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What Russian Audiences May Lose if Trump Shuts Down Radio Free Europe

  • Reuters Institute
  • Benjamin Bathke

If Trump shuts down RFE/RL, thousands of exiled journalists could lose their platform, and Russian-speaking audiences may lose a vital independent news source. RFE/RL’s reporting from hubs like Riga offers rare, high-risk journalism in local languages, countering Kremlin propaganda in ways few other outlets can.

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Creating an Untraceable Identity in the Digital Age

  • Newstrail
  • Francisca Siquera

This report explores tools, techniques, and legal strategies to erase digital footprints and create a new, lawful identity. Drawing on real-world cases, privacy software, and legal frameworks, it offers a practical guide for journalists, whistleblowers, and dissidents seeking to avoid surveillance.

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Life Threats Persist for Turkish Journalist Living in Exile

  • Turkish Minute

Turkish journalist Cevheri Güven, living in Germany, continues to face constant threats to his life despite seeking asylum. Under 24/7 police protection, he must inform authorities whenever he leaves home. He also wears a security bracelet, designed to look like a watch, that allows him to send an alert if he faces danger.

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Crisis Spurs Latin American Journalists to Form Alliances

  • Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas
  • César López Linares

Amid funding shortages, AI disruption, and rising threats to press freedom, Latin American journalists are launching innovative projects to rebuild trust and connect with audiences. At the ISOJ 2025 Colloquium, seven media outlets shared how they’re using collaboration and creative storytelling.

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8 Tools That Journalists in Latin America Are Using

  • LatAm Journalism Review (LJR)
  • Katherine Pennacchio

LatAm Journalism Review (LJR) presents eight essential tools—some new, others well established—that are transforming investigative journalism. Used by leading reporters, these tools help uncover corruption networks, analyze data trends, and tell complex, impactful stories with greater precision.

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IJF 2025: What We Learnt About the Future of News

  • Reuters Institute
  • Gretel Kahn, Marina Adami, Matthew Leake, Priscille Biehlmann & Eduardo Suárez

At this year’s International Journalism Festival, journalists from around the world gathered to discuss the future of journalism. The Reuters Institute has published key takeaways, offering insights into a range of pressing topics, including journalism in exile, local news, reader revenue, news avoidance, and the impact of AI.

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Why Independent Journalism Loses Russian Readers

  • The Moscow Times
  • Maxim Alyukov

In this article, Maxim Alyukov explores the persistent gap between what journalists deem newsworthy and what audiences actually care about. Drawing on global research and the challenges facing Russian independent media in exile, he argues that understanding public perceptions of relevance is essential to staying connected, credible, and impactful under repression.

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New Platform is a Lifeline For Journalists in Exile

  • DW Akademie

The new digital platform from Casa para el Periodismo Libre supports journalists in Latin America and the Caribbean who have been forced into exile. More than a website, journalists will find a one-stop shop for information and access to important resources that can help them fight persecution, censorship and violence.

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A Guide to Empower Media Teams to Drive Meaningful Innovation

  • The Audiencers
  • Khalil A. Cassimally

This guide presents a practical template that helps anyone in newsrooms come up with promising ideas and turn them into strategic solutions, breaking through traditional hierarchical barriers. In doing so, it can reshape organisational culture, creating an environment where each staff feels valued, heard, and empowered to contribute to meaningful innovation.

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Nicaraguan Journalism Seeks Allies to Challenge Dictatorship

  • EL PAÍS
  • Néstor Arce, Carlos Herrera & Wilfredo Miranda Aburto

The founders of the media outlet Divergentes share their struggles in continuing independent journalism from exile. Despite facing immense financial and emotional challenges, they remain committed to exposing the authoritarian regime in Nicaragua.

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I Recognize The Strangulation of American Media Today

  • The Moscow Times
  • Ksenia Turkova

In this piece, Ksenia Turkuva, an exiled journalist, writes about her journey through Russia’s shrinking media landscape, reflecting on her early career and the harsh realities of censorship. She contrasts her experiences with the eerie parallels she now sees in America, warning of the creeping fear and rhetoric that echoes the tactics of repression she once knew in Russia.

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Next-IJ: Next-Level Data and Tools for Investigative Journalism

  • Next-IJ

Next-IJ is empowering European journalists, newsrooms, and media outlets with a combination of advanced tools (including artificial intelligence), data, training, legal and ethical guidance, and hands-on investigation opportunities to uncover and investigate corruption and organised and financial crime in multilateral cooperation and partnerships.

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Syrian Journalists on the Uncertain Future of Their Homeland

  • iMEdD
  • Katerina Voutsina

After the fall of the Assad regime, three Syrian journalists in exile speak with iMEdD about the challenges and opportunities of independent journalism in Syria, navigating an unstable and uncharted media landscape. They interview Lina Chawaf, CEO of Radio Rozana; Mohammed Bassiki, exiled journalist and SIRAJ co-founder; and Zaina Erhaim, who trains women journalists in the Middle East.

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Russian Media in Exile Finds Purpose and Global Relevance

  • Kennan Institute
  • Izabella Tabarovsky

In this article, Izabella Tabarovsky explores how Putin’s war in Ukraine depends on silencing independent media. She examines the struggles of Russian journalists in exile, who, despite immense challenges, are now producing groundbreaking reports and creatively circumventing censorship.

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Policymakers Must Protect Journalists from Spyware

  • Tech Policy Press
  • Sheila B. Lalwani

A new comprehensive article by researcher Sheila B. Lalwani exposes how spyware is increasingly being used to target journalists worldwide, including those in exile. This growing digital threat fuels concerns about surveillance, self-censorship, and the further erosion of press freedom.

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‚Nicaragua Has Become a Terrorist State‘

  • IPS
  • Wendy Quintero Chávez & Lucía Pineda Ubau

Journalists Wendy Quintero Chávez and Lucía Pineda Ubau shed light on the harsh realities of systemic torture, rigged elections, and the fight for press freedom in Nicaragua. Since 2018, over 350 lives have been lost, 56 media outlets banned, and 900+ exiled. Despite facing threats and violence, they continue to fight for truth and the right to report freely, even from exile.

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Afghanistan: “Half the Population is Silenced”

  • France24
  • Marc Perelman

FRANCE 24 spoke to Saad Mohseni, co-founder and CEO of Moby, Afghanistan’s largest media group. His new book “Radio Free Afghanistan” chronicles the ups and downs of building a media conglomerate in the country.

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Syria: “I Haven’t Cried So Much in so Long”

  • CNN

At the start of the Syrian civil war, citizen journalist Rami Jarrah picked up a camera to document Assad government atrocities. He says, “We’ve been given our country back, and we have the opportunity now to build it.”

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