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Latin American Journalists in Exile Share Strategies

  • LatAm Journalism Review
  • Silvia Higuera

Exiled journalists in Latin America face growing challenges, from economic instability to threats against their safety. Cuban journalist José Nieves is tackling this crisis with innovative strategies for media sustainability. His podcast “Hablando en Plata” offers insights into financial survival and resilience for independent media in hostile environments.

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Media in Exile is Defeating Censorship

  • Confidencial
  • Carlos F. Chamorro

In Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, exiled reporters are not just surviving, they’re innovating. Despite crackdowns, they’re finding new ways to keep independent journalism alive, earning the 2024 IAPA Press Freedom Prize for their bold defiance of censorship.

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Access Denied: Newsgathering in Repressive Regimes

  • Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
  • Osamah Golpy

The role of journalism in authoritarian and conflict-affected regions remains as crucial as it has ever been. While technological advances provide new opportunities for newsgathering, there are still plenty of pitfalls for those who are trying to convey the truth.

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Fundraising for Investigative Journalism

  • Global Investigative Journalism Network
  • Karen Martin

Finding funding for your journalism organization can be a daunting responsibility — especially if your organization does not have someone experienced in fundraising. The process is similar to investigative journalism: first, you must research funding sources, then prepare your story, and write a compelling narrative that makes the reader understand the importance of your work — and the need to fund it.

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One News Creator’s Guide on Profitable Newsletters

  • The Fix
  • Priyal Shah and Sham Jaff

Newsletters are an effective way to establish a direct contact with your audience, unmitigated by the whims of social media algorithms. For individual journalists, newsletters can be a profitable option to share their work with their readers. But how?

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Advice for Journalists Forced Into Exile

  • IJNet
  • Sofia Heartney

From Afghanistan and Russia, to Venezuela, Eritrea and beyond, journalists globally have fled – and continue to flee – threats to their lives and livelihoods under authoritarian regimes. Entire newsrooms in these contexts, too, have shuttered operations to avoid imminent danger to their employees and financial ruin.

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Tackling Disinformation

  • DW Akademie

Tackling Disinformation: A Learning Guide offers insights for evaluating media development activities and rethinking approaches to disinformation, alongside practical solutions and expert advice, with a focus on the Global South and Eastern Europe.

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Exiled Media Toolkit

  • International Journalists’ Network

In partnership with the Network of Exiled Media Outlets (NEMO) the International Journalists’ Network compiled an Exiled Media Toolkit, that brings resources to journalists and outlets established or preparing to be in exile, as they report on communities and events in their home countries.

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These Writers Are Not Giving Up

  • The Guardian
  • Lauren Mechling

With layoffs ramping up across the media industry, reporters are trying a new model: co-operative newsrooms of their own. Will worker-owned collectives ever generate enough money to justify all the effort?

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Survival Strategies for Exiled Investigative Media

  • Global Investigative Journalism Network
  • Laura Oliver

Exiled investigative newsrooms are advised to establish emergency action plans. Seeking support when safe and demonstrating the importance of the work can contribute to sustaining operations in exile.

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Where Can Journalists Access Info Through RTI?

  • Datawrapper (Reuters Institute/University Oxford)
  • Tarjei Leer-Salvesen

This map catalogs countries with Right to Information laws, including a rating for law scope, fee details, requester eligibility, and additional resources.

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Modelling the Journalism Business Under Pressure

  • International Press Institute
  • Teona Sekhniashvili

#IPIWoCo Recap: The panel at the IPI World Congress discussed how journalists from Nigeria, Georgia, Myanmar, and India leverage diverse funding models to navigate government pressure.

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