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Funding Journalism in Georgia: One Government, Two Families and Two Brothers

August 12, 2019
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Georgian independent journalism is struggling in a highly politicized media industry where the government and a few wealthy businesspeople call the shots.

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SPP Students Present at the Biggest Media Research Event

July 23, 2019
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Mackenzie Nelson and Ifra Asad launched in Madrid the report they wrote as part of their class at CEU.

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Kyrgyz Media Policy: It’s All the President’s Men

July 19, 2019
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The environment in which journalists operate in Kyrgyzstan has improved significantly after a new president took the country’s helm in 2017. However, the country’s media remain tied to the government’s apron strings, according to a newly released Media Influence Matrix report.

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How to Build an Authoritarian Internet Culture: The Pakistan Model

July 5, 2019
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Technology companies were hoped and expected to liberate the world and give journalism a platform to operate freely. But in Pakistan, they have become a policing tool.

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Journalism Funding in Kazakhstan: A Government Affair

June 17, 2019
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With millions of dollars splurged on media every year, control of large ownership stakes in media companies and a raft of loyal media entrepreneurs, the Kazakh government leaves little space for independent reporting and business innovation.

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