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Turkey’s Istanbul Convention Withdrawal Sheds Light on Gender Bias in Turkish Media
Turkey’s Istanbul Convention Withdrawal Sheds Light on Gender Bias in Turkish Media
On Saturday, 20 March, Turkish people woke up to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to withdraw from the Istanbul treaty, which…
Lenka Kurejkova
Apr 22, 2021
An Inside Look Into Moldova’s Demographic Decline
An Inside Look Into Moldova’s Demographic Decline
By Ioana Caloianu
Lenka Kurejkova
Jul 16, 2020
Inside South America’s Black Market for Jaguar Parts
Inside South America’s Black Market for Jaguar Parts
Following months of investigation supported by Press Start donors, Peruvian journalist and filmmaker Eduardo Franco Berton uncovered the…
Lenka Kurejkova
Oct 2, 2019
Wendy Funes: High Praise for a Dangerous Job
Wendy Funes: High Praise for a Dangerous Job
Wendy Funes exemplifies exactly what Press Start is for. But don’t just take our word for it. For example:
Lenka Kurejkova
Sep 2, 2019
Probing Deeper Into the Balkan Migrant ‘Game’
Probing Deeper Into the Balkan Migrant ‘Game’
Press Start donors helped Natalia Żaba and her team of journalists and filmmakers successfully meet their goal last December, enabling…
Lenka Kurejkova
Aug 18, 2019
Tatiana Kozak used her successful Press Start fundraising campaign to continue her reporting trips…
Tatiana Kozak used her successful Press Start fundraising campaign to continue her reporting trips…
Watch this space for a report on her trip to Abkhazia, the unrecognized (by 99 percent of the world outside Russia) state that broke away…
Press Start
May 2, 2018
What’s hiding behind the walls of Belarus’ ‘model’ nuclear power project?
What’s hiding behind the walls of Belarus’ ‘model’ nuclear power project?
By Ruslan Harbachou
Barbara Frye
Nov 8, 2017
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Apr 26, 2017
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Apr 26, 2017
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Press Start is the first global crowdfunding platform for journalists in countries where the press cannot work freely. It was created in…
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