for press freedom, and what this cross-border legal action means for journalists living in exile.

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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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Sexual Violence Against Zimbabwean Exiled Journalist

  • Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF)

Law and Democracy Support Foundation (LDSF) strongly condemns the sexual and physical assaults, threats, and surveillance targeting the exiled journalist Sophia Tekwani and her family in Sweden, as part of a dangerous pattern of transnational repression by Zimbabwean authorities.

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Exiled Channels Dominate Despite Iran Media Crackdown

  • ZoomBangla News

Iran’s government is intensifying its media restrictions. This effort is backfiring dramatically. Exiled opposition channels are now setting the domestic news agenda. According to The Economist, state minders severely limit foreign journalists’ access.

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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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