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In Iran, independent journalism is nearly impossible. Exiled media outlets have stepped in to fill the void, acting as lifelines between the diaspora and citizens on the ground.
Inside the Iranian exile media sector
There are countries where press freedom is under pressure, and there are countries where independent journalism is barely possible at all. Iran belongs to the second group
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September 17, 2026 at 10:55 AM
In Iran, independent journalism is nearly impossible. Exiled media outlets have stepped in to fill the void, acting as lifelines between the diaspora and citizens on the ground.
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September 17, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Interested in lively, insightful chats about the media world? Then you should watch our FixEd podcast on YouTube!
Join us as we chat with industry experts about current trends, biggest challenges, and what’s ahead for media.
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Unlike many Russian journalists in exile who focus on reporting about their homeland, Volna assists émigrés in adjusting to their new countries, from Germany to Kyrgyzstan. Veronica Snoj profiled the Telegram media network.
Volna, the news network built for the new Russian diaspora
While most Russian journalists in exile cover their home country, Volna helps Russian émigrés navigate the countries they've moved to.
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September 16, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Unlike many Russian journalists in exile who focus on reporting about their homeland, Volna assists émigrés in adjusting to their new countries, from Germany to Kyrgyzstan. Veronica Snoj profiled the Telegram media network.
25 years ago, OBCT set out to change how Italian media covered the Balkans after Yugoslavia's dissolution. Today, it’s a newsroom, research center, and think tank rolled into one—and that hybrid model is precisely why its journalism survived.
Find more insights from our podcast with Chiara Sighele👇
Find more insights from our podcast with Chiara Sighele👇
How OBCT built a transnational newsroom in Italy – and keeps it going 25 years later
After 25 years of reporting on the Balkans, Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet space, OBCT is still experimenting with how specialist journalism can reach wider audiences, work across borders and beco...
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September 15, 2026 at 2:15 PM
25 years ago, OBCT set out to change how Italian media covered the Balkans after Yugoslavia's dissolution. Today, it’s a newsroom, research center, and think tank rolled into one—and that hybrid model is precisely why its journalism survived.
Find more insights from our podcast with Chiara Sighele👇
Find more insights from our podcast with Chiara Sighele👇
New from The Fix – while most Russian journalists in exile cover their home country, the Volna news network helps Russian-speaking émigrés navigate the countries they've moved to, @verosnoj.bsky.social writes.
Volna, the news network built for the new Russian diaspora
While most Russian journalists in exile cover their home country, Volna helps Russian émigrés navigate the countries they've moved to.
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September 15, 2026 at 8:33 AM
New from The Fix – while most Russian journalists in exile cover their home country, the Volna news network helps Russian-speaking émigrés navigate the countries they've moved to, @verosnoj.bsky.social writes.
The Fix Research & Advisory partnered with The Local Sweden for a wide-scale analysis of the topics that shaped Sweden’s political conversation in the year before yesterday’s election. We examined almost 88,000 political articles from 11 Swedish news outlets between August 2025 and August 2026.
Crime, security and Kristersson: What Sweden's media talked about in the year before the election
Crime, foreign policy and security dominated Sweden's political agenda over the past year. But the story changed as Election Day drew closer, a new analysis by The Fix Advisory & Research in partnersh...
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September 14, 2026 at 10:54 AM
The Fix Research & Advisory partnered with The Local Sweden for a wide-scale analysis of the topics that shaped Sweden’s political conversation in the year before yesterday’s election. We examined almost 88,000 political articles from 11 Swedish news outlets between August 2025 and August 2026.
The migration crisis in Ceuta has turned local newspaper El Pueblo de Ceuta into a key source. With over 70,000 migrants crossing from Morocco, tensions remain high amid threats to journalists and ongoing misinformation. Salvador Carnicero shares insights on covering this unprecedented event.
From local newsroom to national spotlight: how a Ceuta journalist covered Spain’s migration crisis
The unprecedented migration crisis in Ceuta has transformed the local newspaper El Pueblo de Ceuta into a point of reference.
