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journalism

Media Capture Central European Style: Photography of a man holding a burning newspaper

Media Capture Central European Style

With foreign owners leaving the market, Central European oligarchs are buying whatever they can get their hands on. The region is an object lesson in how vested interests can create a quasi-media monopoly on information.

By Krisztian Simon
Screenshots der Webseiten merce.hu/republik.ch/taz.de/oko.press

“All we want is to work in partnership with our readers”

Interview

Journalism is in a serious crisis. Nevertheless, alternative left-wing media are still out there in Europe, providing quality news and analysis with financial backing not from oligarchs or big business but from their readers. An exchange between the makers of merce.hu (Hungary), republik.ch (Switzerland), oko.press (Poland), and taz.de (Germany).

By Krisztian Simon
Christophe Deloire at a demonstration

Political action for fundamental right of information and a democratic public sphere

Interview

Christophe Deloire, Secretary General of Reporters Without Borders, explains the vision of how to secure the public space of communication.

By Beatrice White

Connecting Europe: The Calling of Trans-European Media

Interview

In a Europe threatened with rising nationalism, trans-European media could present an ambitious project to transcend borders and language barriers, connecting citizens. 

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