“It is essential — for us all — that the protections afforded to journalists under international law are scrupulously upheld, and those responsible for their deaths are caught and face the consequences.”
Founder Ilia Krasilshchik doesn’t know the average age or gender or location of the people seeking help through Helpdesk’s chat — he just knows many are terrified.
“Military censorship in Russia has quickly moved into a new phase…the threat of criminal prosecution of both journalists and citizens who spread information about military hostilities that is different from the press releases of the Ministry of Defense.”
The English edition of the three-year-old Russian news site now gets an average of 100,000 monthly unique visitors and can count among its readers everyone from European policymakers to members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Meduza, Snob, TV Rain, BBC Russian, and RT weigh in on their publishing and promotion strategies on the platform, which survived a recent tussle with the country’s communications regulator.
“Meduza was never meant to be opposed to anything. We are strictly pro-common sense. Unfortunately, it’s no longer possible to maintain that in Russia anymore, and this is why we had to leave.”
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Tomkiw, Lydia. "With aggregation and translation, Russia’s free-press-in-exile site Meduza is reaching English readers." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 6 Feb. 2015. Web. 26 Apr. 2024.
APA
Tomkiw, L. (2015, Feb. 6). With aggregation and translation, Russia’s free-press-in-exile site Meduza is reaching English readers. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/02/with-aggregation-and-translation-russias-free-press-in-exile-site-meduza-is-reaching-english-readers/
Chicago
Tomkiw, Lydia. "With aggregation and translation, Russia’s free-press-in-exile site Meduza is reaching English readers." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 6, 2015. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/02/with-aggregation-and-translation-russias-free-press-in-exile-site-meduza-is-reaching-english-readers/.
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