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September 11, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The migration crisis in Ceuta has turned local newspaper El Pueblo de Ceuta into a key source. With over 70,000 migrants crossing from Morocco, tensions remain high amid threats to journalists and ongoing misinformation. Salvador Carnicero shares insights on covering this unprecedented event.
After 25 years of reporting on the Balkans, Eastern Europe, and the post-Soviet space, @balcanicaucaso.org is still experimenting with how specialist journalism can reach wider audiences, work across borders, and become less dependent on short-term funding.
How OBCT built a transnational newsroom in Italy – and keeps it going 25 years later
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September 10, 2026 at 9:51 AM
After 25 years of reporting on the Balkans, Eastern Europe, and the post-Soviet space, @balcanicaucaso.org is still experimenting with how specialist journalism can reach wider audiences, work across borders, and become less dependent on short-term funding.
Spanish local publication El Pueblo de Ceuta has become a crucial source of information amid Ceuta's extraordinary migration crisis. The Fix spoke with one of its reporters to gain insights into its work.
From local newsroom to national spotlight: how a Ceuta journalist covered Spain’s migration crisis
The unprecedented migration crisis in Ceuta has transformed the local newspaper El Pueblo de Ceuta into a point of reference.
thefix.media
September 9, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Spanish local publication El Pueblo de Ceuta has become a crucial source of information amid Ceuta's extraordinary migration crisis. The Fix spoke with one of its reporters to gain insights into its work.
Are on-demand newspapers produced by AI agents the future of journalism? Likely not. However, they also aren't entirely out of the picture.
In our latest podcast episode, The Fix’s senior editor Anton Protsiuk talks to Christopher Brennan from Overtone AI.
Find the highlights & the full episode 👇
In our latest podcast episode, The Fix’s senior editor Anton Protsiuk talks to Christopher Brennan from Overtone AI.
Find the highlights & the full episode 👇
How AI agents might change journalism, with Overtone AI’s Christopher Brennan
Are on-demand newspapers printed by AI agents the future of news? Probably not. But they are not not the future either.
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September 8, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Are on-demand newspapers produced by AI agents the future of journalism? Likely not. However, they also aren't entirely out of the picture.
In our latest podcast episode, The Fix’s senior editor Anton Protsiuk talks to Christopher Brennan from Overtone AI.
Find the highlights & the full episode 👇
In our latest podcast episode, The Fix’s senior editor Anton Protsiuk talks to Christopher Brennan from Overtone AI.
Find the highlights & the full episode 👇
New from The Fix – the unprecedented migration crisis in Spanish Ceuta has transformed the local newspaper El Pueblo de Ceuta into a point of reference. @romainchauvet.bsky.social spoke with one of its journalists.
From local newsroom to national spotlight: how a Ceuta journalist covered Spain’s migration crisis
The unprecedented migration crisis in Ceuta has transformed the local newspaper El Pueblo de Ceuta into a point of reference.
thefix.media
September 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
New from The Fix – the unprecedented migration crisis in Spanish Ceuta has transformed the local newspaper El Pueblo de Ceuta into a point of reference. @romainchauvet.bsky.social spoke with one of its journalists.
With clear, explanatory, and unbiased content, @brief.me wants to combat news fatigue, especially among young people. The Fix spoke to its co-founder.
#ICYMI
#ICYMI
Brief.me, the French newsletter that aims to combat news fatigue by providing unbiased content
With clear, explanatory, and unbiased content, Brief.me wants to combat news fatigue, especially among young people.
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September 7, 2026 at 9:23 AM
In the latest FixEd podcast episode, The Fix’s senior editor Anton Protsiuk speaks with Christopher Brennan of Overtone, a company working at the intersection of AI, news, and advertising.
How AI agents might change journalism, with Overtone AI’s Christopher Brennan
YouTube video by The Fix Media
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September 3, 2026 at 2:15 PM
In the latest FixEd podcast episode, The Fix’s senior editor Anton Protsiuk speaks with Christopher Brennan of Overtone, a company working at the intersection of AI, news, and advertising.
🗓️ This September, The Fix — our media team and our research and advisory team — is heading to Global Gathering 2026 in Estoril, Portugal.
