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Exposing power and impunity: İsmail Arı’s investigation into the Yunus Emre Foundation

How an award-winning investigation exposed corruption, political pressure, and the power of persistence Investigative journalist İsmail Arı received second prize at the 2025 EU Investigative Journalism Awards for exposing large-scale corruption at the Yunus Emre Foundation, one of Türkiye’s most prominent public institutions with a global cultural mission. His reporting uncovered how millions of lira were diverted from the foundation through fake invoices, findings

AI Algorithms and Gender Disinformation: Is building networks the only effective strategy between media and technology?

Media and technology are messing up with each other! They are causing confusion or chaos in some way. Can the intellectual power of media experts effectively utilise technology to make the media environment satisfying for citizens at a global level? In recent years, media literacy has become a critical factor in our increasingly digital world. As technology continues to permeate more aspects of our

Weaponising Social Media: Gendered Online Violence and Disinformation in the CEE Region

Online violence and disinformation against media, journalists, activists and actors in the public sphere are common regardless of gender. Social media abuse is being used not only by authoritarian governments, terrorist organisations or what might be termed ‘bad actors’ but also by mainstream actors and political figures. The aim is to suppress critical debate, opposing opinions, and in many cases, the defence of human

When you are not sure what to do next, devise your media strategy

Until recently, grants for media outlets operating in the Western Balkans, the broader CEE region and the European Union were mostly aimed at directly supporting the production of content. Now, the purpose of these grants has shifted from the direct funding of (news) production to accelerating the development of long-term strategic solutions and the creation of self-sustaining business models. In our region, strategy is

How to get to know your local audience and engage with them more?

In the media business it is challenging to imagine who your audience is. When I was a deputy editor-in-chief of a well-established business magazine, before the audience analysis software was introduced and life without the internet was still a reality, we often imagined „The Reader”. We took a picture of one of the well-known businessmen of the country, wrote a few specifics and tried

Blockchain in journalism – Web 3 is coming for us

How can blockchain platforms revolutionize journalism and accountability The rise of blockchain technology has led to the creation of many innovative solutions in different fields, but just a few of those have made their way into journalism. There are some mentionable attempts coming from world well-known editorials such as Time, or Associated Press, that tried experimenting with NFTs for example, but still nothing big. 

More than 260 submissions for the EU Investigative Journalism Award

A total of 267 applications from 7 countries, representing 125 media outlets and featuring a diverse group of authors (both individuals and groups), have been submitted for the highly anticipated 2023 edition of the prestigious EU Award for Investigative Journalism. The call, which remained open from 8th May to 20th June 2023, garnered an impressive variety of topics, a diversity of talented authors, and

Beyond News: How Education Can Boost Revenue for Media Organisations

How to make readers pay for online content? The billion-euro question of modern publishing has more than one answer. Publishers have tried many tactics with various degrees of success. Some of them bet on exclusive niche content, others offer club membership with various perks, ask for donations or mix all approaches in appealing subscription bundles.  What most successful models seem to share is a

Navigating the Promise and Perils of AI: What Every Media Professional Needs to Know About ChatGPT

AI is, in many ways, a revolutionary event, similar to what Gutenberg’s printing press was in the 15th century, or radio, TV, and even internet in the 20th. It’s a technology that will permanently reshape society. For many of us, AI means everything we learned from multiple dystopian movies (2001 A Space Odyssey, The Terminator, Matrix, Blade Runner, …). But can AI be used

Disrupting the Market: How is one small media challenging the industry giant in Poland

Is it possible to create, in one year, a quality information service for a region with a population of 4.3 million, including more than 2 million living in a single agglomeration comprising several cities? Yes, and successfully, as exemplified by the Polish website Slazag.pl. It was founded by several journalists who left the editorial staff of Poland’s largest regional daily, Dziennik Zachodni. Team of Slazag.pl,

Calls Open for EU Investigative Journalism Award 2023

Journalists from the Western Balkans region and Türkiye are invited to submit their investigative stories The EU Award for Investigative Journalism 2023 is now accepting submissions. Once again, the prestigious Award celebrates the best investigative stories published in the previous calendar year and is awarded in the Western Balkans and Türkiye.  This year, aside from national awards, the EU Award is introducing a regional
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