Nazeeha Saeed

📖 Mehr zu ihrer professionellen Biografie.
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Für die Wahrheit verfolgt: Nazeeha Saeed wurde in Bahrain wegen ihrer Berichterstattung verhaftet und gefoltert – heute ist sie Fellow in unserem Journalists-in-Exile Programm. Ihre Geschichte ist kein Einzelfall.

Ein Blick auf Journalistinnen im Exil: www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

🚨 Few days left to apply!

The #IJ4EU Impact Award 2026 is closing soon. Submit your cross-border investigation published in 2025 for a chance to be recognised across Europe: uncovered.ij4.eu/impact-award...

Deadline: 23 April, 23:59 CET.

We’re on our way home from @journalismfestival.com!

Our #IJF26 panel on Ukrainian journalism brought together incredible women leaders in Ukrainian media who shared a clear view of how journalism continues under extremely challenging conditions.

Watch the panel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=usYV...

⏱️ Nominations are still open for the #IJ4EU Impact Award 2026: uncovered.ij4.eu/impact-award...

Cross-border investigations published in 2025 that delivered real impact across Europe can now be submitted.

3 winners. €5,000 each.

Deadline: 23 April, 23:59 CET.

The political climate in Germany is shifting, and journalists are feeling it directly in their work. 77.7% of respondents in our study agree or strongly agree that the demands of journalistic work have increased as a result of the changing political climate.
www.ecpmf.eu/strapazierte...

What will TV news partnerships with prediction markets mean for their disproportionately old viewership? TV news is partnering with prediction markets. What does that mean for its disproportionately old viewership?

Saturday read ☕️

TV news is partnering with prediction markets. What does that mean for its disproportionately old viewership?
www.cjr.org/feature/pred...

Hungary has a new government - and a historic chance to undo 16 years of media capture.

But as experts highlight: uncapturing a media system is not something that happens in months.

Here’s what needs to change 👇
youtu.be/g5UecUrXSzg

Italy: Landmark ruling in press freedom case Roberto Saviano acquitted in a landmark ruling against Matteo Salvini, highlighting SLAPP risks and press freedom protections in Italy.

A welcome and important ruling for press freedom in Italy!

The acquittal of @robertosaviano.bsky.social in a case brought by Matteo Salvini underscores that public figures must tolerate scrutiny and that critical voices deserve protection. Crucial win for free press!
www.ecpmf.eu/italy-landma...

Collaboration and Resistance: Tracking Transnational Repression in 2025 Just Released: Freedom in the World 2026

Authoritarian repression doesn’t stop at borders. New report by the Freedom House finds 126 cases of transnational repression in 2025 with 54+ governments involved.

Journalists remain at risk, even in exile.
freedomhouse.org/report/speci...

🚨 Every day, we monitor press freedom in Europe and log new alerts as they happen.

Journalists continue to face threats, intimidation and attacks, often without any accountability. Our roundup brings together some of the cases recorded this week: www.mappingmediafreedom.org

Here are a few of them.

How Frontliner built a model for war reporting in Ukraine Frontline reporting has changed drastically – and became much more dangerous – throughout Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine.

How Ukraine’s outlet focusing on war reporting works – and why frontline coverage became much more dangerous throughout the full-scale war - via @thefixmedia.bsky.social.
thefix.media/2026/04/14/h...

Join European Centre for Press and Media Freedom as a Project Officer and help manage emergency funds, coordinate support mechanisms, and strengthen partnerships across five countries in Eastern Europe: ecpmf-sce-mbh.jobs.personio.de/job/2591153?...

Apply by 22 April.

This activity is part of the Voices of Ukraine / SAFE support programme, coordinated by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom (ECPMF). Voices of Ukraine / SAFE is implemented within the Hannah Arendt Initiative and supported by the German Federal Foreign Office. #HannahArendtInitiative

🇮🇹 We’re in #Perugia for the @journalismfestival.com! It was great to see so many of you at our side event yesterday, thank you for the conversations!

If you’re here, come say hi and connect. And join our panel today: www.journalismfestival.com/programme/20...