We'll be there for 3 days of conversations with editors, funders, and press freedom advocates from around the world, and we're bringing a few things of our own.
We'll be there for 3 days of conversations with editors, funders, and press freedom advocates from around the world, and we're bringing a few things of our own.
September 3, 2026 at 11:32 AM
🗓️ This September, The Fix — our media team and our research and advisory team — is heading to Global Gathering 2026 in Estoril, Portugal.
We'll be there for 3 days of conversations with editors, funders, and press freedom advocates from around the world, and we're bringing a few things of our own.
We'll be there for 3 days of conversations with editors, funders, and press freedom advocates from around the world, and we're bringing a few things of our own.
Step 1: Start an independent newsroom because journalism matters.
Step 2: Discover that journalism also involves cash-flow forecasts, marketing, hiring, firing and occasionally explaining your business model to an investor.
Step 3: Go to business school.
Step 2: Discover that journalism also involves cash-flow forecasts, marketing, hiring, firing and occasionally explaining your business model to an investor.
Step 3: Go to business school.
Survival school: How a modest program in Riga trained a generation of media managers from the post-Soviet space
An oral history of the Future Media Management program by the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
thefix.media
September 2, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Step 1: Start an independent newsroom because journalism matters.
Step 2: Discover that journalism also involves cash-flow forecasts, marketing, hiring, firing and occasionally explaining your business model to an investor.
Step 3: Go to business school.
Step 2: Discover that journalism also involves cash-flow forecasts, marketing, hiring, firing and occasionally explaining your business model to an investor.
Step 3: Go to business school.
French newsletter @brief.me has over 12,000 paying subscribers and turns a profit without advertising. Romain Chauvet spoke with Laurent Mauriac, co-founder and president of @briefmedia.bsky.social.
Brief.me, the French newsletter that aims to combat news fatigue by providing unbiased content
With clear, explanatory, and unbiased content, Brief.me wants to combat news fatigue, especially among young people.
thefix.media
August 31, 2026 at 3:25 PM
French newsletter @brief.me has over 12,000 paying subscribers and turns a profit without advertising. Romain Chauvet spoke with Laurent Mauriac, co-founder and president of @briefmedia.bsky.social.
AI writing is everywhere — but we might be seeing a growing backlash (thankfully, it seems to spare the writers’ beloved em-dash, if not the “not X but Y” comparisons). Anton Protsiuk wrote about this and more media insights for The Fix’s newsletter this month.
Are we seeing backlash to AI slop?
AI writing is everywhere – and you can’t unsee it once you start regularly using AI tools yourself and noticing the quirks of their writing style.
thefix.media
August 27, 2026 at 3:30 PM
AI writing is everywhere — but we might be seeing a growing backlash (thankfully, it seems to spare the writers’ beloved em-dash, if not the “not X but Y” comparisons). Anton Protsiuk wrote about this and more media insights for The Fix’s newsletter this month.
For decades, independent media in CEE have had a structural problem – their leaders have been world-class journalists but poor managers and business leaders. Knowing how to read a balance sheet has been an afterthought at best or even something media leaders looked down on.
Survival school: How a modest program in Riga trained a generation of media managers from the post-Soviet space
An oral history of the Future Media Management program by the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
thefix.media
August 27, 2026 at 10:13 AM
For decades, independent media in CEE have had a structural problem – their leaders have been world-class journalists but poor managers and business leaders. Knowing how to read a balance sheet has been an afterthought at best or even something media leaders looked down on.
For ten years, a media management program in Riga has been training the people behind some of the best-known independent newsrooms from Central and Eastern Europe. The core idea – teach top journalism leaders to think like managers.
Survival school: How a modest program in Riga trained a generation of media managers from the post-Soviet space
An oral history of the Future Media Management program by the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
thefix.media
August 26, 2026 at 11:19 AM
For ten years, a media management program in Riga has been training the people behind some of the best-known independent newsrooms from Central and Eastern Europe. The core idea – teach top journalism leaders to think like managers.
