Empowering Journalists, Defending Press Freedom
Jinn is a Berlin-based hub for exiled media and collaborative reporting
What We Do
Exile Media Hub Berlin
We support exiled newsrooms and displaced journalists through consultancy, targeted funding, and capacity building. Through training and networking in Berlin and beyond, we advance innovation and viable revenue models. Our coaching and research strengthen advocacy for press freedom in repressive environments.
Advancing Independent Journalists
We provide fellowships, mentorship, and internships with newsrooms and partner organisations. These opportunities strengthen reporting skills, enable collaborative training, and support networking and cooperation with in-country journalists.
Strengthening Collaborative Reporting
Through workshops, coordination, and facilitation, we strengthen investigative journalism and collaborative reporting. We support cross-border investigations, including work addressing foreign information manipulation and interference.
News
Meet jinn at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia
jinn is hosting a networking lunch at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia on April 18, 2026, to present programs, announce a new fellowship, and strengthen collaboration among exile media networks.
Read more05 March 2026
Talk and Meet-up: Myanmar
Join us on 11 March in Berlin for "Reporting Under Fire: Myanmar's Media Between Underground and Exile." Mizzima editor-in-chief Soe Myint will discuss running Myanmar's leading independent newsroom from exile following the 2021 coup, examining cross-border journalism under surveillance and financial sustainability beyond international funding.
Read more26 February 2026
Transforming Our Work
Jinn evolves from a rapid-response initiative supporting at-risk journalists after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Today, it runs the Exile Media Hub Berlin, conducts research on journalism's funding crisis, and facilitates projects countering disinformation.
Read more01 February 2026
What’s New at jinn: Transformation, Survey Research, and Programme Updates
Independent and exiled media face deepening funding, legal, and security challenges. Our latest newsletter reflects on these shifts, highlights collaborative impact, introduces our survey research, and shares updates on jinn’s transformation, new programmes, and priorities for 2026.
424313.seu2.cleverreach.com15 January 2026
Focus Areas
Cross-Border Cooperation
Fighting the malign influence of authoritarian regimes beyond borders, our programmes enable the exchange of experience and data between independent journalists across wide geographies.
Capacity Building
We enable media professionals and journalists to test new formats, find audiences, and overcome material constraints and censorship through consultancy, funding opportunities, and facilitated networking.
Investigative Journalism
Navigating OSINT and other methods for in-depth political, economic, and social investigations, our beneficiaries provide the public with hard facts amid disinformation.
Trainings
Our network of independent reporting experts delivers programmes on legal setup, financial management, fundraising, safety, networking, cross-border collaboration, and journalism training.
Stories
From Tehran to Berlin: Omid Rezaee on Covering Iran from Exile
Exiled Iranian journalist Omid Rezaee documents reporting on the 2025 Israeli strikes on Iran from abroad. Facing Iran's most severe internet blackout, media censorship, and family intimidation, exiled journalists continued to provide accurate information, exposing Iran's diplomatic isolation and demonstrating how exile journalism serves as a vital form of resistance.
Read more15 July 2025
Wagner Group's Gold Trade in Africa: Investigation by Transparency International Russia
The Russian mercenary Wagner Group has established a vast network in Africa to exploit natural resources by supporting authoritarian regimes in the Central African Republic, Sudan, and Mali. These mercenaries maintain operations through violence, political manipulation, and alliances with local elites.
ti-russia.org03 July 2025
How the War in Ukraine Transformed Civic Action in Russia: Research by Novaya Gazeta Europe
Despite intense repression and fear of reprisals, Russian civilians initiated nearly 40,000 protest actions from 2022 to early 2025. Most of these focused on everyday issues like utilities, environmental protection, public transport, and education rather than politics. Novaya Gazeta Europe's analysis reveals that while broad anti-war demonstrations have largely been suppressed, grassroots mobilisation around practical concerns remains resilient.
novayagazeta.eu27 June 2025
How the Work of Russian Destructive Groups in Kazakhstanan and Central Asia is Carried Out
Feminist activists in Kazakhstan face regular harassment. Disruptors intrude into meetings, while authorities make baseless arrests, particularly before March 8 events. Officials deny demonstration permits on fabricated grounds. Bagila Baltabaeva, head of the "Kazakhstan Parents' Union" and Feminita opponent, is frequently implicated. What is this "Parents' Union" and how does it connect to Russia?
instagram.com13 March 2025
Financial support
Partners
