In a world where freedom of expression is more and more constrained by autocratic regimes, entrepreneurs are seeking a new solution to bring trusted news to repressed citizens: hybrid media. Hybrid me...
Events - journalists in exile
#IJF23 /
21 april 2023
Building a viable newsroom in exile: successes and challenges of Russian independent media
The war censorship and unprecedented crackdown on press freedom in 2022 saw a mass exodus of Russian journalists and media organisations abroad. As a result, Russian independent journalism - painstaki...
Russia-based journalists have had to flee their homes and families or risk imprisonment and worse. Their revenue sources are mostly gone and - as Russian nationals - they face hostility and mistrust d...
Recent international developments have highlighted the difficulties of media in exile, but the exodus of local media outlets in the face of repression is perhaps historical in scale now. On the other ...