We are very much looking forward to two presentations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first one is given by Dr Ilya Yablokov <\/a>on \u2018Broadcasting through the (new) Iron Curtain: legacies, challenges, and practices of Russia\u2019s independent media in exile\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n Abstract: With the start of the war in Ukraine and the military censorship imposed by the Kremlin in the early March 2022 no reporting from Russia became possible. Within several days all Russian institutionalised journalism ended up in exile. Sources of funding, access to informants and on-ground reporting have been lost. Russian journalists became totally dependent on donor\u2019s money – to continue their operations – and on new technologies – to reach their core audiences who stayed inside Russia to keep them informed and engaged. Based on over 50 interviews conducted with editors-in-chief, senior correspondents and individual journalists-bloggers, this paper argues that the new circumstances have highlighted the existing problems of the Russian media as well as the emerging problems caused by the war. The media in exile have failed to promote cooperation within the professional community mostly focusing on pursuing their own professional goals and survival of their outlets. The work in immigration has also had an impact on their practices in finding new audiences and new angles to tell the stories. As opposed to the Moscow-centric agenda of most of the Russian independent media prior to the war, the exiled Russian media have refocused their efforts on finding stories from the provincial parts of Russia. The interviews also showed the imperfections of the foreign funding provided to reporters via international donors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/hcpb.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Ilya.jpeg\")
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