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Comprehensive Overviews on Exiled Media Landscapes

In times of shifting geopolitics and increasing challenges for independent journalism, supporting exiled media is more crucial than ever. Our Country Profiles for Afghanistan, Belarus, Russia, and Syria provide a detailed look at these fragile yet vibrant exiled media ecosystems. Combining regional context, audience data, and nuanced insights, the profiles highlight the critical role of exiled journalism in safeguarding truth under repressive regimes.

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Defining Media in Exile: Criteria, Challenges, and Responsibilities

Whether a medium can survive in exile depends in most cases not only on whether it keeps up good work outside the country, but also on whether it is worthy of support in the eyes of large funding institutions. But who determines when a medium is worthy of support? What criteria can be used to evaluate exiled media and how can comparability be established without gray areas getting lost in the process?

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Adapting to Survive: How Exiled Media Lead Innovation

With the increasing monopolization of information infrastructures on one side and targeted disinformation campaigns and propaganda by authoritarian regimes on the other, facts have become lonely things. However, for many exiled media outlets, this isn’t breaking news but rather a reality they have already adapted to. The constant need to innovate in response to new circumstances has given rise to unconventional business models.

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Study: Locking Down the Windows

Over the past year, Russia has done more than simply refine its already deeply repressive system – it is currently in the middle of building a new model of digital censorship, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on top of its already bloated propaganda budgets to ensure its people are fully isolated from independent and objective voices. One of the Kremlin’s most important targets: Russian independent media in exile.

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How Afghan Exiled Journalists Make Sure Facts are Facts

When the Taliban took power three years ago, the previously thriving Afghan media landscape collapsed. Many journalists were forced to leave the country and now work remotely. Others have stayed and continue their work despite all dangers. How do editorial teams in exile deal with the challenge of accessing sources on the ground?

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Legal Navigator: Guidelines for Setting Up Media Entities

Media are sometimes forced to set up media companies in other countries because they cannot operate in their home countries, for example due to restrictive laws. Our Legal Navigator provides an overview of the legal framework for setting up a media company in selected countries that has been reviewed by specialist lawyers.

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Study: Afghan Exiled Media Since the Taliban Takeover

The Taliban takeover in 2021 has created an environment of fear and uncertainty within the Afghan media community. Many journalists have fled their homeland in search of safety and freedom. Nonetheless, Afghan journalists in exile continue to demonstrate resilience and dedication to their profession. A new study now provides unprecedented insight into the development of the Afghan exiled media landscape.

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JX FUND IN THE PRESS

VOA: US Aid Freeze Spells Uncertain Future For International Media

JX Fund’s Managing Director Penelope Winterhager spoke with the media network Voice of America about what the cessation of U.S. foreign aid means for independent (exiled) media. Due to the current freeze, news outlets around the world are scrambling to find alternative sources of funding in an attempt to continue delivering the news to their audiences and avoid shutting down.

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NDRinfo: Exiled Media Outlets Are Important Partners”

Why do exiled media outlets deserve special support in times of multiple crises? As part of the Exile Media Forum 2024, Penelope Winterhager, Managing Director of the JX Fund, spoke to NDRinfo about the importance of exiled media for the civil societies in the countries of origin as well as for the global public.

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Körber-Stiftung: Exiled Journalist Communities in Germany

Significant restrictions on media and press freedoms have led to a massive rise in the numbers of exiled journalists and media workers worldwide. Increased global crises and armed conflicts, rising authoritarianism and extremism as well as the decline of press freedom make independent journalism one of the most dangerous professions.

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UN: Report on Journalists in Exile

In this report, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression focuses on journalists in exile who face a variety of physical, digital and legal threats. The JX Fund is recommended as an “interesting initiative” alongside the Network of Exiled Media Organizations (NEMO).

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JX FUND RESEARCH & STUDIES

Comprehensive Overviews on Exiled Media Landscapes

In times of shifting geopolitics and increasing challenges for independent journalism, supporting exiled media is more crucial than ever. Our Country Profiles for Afghanistan, Belarus, Russia, and Syria provide a detailed look at these fragile yet vibrant exiled media ecosystems. Combining regional context, audience data, and nuanced insights, the profiles highlight the critical role of exiled journalism in safeguarding truth under repressive regimes.

Read more

Study: Locking Down the Windows

Over the past year, Russia has done more than simply refine its already deeply repressive system – it is currently in the middle of building a new model of digital censorship, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on top of its already bloated propaganda budgets to ensure its people are fully isolated from independent and objective voices. One of the Kremlin’s most important targets: Russian independent media in exile.

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Study: Afghan Exiled Media Since the Taliban Takeover

The Taliban takeover in 2021 has created an environment of fear and uncertainty within the Afghan media community. Many journalists have fled their homeland in search of safety and freedom. Nonetheless, Afghan journalists in exile continue to demonstrate resilience and dedication to their profession. A new study now provides unprecedented insight into the development of the Afghan exiled media landscape.

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Study: Belarusian Media Since the Revolution of 2020

Despite many challenges, independent Belarusian media are still uniquely valued by their audiences. The study “Silenced But Resilient: Belarusian Media Since the Revolution of 2020” by JX Fund and The Fix Research and Advisory is giving an overview of Belarusian media in exile since 2020.

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Study: Needs of Russian Media in Exile for 2023

Together with The Fix and the Centre for Media Studies of the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, the JX Fund has published the study “Rebuilding Russian Media in Exile – Successes, Challenges and the Road Ahead,” which investigates the current state of Russian media in exile.

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