A project of Icfj

Exiled Media Toolkit

Our Exiled Media Toolkit, produced in partnership with the Network of Exiled Media Outlets (NEMO), brings resources to journalists and outlets established or preparing to be in exile, as they report on communities and events in their home countries.

Thanks to the Joyce Barnathan Emergency Fund for Journalists for its support.

Resources

Graphic of a man with a camera interviewing a woman

Exiled Media 101

Establishing and running an exiled media outlet can be a daunting task.

Plant growing from the soil

Fundraising basics for exiled journalists

Maintaining independence and financially sustainable are major challenges exiled media face.

Paper airplane flying through the sky

Building a reader revenue model in exile

Five tips for media outlets to build reader revenue while operating in exile.

Woman on phone beside man reading a newspaper

How to stay relevant to readers in exile

Serving two communities – diaspora and home country audiences – poses a double challenge.

Woman waving at four people on a webcam

Creating and maintaining a network of journalists in exile

Having reporters on the ground is necessary for obtaining a picture of inside the country. 

Two phones side by side, one sending a story to the other phone

Measuring journalism's impact from exile

Measuring the impact of reporting can inform decision-making around content.

A silhouette of a figure with several multicolored hands reaching out to lift them up

Mental health support for exiled journalists

For journalists living in exile, emotional stress and trauma cannot be discounted.

Case Studies

Reporter beside a person firing over a wall with the Myanmar flag on it

Reporting in the shadows in Myanmar

In Myanmar, DVB is reporting on one of the world’s most restrictive and dangerous settings.

Man taking a photo of a person running in a balaclava by a mural of Nicaraguan President Ortega

Born in Nicaragua, forced into exile

Reflecting an exodus across Latin America, Nicaragua's Divergentes has become an outlet in exile.

Man speaking to a reporter outside of the Kremlin in Russia

Navigating war and vanishing freedoms in Russia

ROMB's freelance journalists continue to report amid the collapse of independent Russian media.