6 months ago, I left the sinking newspapers of Western Europe to study online media in the vibrant post-socialist Europe.
17,000 miles, 19 countries and 75 interviews later, I produced this report entitled ‘Online news in post-socialist Europe‘ that provides an overview of the current developments happening on the Eastern front.
Online news in post-socialist Europe
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There’s a paradox in the Czech media. The newly-formed republic constantly ranks well in press freedom indexes. It’s considered more free than France and the UK by both Reporters without Borders and Freedom House. On the other hand, almost everyone we met there told us that journalism standards were such that consumers had very little [...]

In the frame of the Vostok2.0 project, we met yesterday with Douglas Arellanes from the Media Development Loan Fund.

Some NGOs work on worse premises.

MDLF’s focuses on giving media ventures in developing countries the means of their self-sustainability. More precisely, it loans them money and provides them with the managing and financial skills they need to [...]