In the latest episode of FixEd, Act3 Agency founder John Taylor explains the importance of publishing podcast summaries, why one episode requires different copy for YouTube compared to Spotify, and why purchased subscribers seldom cover their costs.
Find more insights and watch the full talk 👇
Find more insights and watch the full talk 👇
Why great podcasts struggle to grow and how to fix it, with Act3 Agency’s John Taylor
Act3 founder John Taylor explains why you need to publish podcast summaries, why one episode needs different copy on YouTube than on Spotify, and why bought subscribers rarely pay for themselves.
thefix.media
August 25, 2026 at 2:22 PM
In the latest episode of FixEd, Act3 Agency founder John Taylor explains the importance of publishing podcast summaries, why one episode requires different copy for YouTube compared to Spotify, and why purchased subscribers seldom cover their costs.
Find more insights and watch the full talk 👇
Find more insights and watch the full talk 👇
In the latest FixEd episode, The Fix’s director @jakubparusinski.bsky.social speaks with Act3 Agency founder John Taylor about podcast discoverability, growth, and sustainable monetisation. They also explore why clear positioning and consistent distribution matter as much as the podcast itself.
Why Great Podcasts Struggle to Grow — and How to Fix It
YouTube video by The Fix Media
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August 20, 2026 at 11:49 AM
In the latest FixEd episode, The Fix’s director @jakubparusinski.bsky.social speaks with Act3 Agency founder John Taylor about podcast discoverability, growth, and sustainable monetisation. They also explore why clear positioning and consistent distribution matter as much as the podcast itself.
In just two years, local Spanish media outlet @pamplonews.com attracted around 27,000 subscribers and expanded its mobile app development to diversify its revenue. The Fix's @romainchauvet.bsky.social spoke with founder Juan Andrés Muñoz.
#ICYMI
#ICYMI
Pamplonews – an innovative ultra-local Spanish media outlet distributed via WhatsApp
In just two years, this local Spanish media outlet has attracted around 27,000 subscribers and expanded its mobile app development to diversify its revenue. The Fix spoke with its founder.
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August 19, 2026 at 9:58 AM
In just two years, local Spanish media outlet @pamplonews.com attracted around 27,000 subscribers and expanded its mobile app development to diversify its revenue. The Fix's @romainchauvet.bsky.social spoke with founder Juan Andrés Muñoz.
#ICYMI
#ICYMI
Interestingly, it was two years ago that Alessandra Vescio broke down how independent projects in Italy were fighting back against broken editorial incentives and proving there is a real market for nuanced, respectful sports journalism.
#ICYMI
Read the full analysis 👇
#ICYMI
Read the full analysis 👇
Generation gap, military rhetoric and polarisation: what needs to change in Italian sports journalism
We need to build a new and more respectful way of writing about sport in Italy, and many journalists are already doing that
thefix.media
August 18, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Interestingly, it was two years ago that Alessandra Vescio broke down how independent projects in Italy were fighting back against broken editorial incentives and proving there is a real market for nuanced, respectful sports journalism.
#ICYMI
Read the full analysis 👇
#ICYMI
Read the full analysis 👇
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Applications open for the Business Innovation Synergizer
Media organisations with tested plans for new products, services or revenue models can now apply for grants of up to €30,000 through the Business Innovation Synergizer.
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August 17, 2026 at 10:27 AM
💻💡Selected organisations may receive up to €30,000, alongside expert mentoring and implementation guidance.
📅 Apply by 20 September 2026, 23:59 CET.
Find all details: www.thomsonfoundation.org/latest/busin...
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📅 Apply by 20 September 2026, 23:59 CET.
Find all details: www.thomsonfoundation.org/latest/busin...
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Discover how Ultimo Uomo, Italy’s premier sports magazine, has transformed sports coverage into a more complex and multi-dimensional experience.
The outlet behind a revolution in Italian sports journalism
How Ultimo Uomo, Italy’s top sports magazine, made sports coverage more complex and multi-dimensional.
thefix.media
August 17, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Discover how Ultimo Uomo, Italy’s premier sports magazine, has transformed sports coverage into a more complex and multi-dimensional experience.