Are you in Perugia? Today, we are hosting a panel on the resilience of Ukrainian journalism in the fifth year of Russia’s full-scale war. Join us at 15:00 in Teatro della Sapienza for a discussion on safety, sustainability and support for independent media in Ukraine: www.ecpmf.eu/ukrainian-jo...

📸 Today, we are in Bern at the OSCE Meeting of National Focal Points on the Safety of Journalists, speaking on journalist safety, exile, and transnational repression, alongside national focal points.

Hungary: Media freedom reform must be priority for incoming Tisza government Media reform in Hungary must be a priority issue for the new Tisza government as it seeks to rebuild the country’s severely eroded checks and balances and rejoin the European Union’s democratic…

Hungary now has a real opportunity to reverse years of media capture. We are calling on the new Tisza govt to prioritise reforms that restore pluralism, ensure independent public media, and align with EU standards.
www.ecpmf.eu/hungary-medi...

Investigative work that exposed issues of European relevance deserves recognition.

Our #IJ4EU Impact Award 2026 is open for nominations. Submit your cross-border investigation by 23 April 2026: uncovered.ij4.eu/impact-award...

👀 We’re looking for someone who can balance urgency with care! As Project Officer at ECPMF, you’ll assess emergency needs, coordinate support for journalists, and help build systems that are fair, responsive, and sustainable: ecpmf-sce-mbh.jobs.personio.de/job/2591153?...

Deadline: 22 April 2026

Strapazierter Journalismus: Anfeindungen und strukturelle Belastungen von Journalist:innen in Deutschland Eine Studie von ECPMF zeigt: Journalist:innen in Deutschland erleben zunehmend Anfeindungen, Arbeitsverdichtung und wachsenden Druck auf die Pressefreiheit.

Full report via the link www.ecpmf.eu/strapazierte...

A key finding from our new study on journalism under pressure in Germany: more than three quarters of respondents clearly feel the financial and structural strain on their outlet.

🚨 Last call to join the April edition of the Next-IJ Cross-Border Investigative Training.

Organised by our partners at GFMD, this one-day online course on 22 April 2026 equips mid-career journalists with practical tools for cross-border investigations: hub.next-ij.eu/news/trainin...

📸 ECPMF participated in the BASEES Conference at the @unibirmingham.bsky.social, joining discussions on media coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine, populism in Eastern Europe and beyond, and reporting around the 2025 Moldovan elections, among other current challenges for journalism.

Ukrainian journalism under fire: ECPMF and Lviv Media Forum in Perugia ECPMF and Lviv Media Forum will host a panel at the International Journalism Festival 2026 examining the resilience and long-term sustainability of Ukrainian journalism..

How can Ukrainian media remain resilient under the combined pressure of war, insecurity and financial strain?

At #IJF26 in Perugia, ECPMF and Lviv Media Forum will bring together speakers from Ukraine to discuss what independent journalism needs to endure and survive.
www.ecpmf.eu/ukrainian-jo...

Hungary and EU wake from Orbán nightmare Commentators will be reaching for a thesaurus to find variants of "brutal" and "crushing" to describe the result, but the magic word is "two-thirds".

🇭🇺 A historic day for Hungary. After 16 years, a new chapter begins; and with it, a real opportunity for press freedom reforms! We thank every journalist who kept reporting under immense pressure. We hope for a Hungary where independent media truly thrive.
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Want to support journalists on the frontlines of press freedom? We’re #hiring a Project Officer: ecpmf-sce-mbh.jobs.personio.de/job/2591153?...

Direct impact. International team. Challenging environments.

Deadline: 22 April.

How newsrooms are bringing their archives to life Journalists at The Economist, Charlie Hebdo, Archivi.ng and RetroNews share how – and why – they are putting their past articles to work with new features.

Saturday read ☕️

News archives aren’t just history, they’re storytelling tools. Prominent outlets are repurposing old reporting into timelines, quizzes, and series that connect the past to today, inspiring both readers and journalists.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/how-new...

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After meeting Neda Tadić, we reiterate that the crisis at BHRT is critical.

As warned in our @mediafreedomeu.bsky.social letter to Christian Schmidt, political inaction, €11M debt to EBU and funding deadlock risk shutdown, 700 jobs, and media pluralism in Bosnia and Herzegovina.