NEW PODCAST! Down, but Not Out, Episode 1. Political Interference and Reader Solidarity: The Story of Index and Telex in Hungary
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Mar 4, 2021
In this first episode of the series, we’ll bring you the story of Telex, a media organization that was willed into being by its founders when one of Hungary’s flagship media outlets was pushed to the brink of collapse by government pressure. When almost all of Index’s 90-member staff resigned, they set out to start their own organization and to fund it through reader contributions. In the first month of their crowdfunding campaign, they collected 1 million euros from their readers.
